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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 get softer
decrescendo
whole step
andante
chord
2. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
scale
accidental
andante
andante
3. The space between two bar lines
time signature
key signature
measure
pianissimo
4. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
time signature
bow lift
chromatics
clef sign
5. Gradually getting slower
natural
whole step
da capo al fine
ritardando
6. Gradually getting louder
first and second endings
pizzicato
crescendo
slur
7. Rate of speed or pace of music
mezzo piano
mezzo piano
tempo
tie
8. Very - very loud (fff)
arco
time signature
fortississimo
bow lift
9. Two half steps
whole step
crescendo
diminuendo
sharp
10. Detached
ritardando
staccato
mezzo forte
piano
11. The space between two bar lines
decrescendo
time signature
measure
mezzo forte
12. Very soft
ritardando
fortissimo
forte
pianissimo
13. 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.
ledger line
music staff
ledger line
time signature
14. 4/4 meter - denoted C
whole step
key signature
common time
pentascale
15. The end
mezzo forte
fine
bow lift
mezzo piano
16. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
arpeggio
bar line
decrescendo
chord
17. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
piano
accidental
piano
chord
18. Gradually getting slower
scale
time signature
accidental
ritardando
19. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
bow lift
sharp
legato
scale
20. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
arco
slurred staccato
bar line
measure
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.
pentascale
time signature
clef sign
mezzo forte
22. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
crescendo
tie
ledger line
chord
23. Smooth - connected
staccato
legato
chromatics
crescendo
24. Detached
staccato
forte
ritardando
tempo
25. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names
down bow
double bar
up bow
clef sign
26. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
mezzo piano
arco
key signature
forte
27. Very - very loud (fff)
fortississimo
andante
crescendo
measure
28. Medium soft
fine
mezzo piano
decrescendo
repeat sign
29. Moving the bow toward tip
scale
allegro
slurred staccato
down bow
30. With the bow
tie
fine
arco
fortissimo
31. A five note scale
fine
pentascale
bow lift
crescendo
32. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
fine
common time
measure
accidental
33. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
whole step
slur
double bar
slurred staccato
34. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
pianississimo
slurred staccato
chord
chromatics
35. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
time signature
tie
crescendo
ledger line
36. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
chromatics
double bar
chromatics
clef sign
37. 4/4 meter - denoted C
common time
bar line
pianississimo
tie
38. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
fine
arpeggio
ritardando
bar line
39. Loud
common time
forte
arpeggio
moderato
40. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
slur
natural
staccato
piano
41. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
fine
tie
pentascale
slur
42. Medium loud
arco
mezzo forte
forte
slurred staccato
43. Plucked
fine
legato
first and second endings
pizzicato
44. Loud
time signature
repeat sign
forte
tempo
45. Fast and lively
forte
staccato
allegro
diminuendo
46. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
down bow
tie
music staff
pianissimo
47. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
forte
arco
decrescendo
arpeggio
48. # - raises the pitch by one half step
double bar
sharp
andante
arco
49. Gradually get softer
decrescendo
slurred staccato
pianissimo
ritardando
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
moderato
first and second endings
up bow
whole step