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