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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. Very loud
arpeggio
fortissimo
pianissimo
accidental
2. Detached
chromatics
natural
scale
staccato
3. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
slur
repeat sign
common time
measure
4. Very - very loud (fff)
crescendo
fortississimo
piano
tie
5. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
first and second endings
bow lift
da capo al fine
bar line
6. Rate of speed or pace of music
legato
key signature
tempo
chord
7. With the bow
arco
mezzo piano
measure
arpeggio
8. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
allegro
key signature
legato
piano
9. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
slurred staccato
andante
da capo al fine
chord
10. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
key signature
down bow
fortississimo
common time
11. 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.
time signature
bow lift
andante
crescendo
12. Very soft
pianissimo
pizzicato
diminuendo
piano
13. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
fine
pentascale
chromatics
bar line
14. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
key signature
moderato
scale
sharp
15. Moving the bow toward frog
pentascale
fortissimo
accidental
up bow
16. Soft
allegro
up bow
whole step
piano
17. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
sharp
slurred staccato
tie
tempo
18. Moderately slow
time signature
andante
crescendo
ledger line
19. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
mezzo forte
double bar
slur
chord
20. Detached
staccato
down bow
moderato
accidental
21. Fast and lively
fortississimo
fine
clef sign
allegro
22. Moving the bow toward frog
crescendo
diminuendo
up bow
moderato
23. Medium soft
fortissimo
allegro
mezzo piano
forte
24. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
tie
slurred staccato
chromatics
natural
25. Smooth - connected
sharp
chord
bow lift
legato
26. 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
natural
crescendo
first and second endings
chromatics
27. Moving the bow toward tip
key signature
down bow
time signature
key signature
28. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names
moderato
slurred staccato
clef sign
accidental
29. With the bow
key signature
arco
pizzicato
double bar
30. Very - very loud (fff)
fortississimo
mezzo piano
bar line
bar line
31. 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
legato
first and second endings
fine
double bar
32. The space between two bar lines
measure
pianissimo
double bar
piano
33. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
double bar
decrescendo
legato
scale
34. Fast and lively
fortissimo
allegro
chord
double bar
35. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
decrescendo
slurred staccato
up bow
legato
36. Medium loud
mezzo forte
double bar
slurred staccato
legato
37. 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.
double bar
pentascale
time signature
andante
38. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
legato
arpeggio
music staff
repeat sign
39. 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
whole step
fortissimo
ledger line
natural
40. 4/4 meter - denoted C
common time
ledger line
pizzicato
pentascale
41. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
moderato
staccato
up bow
fortissimo
42. Gradually getting slower
decrescendo
fortississimo
ritardando
andante
43. Smooth - connected
pizzicato
chord
legato
natural
44. Gradually get softer
fortississimo
decrescendo
music staff
pianissimo
45. Medium soft
repeat sign
scale
chromatics
mezzo piano
46. Medium loud
pianississimo
chord
natural
mezzo forte
47. Very very soft
sharp
diminuendo
pianississimo
pizzicato
48. 4/4 meter - denoted C
double bar
chord
da capo al fine
common time
49. Loud
fine
chromatics
mezzo forte
forte
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
down bow
diminuendo
accidental