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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. 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
andante
mezzo forte
bow lift
2. 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
up bow
forte
decrescendo
ledger line
3. Very - very loud (fff)
fortississimo
time signature
pianissimo
sharp
4. Rate of speed or pace of music
half step
fortissimo
tempo
clef sign
5. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
arco
natural
down bow
slur
6. Gradually get softer
measure
decrescendo
sharp
ritardando
7. 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
up bow
tempo
natural
half step
8. Plucked
forte
up bow
moderato
pizzicato
9. Medium soft
pentascale
ritardando
tie
mezzo piano
10. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.
key signature
legato
bow lift
repeat sign
11. 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
piano
whole step
chromatics
first and second endings
12. Gradually getting slower
moderato
legato
diminuendo
ritardando
13. # - raises the pitch by one half step
tempo
fortississimo
sharp
mezzo forte
14. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.
allegro
repeat sign
common time
clef sign
15. Smooth - connected
fine
legato
decrescendo
mezzo forte
16. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
slurred staccato
crescendo
forte
andante
17. # - raises the pitch by one half step
first and second endings
sharp
fortississimo
key signature
18. Loud
arpeggio
slurred staccato
forte
tie
19. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
ritardando
common time
tempo
accidental
20. Gradually getting louder
music staff
allegro
forte
crescendo
21. Fast and lively
moderato
music staff
slurred staccato
allegro
22. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
legato
forte
double bar
accidental
23. Gradually getting slower
piano
piano
ritardando
da capo al fine
24. Smooth - connected
andante
mezzo forte
legato
pentascale
25. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
pentascale
mezzo forte
double bar
da capo al fine
26. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
ledger line
pianississimo
bow lift
down bow
27. Loud
fine
chord
key signature
forte
28. Medium soft
time signature
mezzo piano
diminuendo
moderato
29. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names
clef sign
ledger line
key signature
mezzo piano
30. Soft
repeat sign
bow lift
piano
common time
31. With the bow
natural
arco
scale
pianissimo
32. Fast and lively
decrescendo
bow lift
allegro
diminuendo
33. Moderately slow
moderato
ritardando
pizzicato
andante
34. The space between two bar lines
fine
half step
measure
chord
35. Two half steps
crescendo
whole step
piano
pianissimo
36. Two half steps
whole step
pentascale
pianississimo
pianississimo
37. Return to the beginning - play to the end
staccato
da capo al fine
scale
accidental
38. Gradually getting softer
first and second endings
sharp
diminuendo
forte
39. Moving the bow toward tip
first and second endings
down bow
decrescendo
mezzo forte
40. Gradually getting louder
accidental
andante
crescendo
pianissimo
41. Very loud
fortissimo
half step
first and second endings
pentascale
42. Very soft
mezzo forte
pianissimo
chord
common time
43. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
measure
slur
slurred staccato
double bar
44. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
pizzicato
moderato
decrescendo
bow lift
45. Detached
natural
whole step
staccato
up bow
46. 4/4 meter - denoted C
common time
pentascale
repeat sign
music staff
47. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
ritardando
mezzo forte
moderato
double bar
48. Soft
da capo al fine
arpeggio
ritardando
piano
49. Moderately slow
slur
tie
andante
slur
50. The space between two bar lines
measure
half step
double bar
half step