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