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Middle School Orchestra
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
performing-arts
,
music
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Smooth - connected
legato
pianissimo
arco
fine
2. Gradually get softer
decrescendo
forte
natural
double bar
3. Very soft
chromatics
repeat sign
pianissimo
fortississimo
4. Moving the bow toward frog
key signature
bow lift
staccato
up bow
5. Smooth - connected
down bow
andante
legato
natural
6. Sign that appears at the beginning of the music after the clef sign. It contains two numbers. The top number tells how many beats in a measure. The bottom number indicates what duration of note gets one beat.
half step
moderato
key signature
time signature
7. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
bow lift
natural
time signature
fortississimo
8. Very very soft
andante
decrescendo
first and second endings
pianississimo
9. Medium loud
diminuendo
double bar
diminuendo
mezzo forte
10. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
natural
sharp
andante
whole step
11. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
arpeggio
allegro
mezzo forte
fine
12. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
key signature
slur
moderato
staccato
13. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
music staff
clef sign
scale
diminuendo
14. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
music staff
pianissimo
slur
ritardando
15. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
scale
arpeggio
diminuendo
music staff
16. Gradually get softer
double bar
arco
decrescendo
up bow
17. Plucked
accidental
pizzicato
music staff
crescendo
18. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.
mezzo forte
repeat sign
staccato
whole step
19. Medium soft
mezzo piano
pizzicato
diminuendo
first and second endings
20. 4/4 meter - denoted C
common time
bow lift
pentascale
arco
21. Very - very loud (fff)
tie
down bow
andante
fortississimo
22. Medium loud
pentascale
da capo al fine
bar line
mezzo forte
23. Detached
andante
mezzo piano
staccato
whole step
24. 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
allegro
legato
decrescendo
half step
25. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
pizzicato
tempo
bar line
first and second endings
26. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.
pizzicato
repeat sign
forte
fortississimo
27. Gradually getting slower
pentascale
whole step
mezzo piano
ritardando
28. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names
staccato
clef sign
up bow
da capo al fine
29. A five note scale
pentascale
da capo al fine
tempo
chromatics
30. Very soft
scale
mezzo forte
pianissimo
arpeggio
31. Moving the bow toward frog
tie
up bow
diminuendo
half step
32. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
crescendo
slur
mezzo piano
slurred staccato
33. Moving the bow toward tip
fine
clef sign
piano
down bow
34. Fast and lively
pentascale
allegro
ritardando
chord
35. 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
sharp
decrescendo
ledger line
legato
36. 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
half step
fortississimo
da capo al fine
allegro
37. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
pianississimo
slur
accidental
arco
38. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
tie
common time
whole step
mezzo forte
39. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
piano
bow lift
first and second endings
fortississimo
40. The space between two bar lines
slur
measure
piano
bow lift
41. Moderately slow
andante
pianissimo
tempo
accidental
42. Fast and lively
allegro
chromatics
clef sign
measure
43. Moderately slow
slur
pianississimo
andante
pianississimo
44. Gradually getting slower
crescendo
ritardando
pentascale
andante
45. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
mezzo forte
tie
music staff
half step
46. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
half step
pianississimo
moderato
staccato
47. Detached
staccato
down bow
diminuendo
pianississimo
48. Return to the beginning - play to the end
da capo al fine
scale
fine
common time
49. Soft
piano
half step
ledger line
music staff
50. Rate of speed or pace of music
tempo
pianissimo
sharp
scale