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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. Gradually get softer
decrescendo
down bow
ledger line
measure
2. Return to the beginning - play to the end
down bow
da capo al fine
key signature
staccato
3. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
fine
natural
arpeggio
tempo
4. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
fortissimo
accidental
ledger line
mezzo forte
5. Medium soft
bow lift
mezzo piano
piano
repeat sign
6. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
double bar
scale
fine
forte
7. Medium soft
pentascale
mezzo piano
clef sign
arco
8. A five note scale
piano
da capo al fine
bow lift
pentascale
9. Soft
scale
moderato
bow lift
piano
10. Very soft
measure
whole step
pianissimo
clef sign
11. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
bow lift
chord
accidental
moderato
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.
mezzo forte
pizzicato
staccato
time signature
13. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
bar line
scale
slurred staccato
double bar
14. 4/4 meter - denoted C
mezzo forte
common time
tie
forte
15. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
staccato
double bar
measure
common time
16. 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.
measure
pianississimo
time signature
first and second endings
17. Two half steps
decrescendo
repeat sign
music staff
whole step
18. Gradually getting slower
fine
ritardando
diminuendo
bow lift
19. Very loud
legato
music staff
pianississimo
fortissimo
20. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
mezzo piano
staccato
slurred staccato
natural
21. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
bow lift
chromatics
tie
slur
22. Very very soft
common time
key signature
pianississimo
key signature
23. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
forte
chord
first and second endings
slurred staccato
24. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
fine
fortissimo
chord
accidental
25. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names
clef sign
half step
ritardando
piano
26. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
pianississimo
clef sign
staccato
bow lift
27. Gradually getting softer
up bow
accidental
half step
diminuendo
28. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
slurred staccato
slur
fortissimo
chromatics
29. The end
clef sign
ritardando
slur
fine
30. Moving the bow toward frog
mezzo forte
common time
up bow
pentascale
31. 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
fine
bow lift
first and second endings
up bow
32. Rate of speed or pace of music
music staff
tempo
piano
mezzo piano
33. Soft
piano
mezzo piano
half step
moderato
34. Fast and lively
chromatics
pentascale
allegro
pizzicato
35. 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
mezzo piano
diminuendo
ledger line
half step
36. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
diminuendo
double bar
chromatics
piano
37. The space between two bar lines
measure
fortissimo
fortississimo
bar line
38. The space between two bar lines
measure
music staff
ledger line
time signature
39. With the bow
up bow
bar line
time signature
arco
40. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
up bow
measure
music staff
fortississimo
41. Moderately slow
pianissimo
whole step
andante
allegro
42. Gradually get softer
da capo al fine
fortississimo
mezzo piano
decrescendo
43. With the bow
tempo
arco
fortissimo
legato
44. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
music staff
diminuendo
legato
half step
45. A five note scale
mezzo forte
clef sign
pentascale
decrescendo
46. Moving the bow toward tip
time signature
pianissimo
forte
down bow
47. # - raises the pitch by one half step
time signature
repeat sign
da capo al fine
sharp
48. 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
piano
half step
fine
49. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
repeat sign
double bar
pizzicato
scale
50. 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
fortissimo
music staff
slurred staccato
first and second endings