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