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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
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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. Very soft
slur
pianissimo
music staff
double bar
2. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
music staff
chromatics
half step
arpeggio
3. 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.
whole step
down bow
time signature
pianissimo
4. Return to the beginning - play to the end
da capo al fine
key signature
allegro
pianississimo
5. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
ledger line
bow lift
staccato
slur
6. The end
measure
common time
fine
time signature
7. Very - very loud (fff)
pianississimo
fortississimo
slurred staccato
natural
8. 4/4 meter - denoted C
fortissimo
whole step
accidental
common time
9. With the bow
mezzo piano
arco
ritardando
first and second endings
10. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
bar line
sharp
staccato
tie
11. Loud
decrescendo
pianissimo
key signature
forte
12. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
first and second endings
fortissimo
key signature
down bow
13. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
clef sign
diminuendo
music staff
tie
14. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
crescendo
da capo al fine
mezzo piano
tie
15. Very very soft
ledger line
da capo al fine
pianississimo
decrescendo
16. Very loud
repeat sign
key signature
common time
fortissimo
17. Smooth - connected
pianissimo
forte
legato
tie
18. Moving the bow toward frog
ritardando
da capo al fine
mezzo forte
up bow
19. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names
clef sign
ledger line
down bow
ritardando
20. The space between two bar lines
up bow
whole step
measure
legato
21. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
mezzo forte
natural
common time
piano
22. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
time signature
pizzicato
chord
arpeggio
23. Gradually getting slower
pentascale
sharp
ritardando
moderato
24. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
moderato
key signature
scale
down bow
25. A five note scale
natural
pentascale
bar line
arpeggio
26. Rate of speed or pace of music
tie
tempo
staccato
natural
27. Fast and lively
measure
allegro
bow lift
bow lift
28. With the bow
accidental
ledger line
measure
arco
29. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
bar line
pianississimo
double bar
time signature
30. Detached
staccato
bow lift
crescendo
whole step
31. # - raises the pitch by one half step
mezzo forte
legato
first and second endings
sharp
32. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
key signature
measure
slur
tie
33. Moving the bow toward tip
down bow
repeat sign
arpeggio
chromatics
34. Moderately slow
clef sign
decrescendo
crescendo
andante
35. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
music staff
accidental
tie
double bar
36. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
common time
moderato
down bow
chord
37. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
ledger line
mezzo forte
bow lift
double bar
38. Moving the bow toward tip
down bow
whole step
natural
clef sign
39. A five note scale
bow lift
common time
pentascale
down bow
40. Moving the bow toward frog
scale
key signature
up bow
whole step
41. Loud
forte
mezzo forte
fortissimo
repeat sign
42. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
tie
slurred staccato
decrescendo
arco
43. 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
down bow
ledger line
clef sign
chord
44. 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
half step
piano
first and second endings
allegro
45. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
up bow
accidental
half step
mezzo forte
46. Gradually getting slower
slur
fine
ritardando
slurred staccato
47. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
pianissimo
fortississimo
half step
slur
48. Soft
piano
pianissimo
arpeggio
diminuendo
49. 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
forte
piano
down bow
50. 4/4 meter - denoted C
common time
repeat sign
forte
slur