SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
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. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
crescendo
natural
repeat sign
key signature
2. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names
clef sign
pianissimo
up bow
pizzicato
3. Very soft
crescendo
pianissimo
bow lift
measure
4. Very loud
whole step
pianississimo
fortissimo
scale
5. Loud
forte
down bow
tie
chromatics
6. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
repeat sign
legato
slurred staccato
arco
7. Moderately slow
chord
andante
pianissimo
mezzo piano
8. Rate of speed or pace of music
ritardando
natural
mezzo forte
tempo
9. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
tempo
decrescendo
first and second endings
moderato
10. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
half step
andante
chord
accidental
11. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names
down bow
chord
clef sign
whole step
12. With the bow
ledger line
arco
half step
fortissimo
13. Two half steps
fortissimo
tempo
ritardando
whole step
14. Very - very loud (fff)
fortississimo
measure
pizzicato
crescendo
15. Moving the bow toward frog
clef sign
up bow
slurred staccato
common time
16. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
bow lift
bar line
ritardando
tempo
17. Medium soft
da capo al fine
fortissimo
mezzo piano
accidental
18. Detached
ledger line
staccato
tempo
slur
19. Plucked
pizzicato
bar line
clef sign
fortissimo
20. 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
sharp
ritardando
ledger line
clef sign
21. The space between two bar lines
ritardando
measure
down bow
common time
22. Soft
mezzo piano
chromatics
first and second endings
piano
23. Medium soft
double bar
mezzo piano
scale
pianississimo
24. Medium loud
down bow
double bar
common time
mezzo forte
25. Gradually get softer
key signature
decrescendo
sharp
legato
26. Smooth - connected
pianississimo
arco
legato
measure
27. # - raises the pitch by one half step
mezzo piano
sharp
repeat sign
accidental
28. Gradually getting softer
half step
chromatics
ledger line
diminuendo
29. 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
fortissimo
down bow
30. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
down bow
mezzo forte
scale
arpeggio
31. Fast and lively
key signature
allegro
tie
whole step
32. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
slur
slurred staccato
accidental
key signature
33. # - raises the pitch by one half step
slur
fortissimo
sharp
allegro
34. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
double bar
andante
first and second endings
chord
35. Moving the bow toward tip
slurred staccato
down bow
chord
sharp
36. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
accidental
arpeggio
music staff
ritardando
37. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
music staff
time signature
pentascale
measure
38. Moving the bow toward tip
down bow
pizzicato
bow lift
chord
39. Gradually getting slower
fortississimo
down bow
key signature
ritardando
40. Detached
repeat sign
tempo
staccato
legato
41. Smooth - connected
legato
ritardando
time signature
ledger line
42. Return to the beginning - play to the end
clef sign
da capo al fine
ritardando
time signature
43. The space between two bar lines
measure
music staff
down bow
bar line
44. Very - very loud (fff)
bar line
mezzo forte
double bar
fortississimo
45. The end
tempo
repeat sign
fine
andante
46. Moderately slow
first and second endings
andante
fortississimo
common time
47. Gradually getting louder
crescendo
sharp
fortississimo
decrescendo
48. Very very soft
fortississimo
pentascale
pianississimo
common time
49. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
first and second endings
pizzicato
key signature
ritardando
50. Rate of speed or pace of music
first and second endings
bar line
diminuendo
tempo