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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. # - raises the pitch by one half step
bow lift
sharp
pentascale
fortissimo
2. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
whole step
tempo
bow lift
chromatics
3. Two half steps
key signature
scale
whole step
ritardando
4. 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
slur
first and second endings
pianississimo
da capo al fine
5. # - raises the pitch by one half step
common time
ritardando
bar line
sharp
6. Fast and lively
first and second endings
allegro
mezzo forte
forte
7. Very soft
up bow
sharp
fortissimo
pianissimo
8. Soft
pentascale
diminuendo
piano
half step
9. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
whole step
double bar
half step
bow lift
10. Medium loud
clef sign
andante
measure
mezzo forte
11. Very very soft
allegro
ledger line
pianississimo
accidental
12. 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
pizzicato
common time
decrescendo
ledger line
13. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
accidental
slurred staccato
ritardando
forte
14. Moderately slow
accidental
mezzo piano
andante
moderato
15. The space between two bar lines
measure
sharp
fortississimo
pentascale
16. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
up bow
bow lift
chord
chromatics
17. Moving the bow toward tip
crescendo
whole step
tie
down bow
18. Detached
tie
scale
double bar
staccato
19. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
whole step
accidental
staccato
scale
20. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
moderato
double bar
accidental
measure
21. Medium soft
mezzo piano
pianississimo
measure
tie
22. Moderately slow
moderato
andante
chromatics
allegro
23. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
tempo
staccato
slurred staccato
moderato
24. Return to the beginning - play to the end
pentascale
first and second endings
da capo al fine
bow lift
25. The end
fine
whole step
mezzo piano
allegro
26. 4/4 meter - denoted C
pizzicato
key signature
diminuendo
common time
27. Gradually getting louder
natural
fortississimo
crescendo
half step
28. Very - very loud (fff)
tie
sharp
fortississimo
double bar
29. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
slur
chromatics
pianissimo
chord
30. A five note scale
clef sign
pentascale
moderato
key signature
31. Loud
whole step
forte
down bow
staccato
32. The space between two bar lines
measure
arco
clef sign
common time
33. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
fortississimo
chord
mezzo forte
slur
34. Smooth - connected
pianissimo
legato
chromatics
key signature
35. Very loud
double bar
fortissimo
chromatics
accidental
36. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
music staff
piano
chord
legato
37. Smooth - connected
pianississimo
forte
legato
clef sign
38. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
up bow
common time
legato
tie
39. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
bar line
tempo
slurred staccato
arco
40. 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.
pianissimo
sharp
time signature
forte
41. Fast and lively
common time
chord
allegro
pianissimo
42. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
ritardando
key signature
staccato
moderato
43. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
chromatics
pizzicato
bar line
diminuendo
44. 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
double bar
diminuendo
ritardando
45. Detached
staccato
down bow
ledger line
pentascale
46. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
scale
music staff
andante
bar line
47. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
down bow
half step
accidental
moderato
48. Plucked
bar line
allegro
pizzicato
chord
49. Plucked
first and second endings
pizzicato
chord
slurred staccato
50. Loud
pianissimo
forte
half step
pianissimo