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