Test your basic knowledge |

Middle School Orchestra

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. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow






2. 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.






3. Medium soft






4. Detached






5. Moderately slow






6. Loud






7. 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






8. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






9. Loud






10. Fast and lively






11. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.






12. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






13. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together






14. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat






15. Gradually getting slower






16. Fast and lively






17. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord






18. Smooth - connected






19. Gradually getting softer






20. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction






21. Plucked






22. With the bow






23. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat






24. Soft






25. 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.






26. Gradually getting louder






27. Smooth - connected






28. 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






29. Moderately slow






30. Medium loud






31. 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






32. Return to the beginning - play to the end






33. 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






34. Rate of speed or pace of music






35. Gradually getting softer






36. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord






37. Soft






38. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.






39. Very very soft






40. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures






41. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature






42. A five note scale






43. Moving the bow toward tip






44. Moving the bow toward frog






45. The end






46. With the bow






47. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






48. Rate of speed or pace of music






49. Very soft






50. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together