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