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