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Middle School Orchestra
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
performing-arts
,
music
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Loud
arco
tempo
staccato
forte
2. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
music staff
moderato
sharp
natural
3. Rate of speed or pace of music
ritardando
pianississimo
piano
tempo
4. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
arpeggio
time signature
key signature
pizzicato
5. Detached
allegro
ledger line
tempo
staccato
6. The end
up bow
fine
pianississimo
tempo
7. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
allegro
arpeggio
slur
key signature
8. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
pentascale
natural
up bow
ledger line
9. Very - very loud (fff)
natural
time signature
fortississimo
slur
10. Gradually getting slower
ritardando
da capo al fine
double bar
ledger line
11. Loud
tie
repeat sign
crescendo
forte
12. 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
pianissimo
fine
crescendo
half step
13. Gradually getting louder
moderato
crescendo
pizzicato
slur
14. Moving the bow toward frog
fine
up bow
chord
common time
15. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.
time signature
staccato
mezzo forte
repeat sign
16. 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
whole step
repeat sign
first and second endings
legato
17. Moving the bow toward tip
arco
tie
down bow
crescendo
18. Rate of speed or pace of music
piano
mezzo piano
tempo
staccato
19. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
tie
slurred staccato
whole step
pentascale
20. Moving the bow toward tip
allegro
chord
ledger line
down bow
21. Very soft
up bow
ledger line
up bow
pianissimo
22. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
bow lift
arco
arpeggio
fine
23. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
moderato
bow lift
down bow
ledger line
24. Detached
staccato
pianissimo
crescendo
time signature
25. 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
time signature
slur
up bow
26. Moving the bow toward frog
fortissimo
double bar
up bow
sharp
27. Moderately slow
forte
fortissimo
pianissimo
andante
28. Smooth - connected
forte
legato
ledger line
chord
29. Gradually get softer
clef sign
legato
decrescendo
forte
30. 4/4 meter - denoted C
common time
natural
da capo al fine
scale
31. Plucked
staccato
pizzicato
accidental
fortississimo
32. Medium soft
key signature
mezzo piano
chord
sharp
33. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
moderato
clef sign
ledger line
music staff
34. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
arpeggio
andante
arco
common time
35. Medium loud
mezzo forte
diminuendo
mezzo piano
ritardando
36. Gradually getting slower
staccato
first and second endings
scale
ritardando
37. Very - very loud (fff)
fortississimo
time signature
da capo al fine
diminuendo
38. With the bow
time signature
arco
legato
moderato
39. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
pianississimo
up bow
slur
arpeggio
40. 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
time signature
legato
half step
down bow
41. Gradually get softer
decrescendo
arco
arpeggio
allegro
42. 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
arpeggio
legato
chord
43. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
pentascale
accidental
pentascale
legato
44. With the bow
mezzo piano
natural
moderato
arco
45. Soft
double bar
piano
fortissimo
clef sign
46. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
double bar
slur
measure
legato
47. Very soft
pianissimo
up bow
piano
moderato
48. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
staccato
bar line
down bow
pizzicato
49. Very very soft
pentascale
accidental
pianississimo
legato
50. Gradually getting louder
decrescendo
up bow
crescendo
up bow