SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
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. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names
clef sign
fortississimo
bar line
slurred staccato
2. Very soft
pianissimo
sharp
staccato
legato
3. Smooth - connected
legato
piano
forte
tempo
4. Fast and lively
arco
allegro
bow lift
chromatics
5. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
slurred staccato
accidental
common time
measure
6. Return to the beginning - play to the end
allegro
common time
da capo al fine
tempo
7. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
bar line
moderato
whole step
clef sign
8. 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
fortississimo
piano
ledger line
9. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
time signature
forte
arpeggio
da capo al fine
10. Medium soft
scale
arpeggio
mezzo piano
tempo
11. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
chromatics
common time
decrescendo
sharp
12. Medium loud
mezzo forte
pentascale
slurred staccato
arpeggio
13. Very loud
moderato
fortissimo
pentascale
key signature
14. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
decrescendo
fortissimo
first and second endings
slur
15. Very - very loud (fff)
bar line
ritardando
legato
fortississimo
16. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
scale
chromatics
time signature
pianissimo
17. 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
mezzo piano
whole step
18. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
bar line
natural
fine
bow lift
19. Gradually getting slower
tempo
chromatics
ritardando
fortissimo
20. Gradually get softer
tempo
tempo
decrescendo
slurred staccato
21. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
crescendo
pentascale
music staff
diminuendo
22. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
measure
key signature
accidental
music staff
23. Very loud
fortissimo
crescendo
double bar
chromatics
24. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
up bow
tie
key signature
staccato
25. With the bow
down bow
arco
piano
arpeggio
26. Rate of speed or pace of music
bar line
fine
tempo
ritardando
27. Return to the beginning - play to the end
chord
ledger line
pianissimo
da capo al fine
28. 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
decrescendo
time signature
mezzo piano
29. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
down bow
music staff
pentascale
tie
30. Soft
double bar
piano
slurred staccato
repeat sign
31. 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.
scale
time signature
crescendo
natural
32. Plucked
double bar
staccato
fine
pizzicato
33. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
clef sign
down bow
mezzo forte
tie
34. Loud
first and second endings
forte
pianissimo
ritardando
35. # - raises the pitch by one half step
accidental
sharp
forte
fortissimo
36. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
accidental
pianissimo
bow lift
arpeggio
37. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
bow lift
crescendo
allegro
down bow
38. Gradually getting softer
allegro
clef sign
diminuendo
double bar
39. Fast and lively
double bar
down bow
allegro
da capo al fine
40. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
moderato
ledger line
mezzo piano
allegro
41. A five note scale
pentascale
double bar
pizzicato
natural
42. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
clef sign
arpeggio
double bar
repeat sign
43. Gradually getting softer
da capo al fine
da capo al fine
diminuendo
common time
44. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
key signature
scale
chromatics
crescendo
45. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
key signature
crescendo
double bar
decrescendo
46. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
double bar
fortississimo
slurred staccato
legato
47. Moving the bow toward tip
arco
mezzo forte
accidental
down bow
48. Gradually getting slower
clef sign
ritardando
crescendo
bar line
49. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
common time
bow lift
bar line
time signature
50. Plucked
tempo
crescendo
fortississimo
pizzicato