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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
study here
.
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. With the bow
double bar
tie
arco
mezzo piano
2. 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
repeat sign
key signature
first and second endings
slurred staccato
3. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
moderato
up bow
diminuendo
accidental
4. # - raises the pitch by one half step
pentascale
music staff
tempo
sharp
5. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
diminuendo
pentascale
key signature
whole step
6. Loud
tie
first and second endings
diminuendo
forte
7. Gradually getting softer
fortissimo
clef sign
diminuendo
music staff
8. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
ritardando
sharp
slurred staccato
legato
9. 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
ledger line
allegro
da capo al fine
pizzicato
10. Moving the bow toward tip
ritardando
down bow
half step
piano
11. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names
chord
piano
clef sign
pizzicato
12. Return to the beginning - play to the end
time signature
da capo al fine
mezzo forte
allegro
13. Fast and lively
tempo
natural
arco
allegro
14. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
bow lift
double bar
arco
ledger line
15. Gradually get softer
decrescendo
staccato
crescendo
time signature
16. Medium loud
pianissimo
double bar
mezzo piano
mezzo forte
17. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
up bow
bow lift
accidental
legato
18. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
mezzo piano
key signature
whole step
arpeggio
19. Fast and lively
allegro
ritardando
first and second endings
decrescendo
20. 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
clef sign
pentascale
21. Moving the bow toward tip
piano
chord
first and second endings
down bow
22. 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
mezzo piano
andante
key signature
23. A five note scale
pianissimo
moderato
diminuendo
pentascale
24. The space between two bar lines
measure
pentascale
slur
accidental
25. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
scale
first and second endings
moderato
bow lift
26. 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
bow lift
common time
ledger line
up bow
27. A five note scale
up bow
pianissimo
slurred staccato
pentascale
28. Smooth - connected
fortississimo
time signature
ritardando
legato
29. The end
double bar
clef sign
fine
measure
30. Gradually getting louder
crescendo
pianissimo
pizzicato
slur
31. Medium soft
up bow
mezzo piano
time signature
first and second endings
32. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
slurred staccato
pianissimo
natural
legato
33. Very - very loud (fff)
slur
fortississimo
clef sign
allegro
34. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
crescendo
moderato
slurred staccato
andante
35. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
first and second endings
slur
sharp
pentascale
36. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
ledger line
andante
common time
slurred staccato
37. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
tie
fortississimo
arpeggio
repeat sign
38. Gradually getting louder
crescendo
fortississimo
mezzo piano
double bar
39. 4/4 meter - denoted C
whole step
chord
common time
chord
40. Soft
piano
chromatics
clef sign
arpeggio
41. Return to the beginning - play to the end
natural
da capo al fine
legato
time signature
42. 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
decrescendo
down bow
first and second endings
slurred staccato
43. Very loud
mezzo forte
pentascale
andante
fortissimo
44. The end
fine
fortissimo
arpeggio
scale
45. Medium soft
up bow
arco
mezzo piano
mezzo forte
46. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.
fine
clef sign
repeat sign
music staff
47. Gradually get softer
slurred staccato
first and second endings
measure
decrescendo
48. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
ritardando
pizzicato
bar line
whole step
49. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
mezzo forte
da capo al fine
bow lift
chord
50. Smooth - connected
scale
sharp
legato
ledger line