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