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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
study here
.
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. Moving the bow toward tip
allegro
scale
mezzo piano
down bow
2. Very loud
ledger line
legato
repeat sign
fortissimo
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.
measure
clef sign
da capo al fine
repeat sign
4. The end
measure
tie
fine
da capo al fine
5. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
pentascale
chromatics
tempo
mezzo forte
6. 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
bar line
first and second endings
down bow
7. Moderately slow
slurred staccato
moderato
fortississimo
andante
8. Gradually get softer
decrescendo
measure
fine
pianissimo
9. Plucked
da capo al fine
pizzicato
staccato
mezzo piano
10. Gradually getting louder
crescendo
piano
scale
fortissimo
11. Very very soft
measure
diminuendo
clef sign
pianississimo
12. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
allegro
tie
arpeggio
double bar
13. Smooth - connected
music staff
natural
legato
tie
14. Gradually getting softer
staccato
diminuendo
decrescendo
sharp
15. With the bow
allegro
legato
arco
staccato
16. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
double bar
fine
ritardando
music staff
17. Smooth - connected
clef sign
da capo al fine
ledger line
legato
18. 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
fine
ledger line
forte
double bar
19. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
common time
tie
natural
slur
20. Medium loud
diminuendo
mezzo forte
arpeggio
music staff
21. Very - very loud (fff)
fortississimo
pentascale
slurred staccato
mezzo forte
22. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
slur
chord
fortississimo
sharp
23. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
natural
time signature
ritardando
fine
24. 4/4 meter - denoted C
common time
sharp
arpeggio
forte
25. With the bow
diminuendo
da capo al fine
arco
mezzo piano
26. Moving the bow toward frog
up bow
scale
moderato
diminuendo
27. Medium soft
down bow
mezzo piano
bar line
piano
28. The space between two bar lines
measure
scale
whole step
bar line
29. Two half steps
moderato
whole step
down bow
down bow
30. The end
sharp
fine
pizzicato
common time
31. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
natural
sharp
slurred staccato
fortissimo
32. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
time signature
staccato
tie
double bar
33. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
mezzo forte
moderato
diminuendo
fortississimo
34. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
scale
measure
diminuendo
bar line
35. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
key signature
natural
measure
down bow
36. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
pianississimo
da capo al fine
natural
clef sign
37. Fast and lively
pianississimo
repeat sign
allegro
pizzicato
38. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
ritardando
pizzicato
staccato
accidental
39. Rate of speed or pace of music
tempo
fortississimo
ritardando
pizzicato
40. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
chromatics
tempo
scale
piano
41. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
moderato
arco
double bar
bar line
42. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
natural
pianississimo
arpeggio
arco
43. 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
key signature
music staff
ledger line
decrescendo
44. Medium soft
mezzo piano
up bow
forte
moderato
45. Plucked
scale
mezzo forte
pianissimo
pizzicato
46. Moving the bow toward frog
double bar
fortississimo
up bow
key signature
47. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
clef sign
slur
moderato
allegro
48. Very - very loud (fff)
slurred staccato
mezzo forte
fortississimo
music staff
49. # - raises the pitch by one half step
forte
forte
sharp
double bar
50. Rate of speed or pace of music
slur
tempo
measure
tie