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