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