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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 series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
pentascale
crescendo
slurred staccato
fine
2. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
bow lift
pizzicato
music staff
arco
3. Detached
chord
staccato
pianissimo
decrescendo
4. Moving the bow toward frog
da capo al fine
pizzicato
bar line
up bow
5. 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
time signature
chord
bar line
6. Gradually getting softer
andante
slur
pizzicato
diminuendo
7. Gradually getting softer
mezzo piano
natural
diminuendo
music staff
8. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
da capo al fine
accidental
tie
fine
9. With the bow
fortississimo
scale
arco
repeat sign
10. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
legato
diminuendo
natural
tempo
11. Fast and lively
allegro
scale
fortissimo
slur
12. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
arco
time signature
crescendo
scale
13. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
down bow
accidental
down bow
crescendo
14. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
arco
legato
whole step
accidental
15. Very loud
measure
ledger line
mezzo piano
fortissimo
16. Very very soft
pianississimo
chord
mezzo piano
slurred staccato
17. 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
down bow
pizzicato
first and second endings
mezzo forte
18. Loud
diminuendo
diminuendo
measure
forte
19. Return to the beginning - play to the end
key signature
da capo al fine
up bow
measure
20. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.
arco
tempo
repeat sign
fine
21. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
up bow
piano
bar line
allegro
22. 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 forte
arco
moderato
half step
23. Very soft
chord
diminuendo
pianissimo
mezzo forte
24. Two half steps
natural
whole step
slur
measure
25. Gradually getting louder
double bar
crescendo
pizzicato
arpeggio
26. Moving the bow toward tip
down bow
da capo al fine
fortissimo
arco
27. Gradually get softer
first and second endings
down bow
decrescendo
crescendo
28. Very soft
forte
tempo
key signature
pianissimo
29. Plucked
allegro
legato
da capo al fine
pizzicato
30. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
chromatics
piano
arpeggio
slur
31. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
ledger line
music staff
double bar
pianissimo
32. Moderately slow
crescendo
slurred staccato
tie
andante
33. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
legato
double bar
moderato
scale
34. Plucked
pizzicato
slurred staccato
fortissimo
measure
35. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
chromatics
first and second endings
tie
sharp
36. Medium soft
mezzo piano
chord
moderato
pianissimo
37. Very very soft
ritardando
up bow
pianississimo
bar line
38. Gradually getting slower
ritardando
repeat sign
pianississimo
fortississimo
39. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names
slur
clef sign
pianissimo
first and second endings
40. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
da capo al fine
chromatics
down bow
ledger line
41. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
crescendo
double bar
crescendo
time signature
42. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
arpeggio
chord
mezzo piano
tempo
43. Smooth - connected
first and second endings
scale
forte
legato
44. A five note scale
pentascale
slur
decrescendo
pianissimo
45. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
double bar
piano
repeat sign
half step
46. # - raises the pitch by one half step
ritardando
pianissimo
repeat sign
sharp
47. Moderately slow
accidental
bar line
staccato
andante
48. # - raises the pitch by one half step
da capo al fine
ledger line
sharp
pianississimo
49. 4/4 meter - denoted C
pianississimo
common time
forte
ledger line
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
clef sign
first and second endings
crescendo
down bow