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