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