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