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