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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. Gradually getting softer
piano
diminuendo
forte
staccato
2. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
tie
chord
bow lift
moderato
3. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.
music staff
repeat sign
mezzo forte
decrescendo
4. Moving the bow toward tip
down bow
da capo al fine
double bar
time signature
5. The end
time signature
andante
clef sign
fine
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.
pizzicato
time signature
music staff
andante
7. 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
scale
chromatics
pizzicato
8. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
staccato
tie
mezzo piano
natural
9. Medium loud
ritardando
whole step
fortissimo
mezzo forte
10. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
slur
chord
andante
whole step
11. 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.
scale
ledger line
chord
time signature
12. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
chord
double bar
first and second endings
piano
13. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
bar line
pentascale
da capo al fine
music staff
14. 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
bar line
ledger line
piano
allegro
15. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
andante
scale
common time
bow lift
16. Very loud
mezzo piano
natural
pianississimo
fortissimo
17. Medium loud
da capo al fine
pizzicato
crescendo
mezzo forte
18. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
bow lift
decrescendo
time signature
moderato
19. Two half steps
scale
slur
whole step
double bar
20. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
crescendo
allegro
ledger line
chromatics
21. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
scale
decrescendo
natural
ritardando
22. Detached
first and second endings
chromatics
staccato
whole step
23. Very soft
decrescendo
pianississimo
natural
pianissimo
24. Very soft
pianissimo
clef sign
decrescendo
da capo al fine
25. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
fortissimo
ledger line
scale
repeat sign
26. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
music staff
scale
arpeggio
mezzo piano
27. Fast and lively
chord
diminuendo
down bow
allegro
28. Smooth - connected
crescendo
measure
da capo al fine
legato
29. Very very soft
fortississimo
chord
measure
pianississimo
30. Moving the bow toward tip
down bow
chromatics
piano
andante
31. A five note scale
scale
down bow
accidental
pentascale
32. Two half steps
up bow
diminuendo
whole step
bar line
33. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
double bar
decrescendo
pianississimo
key signature
34. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names
decrescendo
whole step
clef sign
forte
35. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
up bow
accidental
common time
arpeggio
36. Loud
forte
music staff
time signature
natural
37. Moderately slow
andante
common time
accidental
ritardando
38. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
bow lift
pizzicato
decrescendo
tie
39. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
common time
natural
tie
pizzicato
40. Smooth - connected
ledger line
forte
pianississimo
legato
41. Play through the first ending to the repeat sign then go back to the beginning and skip the first ending and play the second ending
ritardando
tempo
first and second endings
bar line
42. Soft
ledger line
pianississimo
piano
staccato
43. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
music staff
forte
piano
fine
44. # - raises the pitch by one half step
pianissimo
sharp
piano
repeat sign
45. Very very soft
ledger line
slurred staccato
pianississimo
accidental
46. Very - very loud (fff)
andante
chromatics
fortississimo
up bow
47. Gradually get softer
fortississimo
pizzicato
pentascale
decrescendo
48. Gradually getting louder
diminuendo
crescendo
mezzo piano
ritardando
49. Moving the bow toward frog
up bow
down bow
decrescendo
fortissimo
50. Gradually getting softer
tie
half step
common time
diminuendo