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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. 4/4 meter - denoted C
clef sign
common time
slurred staccato
legato
2. 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
bow lift
first and second endings
music staff
whole step
3. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
forte
pianissimo
da capo al fine
music staff
4. Detached
arco
measure
pianissimo
staccato
5. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
common time
forte
tie
clef sign
6. Very loud
fortissimo
pianississimo
music staff
pianississimo
7. The space between two bar lines
half step
fortississimo
measure
andante
8. Detached
natural
mezzo piano
bar line
staccato
9. 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
accidental
natural
staccato
10. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
legato
bar line
fortississimo
scale
11. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.
bow lift
fortississimo
repeat sign
half step
12. Medium soft
mezzo piano
slur
andante
music staff
13. Soft
mezzo forte
diminuendo
piano
tempo
14. 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
clef sign
half step
mezzo forte
accidental
15. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
arpeggio
decrescendo
half step
down bow
16. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
diminuendo
music staff
key signature
bow lift
17. Moderately slow
pianissimo
andante
pizzicato
common time
18. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
ledger line
tempo
legato
tie
19. 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.
common time
time signature
crescendo
staccato
20. 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
fine
legato
first and second endings
pianississimo
21. Very - very loud (fff)
common time
forte
first and second endings
fortississimo
22. Loud
forte
fine
moderato
tempo
23. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
pentascale
music staff
moderato
fine
24. Rate of speed or pace of music
up bow
tempo
accidental
crescendo
25. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
chord
mezzo piano
time signature
piano
26. The space between two bar lines
allegro
measure
mezzo piano
legato
27. A five note scale
repeat sign
pentascale
mezzo piano
staccato
28. The end
fine
natural
ledger line
pizzicato
29. Very - very loud (fff)
bar line
arco
mezzo piano
fortississimo
30. With the bow
slurred staccato
arco
key signature
key signature
31. Loud
up bow
music staff
andante
forte
32. Gradually getting louder
crescendo
down bow
measure
ledger line
33. Very loud
allegro
arco
fortissimo
double bar
34. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
clef sign
ritardando
decrescendo
chromatics
35. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
slur
whole step
double bar
natural
36. Smooth - connected
tie
legato
pianississimo
allegro
37. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
arpeggio
andante
pizzicato
up bow
38. Very soft
pianissimo
mezzo piano
da capo al fine
repeat sign
39. Medium loud
arco
piano
mezzo forte
pianissimo
40. Rate of speed or pace of music
repeat sign
staccato
tempo
piano
41. 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
up bow
repeat sign
ledger line
andante
42. The end
music staff
fine
legato
clef sign
43. Return to the beginning - play to the end
allegro
repeat sign
fine
da capo al fine
44. Plucked
moderato
staccato
pizzicato
ritardando
45. Smooth - connected
chord
scale
legato
key signature
46. Gradually getting louder
repeat sign
up bow
crescendo
down bow
47. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.
crescendo
bow lift
repeat sign
mezzo forte
48. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
da capo al fine
pentascale
forte
slurred staccato
49. Gradually getting slower
crescendo
allegro
common time
ritardando
50. Two half steps
whole step
sharp
common time
key signature