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