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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
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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. 4/4 meter - denoted C
common time
scale
time signature
arco
2. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
music staff
half step
bar line
bow lift
3. Very soft
arpeggio
allegro
pianissimo
sharp
4. # - raises the pitch by one half step
sharp
diminuendo
da capo al fine
mezzo forte
5. Plucked
pizzicato
slur
tempo
accidental
6. 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
sharp
common time
accidental
7. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
scale
arpeggio
forte
fortississimo
8. Very soft
bow lift
fortississimo
pianissimo
slur
9. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
arco
slurred staccato
bar line
piano
10. Gradually get softer
slurred staccato
decrescendo
mezzo forte
time signature
11. The end
fine
tie
slurred staccato
first and second endings
12. With the bow
slurred staccato
slur
ritardando
arco
13. Rate of speed or pace of music
moderato
tempo
legato
staccato
14. With the bow
ritardando
forte
fortississimo
arco
15. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
decrescendo
pianississimo
accidental
whole step
16. Medium loud
common time
clef sign
mezzo forte
moderato
17. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
andante
natural
bow lift
slur
18. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
tie
slur
legato
moderato
19. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
natural
time signature
accidental
moderato
20. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
chord
scale
repeat sign
sharp
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.
fine
time signature
allegro
tie
22. Gradually get softer
arco
decrescendo
chord
up bow
23. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
pentascale
pizzicato
moderato
tie
24. Two half steps
crescendo
whole step
pianississimo
up bow
25. 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
ledger line
pianississimo
piano
pianissimo
26. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
chromatics
diminuendo
scale
key signature
27. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.
allegro
pianissimo
key signature
repeat sign
28. 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
pentascale
half step
tie
fortississimo
29. Very loud
down bow
fortissimo
key signature
tie
30. 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
tempo
ledger line
pianississimo
half step
31. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
chromatics
ritardando
forte
moderato
32. Loud
decrescendo
forte
accidental
da capo al fine
33. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
diminuendo
tie
scale
key signature
34. Gradually getting louder
decrescendo
accidental
ledger line
crescendo
35. Loud
crescendo
up bow
slurred staccato
forte
36. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
tie
legato
chord
whole step
37. # - raises the pitch by one half step
sharp
legato
pizzicato
piano
38. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
first and second endings
arpeggio
pianississimo
piano
39. Very - very loud (fff)
chromatics
fortississimo
forte
crescendo
40. Moderately slow
measure
allegro
tie
andante
41. Medium loud
fortissimo
mezzo forte
pianissimo
pizzicato
42. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names
clef sign
mezzo piano
whole step
common time
43. Very - very loud (fff)
pianississimo
fortississimo
piano
fine
44. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
sharp
slur
fortissimo
natural
45. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
moderato
common time
bow lift
fortissimo
46. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
mezzo forte
tempo
bar line
music staff
47. Smooth - connected
moderato
legato
chord
pizzicato
48. Moving the bow toward tip
down bow
measure
piano
andante
49. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
scale
slur
arpeggio
slur
50. Very loud
chord
fortissimo
fine
bow lift