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Middle School Orchestra
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
performing-arts
,
music
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
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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
key signature
andante
accidental
slurred staccato
2. Very soft
double bar
pianissimo
common time
measure
3. Very loud
ritardando
allegro
piano
fortissimo
4. Gradually getting slower
ritardando
chord
slur
fine
5. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
natural
key signature
arpeggio
fine
6. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names
half step
mezzo piano
double bar
clef sign
7. Two half steps
up bow
fortississimo
whole step
allegro
8. 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
piano
pentascale
half step
da capo al fine
9. Medium loud
allegro
chord
mezzo forte
staccato
10. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
bow lift
chromatics
arco
fine
11. Medium soft
mezzo piano
arpeggio
scale
mezzo forte
12. Gradually getting louder
ledger line
crescendo
whole step
da capo al fine
13. Gradually getting louder
allegro
da capo al fine
crescendo
pianissimo
14. The space between two bar lines
legato
measure
chord
fine
15. Loud
slur
forte
common time
double bar
16. Plucked
pizzicato
key signature
music staff
slurred staccato
17. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
mezzo piano
andante
fortissimo
tie
18. Medium loud
mezzo forte
scale
pizzicato
pianississimo
19. 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
tie
first and second endings
diminuendo
tempo
20. The end
first and second endings
fine
slurred staccato
clef sign
21. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
chord
key signature
measure
chromatics
22. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
first and second endings
arpeggio
crescendo
crescendo
23. Loud
forte
pizzicato
moderato
tie
24. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.
diminuendo
repeat sign
measure
half step
25. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
staccato
natural
tie
diminuendo
26. The end
fine
first and second endings
double bar
pizzicato
27. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
slurred staccato
mezzo forte
decrescendo
double bar
28. Very soft
natural
pianissimo
fortississimo
arco
29. 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
fine
time signature
fortissimo
30. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
piano
down bow
music staff
chord
31. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
repeat sign
double bar
diminuendo
moderato
32. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
tempo
pianississimo
natural
key signature
33. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
accidental
pentascale
bow lift
ledger line
34. Gradually get softer
allegro
decrescendo
first and second endings
scale
35. Moving the bow toward frog
da capo al fine
repeat sign
fortississimo
up bow
36. Gradually getting softer
diminuendo
time signature
key signature
half step
37. Soft
pentascale
tie
pianississimo
piano
38. Soft
arpeggio
ledger line
scale
piano
39. Moderately slow
andante
ledger line
tempo
arpeggio
40. With the bow
moderato
music staff
arco
decrescendo
41. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
allegro
pizzicato
bar line
andante
42. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
bow lift
natural
legato
scale
43. Return to the beginning - play to the end
time signature
mezzo piano
decrescendo
da capo al fine
44. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
measure
double bar
slurred staccato
pizzicato
45. Plucked
time signature
piano
pizzicato
slur
46. 4/4 meter - denoted C
down bow
fine
common time
pizzicato
47. Detached
accidental
up bow
staccato
repeat sign
48. Gradually getting softer
diminuendo
common time
pianississimo
key signature
49. Return to the beginning - play to the end
da capo al fine
scale
arco
double bar
50. 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
slurred staccato
bar line
diminuendo
half step