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