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