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