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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 getting louder
chromatics
ritardando
da capo al fine
crescendo
2. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
mezzo piano
tempo
chromatics
arpeggio
3. 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
first and second endings
moderato
accidental
slurred staccato
4. Loud
music staff
forte
pianissimo
slurred staccato
5. Very - very loud (fff)
fortississimo
ledger line
pentascale
bar line
6. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
arco
fortississimo
ledger line
chord
7. Soft
slurred staccato
fortissimo
piano
forte
8. Loud
bar line
forte
first and second endings
common time
9. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
double bar
accidental
arpeggio
slur
10. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
natural
key signature
time signature
da capo al fine
11. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
pizzicato
bow lift
allegro
scale
12. 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
natural
forte
ledger line
diminuendo
13. # - raises the pitch by one half step
slur
pizzicato
bow lift
sharp
14. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names
clef sign
pentascale
key signature
pianississimo
15. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names
da capo al fine
pizzicato
scale
clef sign
16. Gradually getting slower
half step
repeat sign
ritardando
key signature
17. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
bow lift
diminuendo
half step
key signature
18. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
whole step
scale
chromatics
pianississimo
19. Moving the bow toward frog
common time
up bow
down bow
ledger line
20. 4/4 meter - denoted C
bow lift
down bow
andante
common time
21. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
measure
natural
pianissimo
measure
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
chord
half step
scale
down bow
23. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
pentascale
slurred staccato
crescendo
slur
24. The space between two bar lines
legato
pentascale
chromatics
measure
25. Two half steps
clef sign
whole step
double bar
common time
26. Gradually get softer
down bow
pizzicato
andante
decrescendo
27. With the bow
mezzo forte
legato
arco
moderato
28. The end
chord
fine
ledger line
mezzo forte
29. Gradually getting softer
diminuendo
music staff
andante
half step
30. Rate of speed or pace of music
pizzicato
decrescendo
repeat sign
tempo
31. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
diminuendo
natural
bar line
slur
32. Moving the bow toward frog
mezzo forte
slur
staccato
up bow
33. Detached
whole step
crescendo
time signature
staccato
34. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
ledger line
da capo al fine
key signature
crescendo
35. Rate of speed or pace of music
piano
moderato
tempo
slur
36. Moderately slow
fortissimo
ledger line
natural
andante
37. A five note scale
chromatics
tie
pentascale
pizzicato
38. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
measure
mezzo forte
crescendo
natural
39. Smooth - connected
up bow
da capo al fine
legato
double bar
40. Detached
bow lift
staccato
da capo al fine
pianississimo
41. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
slurred staccato
ritardando
diminuendo
sharp
42. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
staccato
accidental
chord
pizzicato
43. Medium soft
pianissimo
mezzo piano
piano
clef sign
44. Very soft
pianissimo
natural
bar line
staccato
45. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
slur
moderato
fine
music staff
46. Moving the bow toward tip
bar line
scale
down bow
common time
47. Medium soft
mezzo piano
diminuendo
sharp
time signature
48. Plucked
accidental
slur
scale
pizzicato
49. Medium loud
fortississimo
mezzo forte
diminuendo
common time
50. 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.
fine
time signature
arco
andante