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