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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
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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. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.
clef sign
fortississimo
repeat sign
down bow
2. Gradually getting louder
legato
up bow
piano
crescendo
3. 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
piano
key signature
measure
4. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
slur
natural
first and second endings
music staff
5. Rate of speed or pace of music
first and second endings
tempo
mezzo piano
legato
6. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
ledger line
moderato
scale
ritardando
7. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
pianissimo
tempo
forte
chord
8. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
sharp
pianississimo
accidental
moderato
9. The end
chromatics
fine
first and second endings
slur
10. Return to the beginning - play to the end
da capo al fine
pizzicato
slur
half step
11. Very soft
clef sign
diminuendo
scale
pianissimo
12. Moving the bow toward frog
up bow
moderato
pentascale
crescendo
13. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
fortissimo
slurred staccato
up bow
double bar
14. Rate of speed or pace of music
piano
whole step
common time
tempo
15. Gradually get softer
pentascale
key signature
ledger line
decrescendo
16. # - raises the pitch by one half step
sharp
whole step
measure
common time
17. Smooth - connected
first and second endings
chord
legato
slurred staccato
18. Gradually getting softer
diminuendo
bow lift
decrescendo
chord
19. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
slur
measure
tie
mezzo forte
20. Gradually getting slower
down bow
mezzo forte
ritardando
down bow
21. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
accidental
sharp
chromatics
music staff
22. 4/4 meter - denoted C
common time
whole step
diminuendo
legato
23. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
whole step
forte
crescendo
arpeggio
24. With the bow
arco
natural
piano
repeat sign
25. Moving the bow toward frog
tie
fine
decrescendo
up bow
26. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
chord
music staff
clef sign
staccato
27. 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
arpeggio
time signature
mezzo piano
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
tempo
bow lift
piano
half step
29. Gradually getting louder
crescendo
fine
bar line
time signature
30. Very soft
pianissimo
moderato
slurred staccato
up bow
31. Two half steps
bar line
half step
whole step
diminuendo
32. Detached
repeat sign
staccato
half step
bow lift
33. Moving the bow toward tip
piano
down bow
whole step
up bow
34. 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
decrescendo
mezzo piano
first and second endings
allegro
35. 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
diminuendo
slurred staccato
ledger line
pizzicato
36. Gradually get softer
bar line
repeat sign
tie
decrescendo
37. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
measure
key signature
fortississimo
up bow
38. Fast and lively
arco
measure
allegro
ledger line
39. With the bow
arco
whole step
fortissimo
double bar
40. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
arpeggio
pentascale
accidental
measure
41. Medium loud
sharp
pizzicato
ledger line
mezzo forte
42. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
ritardando
chromatics
bar line
clef sign
43. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
double bar
time signature
repeat sign
chord
44. Fast and lively
staccato
allegro
moderato
diminuendo
45. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
slurred staccato
decrescendo
double bar
bow lift
46. 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
arpeggio
half step
ledger line
bar line
47. The end
key signature
chord
arco
fine
48. Very loud
legato
fortissimo
down bow
up bow
49. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
mezzo forte
chromatics
accidental
up bow
50. Very - very loud (fff)
fortississimo
fine
decrescendo
decrescendo