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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. Medium loud
decrescendo
repeat sign
scale
mezzo forte
2. Loud
chord
ritardando
forte
slur
3. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
music staff
chord
arco
fine
4. Fast and lively
sharp
allegro
first and second endings
down bow
5. Gradually getting slower
chromatics
up bow
ritardando
accidental
6. Very soft
andante
decrescendo
pianissimo
andante
7. Very loud
scale
chord
slurred staccato
fortissimo
8. Gradually getting slower
ritardando
pianissimo
bar line
legato
9. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.
repeat sign
pianissimo
pentascale
music staff
10. Very very soft
pianississimo
common time
fortississimo
slurred staccato
11. Moderately slow
fine
up bow
ledger line
andante
12. With the bow
arco
first and second endings
slur
pianississimo
13. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
slur
tie
slur
diminuendo
14. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
whole step
tie
up bow
chord
15. Rate of speed or pace of music
common time
tempo
common time
up bow
16. Moving the bow toward frog
scale
up bow
common time
double bar
17. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
pentascale
chord
bar line
slurred staccato
18. Two half steps
fortississimo
ritardando
crescendo
whole step
19. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
scale
clef sign
natural
ledger line
20. Very - very loud (fff)
fortississimo
moderato
staccato
da capo al fine
21. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
diminuendo
music staff
tie
pentascale
22. A five note scale
slur
ritardando
sharp
pentascale
23. Gradually getting louder
da capo al fine
chromatics
key signature
crescendo
24. 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.
bow lift
time signature
accidental
scale
25. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
common time
music staff
arpeggio
chromatics
26. 4/4 meter - denoted C
accidental
measure
fortissimo
common time
27. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
measure
bow lift
double bar
down bow
28. The space between two bar lines
chromatics
measure
natural
sharp
29. Very loud
fortissimo
accidental
key signature
whole step
30. Smooth - connected
fortississimo
legato
accidental
mezzo piano
31. Detached
sharp
bar line
chord
staccato
32. Soft
diminuendo
accidental
accidental
piano
33. Return to the beginning - play to the end
whole step
slur
double bar
da capo al fine
34. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
pentascale
slurred staccato
arco
staccato
35. Return to the beginning - play to the end
accidental
da capo al fine
pentascale
up bow
36. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
key signature
accidental
forte
slur
37. Fast and lively
allegro
tempo
fine
pentascale
38. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
diminuendo
bar line
repeat sign
staccato
39. 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
half step
whole step
first and second endings
legato
40. Medium soft
da capo al fine
forte
mezzo piano
sharp
41. Moving the bow toward tip
arco
down bow
pentascale
time signature
42. Rate of speed or pace of music
accidental
half step
tempo
up bow
43. The end
diminuendo
time signature
andante
fine
44. Detached
da capo al fine
slur
staccato
ledger line
45. 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
pizzicato
ledger line
repeat sign
46. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
bar line
scale
legato
slur
47. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
first and second endings
bow lift
natural
pianississimo
48. Medium loud
music staff
common time
mezzo forte
arco
49. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
music staff
scale
pianississimo
bow lift
50. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.
andante
slurred staccato
down bow
repeat sign