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