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Middle School Orchestra
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
performing-arts
,
music
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Very - very loud (fff)
mezzo piano
piano
fortississimo
ritardando
2. Short lines which are added to extend the range of the staff when the notes are too low or too high to be written on the staff
forte
forte
tie
ledger line
3. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
chord
mezzo forte
chromatics
natural
4. Soft
sharp
fortissimo
pianissimo
piano
5. Very soft
chord
pianissimo
chord
half step
6. Moving the bow toward tip
chromatics
decrescendo
down bow
ritardando
7. Very loud
double bar
natural
first and second endings
fortissimo
8. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
key signature
slur
arco
ritardando
9. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
ritardando
pizzicato
repeat sign
moderato
10. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names
double bar
clef sign
fortissimo
repeat sign
11. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
pizzicato
clef sign
bar line
half step
12. Rate of speed or pace of music
tempo
mezzo forte
slur
fortissimo
13. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.
repeat sign
time signature
common time
fortississimo
14. # - raises the pitch by one half step
key signature
sharp
forte
piano
15. Medium loud
staccato
forte
tempo
mezzo forte
16. # - raises the pitch by one half step
time signature
sharp
legato
scale
17. Gradually getting softer
first and second endings
diminuendo
key signature
tempo
18. Plucked
pizzicato
staccato
piano
fortississimo
19. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
arco
time signature
slurred staccato
repeat sign
20. Short lines which are added to extend the range of the staff when the notes are too low or too high to be written on the staff
ledger line
forte
scale
ritardando
21. Smooth - connected
sharp
common time
up bow
legato
22. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
piano
common time
piano
accidental
23. Detached
time signature
staccato
moderato
slurred staccato
24. With the bow
fortissimo
mezzo piano
arco
pentascale
25. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
bar line
time signature
repeat sign
half step
26. Gradually getting softer
half step
fortississimo
diminuendo
scale
27. Very - very loud (fff)
tie
bow lift
moderato
fortississimo
28. Gradually getting louder
crescendo
andante
arco
moderato
29. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
tempo
music staff
forte
measure
30. Two half steps
tempo
scale
whole step
first and second endings
31. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
key signature
down bow
fortississimo
diminuendo
32. Rate of speed or pace of music
mezzo forte
double bar
tempo
sharp
33. Plucked
pizzicato
chromatics
slur
sharp
34. Two half steps
decrescendo
moderato
whole step
slurred staccato
35. With the bow
arco
tie
arpeggio
up bow
36. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
whole step
double bar
mezzo piano
pianissimo
37. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
fine
whole step
bow lift
andante
38. The end
clef sign
slur
fine
down bow
39. Soft
piano
tie
ledger line
legato
40. Very very soft
key signature
crescendo
pianississimo
legato
41. Distance from any key to the very next key up or down - black or white - with no key between; the smallest distance between to notes
bar line
ritardando
natural
half step
42. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.
repeat sign
measure
whole step
ritardando
43. The end
moderato
fine
sharp
half step
44. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
measure
moderato
common time
up bow
45. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
arpeggio
key signature
double bar
time signature
46. The space between two bar lines
mezzo piano
da capo al fine
measure
whole step
47. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
pentascale
slurred staccato
chromatics
repeat sign
48. Moving the bow toward tip
da capo al fine
da capo al fine
down bow
time signature
49. Return to the beginning - play to the end
bar line
staccato
da capo al fine
fortississimo
50. Fast and lively
andante
pianississimo
mezzo forte
allegro