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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
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. 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
pianissimo
half step
pentascale
ledger line
2. Moderately slow
diminuendo
andante
legato
up bow
3. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
natural
bow lift
moderato
legato
4. Gradually get softer
bow lift
decrescendo
tie
ritardando
5. Smooth - connected
bow lift
half step
legato
diminuendo
6. Very - very loud (fff)
fortississimo
mezzo piano
clef sign
staccato
7. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
bar line
clef sign
fortississimo
accidental
8. Soft
piano
moderato
pizzicato
natural
9. Moving the bow toward tip
pianissimo
scale
down bow
arco
10. Return to the beginning - play to the end
accidental
arpeggio
da capo al fine
repeat sign
11. A five note scale
chord
accidental
pentascale
time signature
12. The end
time signature
moderato
arco
fine
13. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
whole step
chord
accidental
whole step
14. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
accidental
slurred staccato
arpeggio
half step
15. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
moderato
down bow
natural
andante
16. 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
whole step
da capo al fine
sharp
17. Gradually getting slower
arco
crescendo
natural
ritardando
18. Very soft
tempo
pianissimo
ritardando
pizzicato
19. Plucked
repeat sign
up bow
pizzicato
chord
20. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
down bow
chromatics
half step
tie
21. Medium loud
accidental
fine
mezzo forte
slurred staccato
22. Gradually getting softer
diminuendo
pentascale
down bow
measure
23. The end
ritardando
first and second endings
down bow
fine
24. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
sharp
staccato
arpeggio
diminuendo
25. Detached
common time
music staff
staccato
key signature
26. Very very soft
pentascale
pianississimo
whole step
measure
27. The space between two bar lines
down bow
key signature
music staff
measure
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
legato
andante
bar line
half step
29. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
key signature
pianississimo
down bow
clef sign
30. Very loud
fortissimo
arco
bar line
slurred staccato
31. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
bow lift
legato
measure
pentascale
32. # - raises the pitch by one half step
mezzo piano
crescendo
sharp
pentascale
33. Smooth - connected
scale
mezzo piano
legato
bar line
34. Two half steps
mezzo forte
down bow
allegro
whole step
35. With the bow
first and second endings
bar line
tie
arco
36. 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
forte
natural
da capo al fine
37. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
slur
common time
legato
key signature
38. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
diminuendo
forte
arco
double bar
39. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
music staff
diminuendo
accidental
tie
40. Detached
key signature
diminuendo
measure
staccato
41. Medium soft
double bar
fortississimo
mezzo piano
measure
42. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
chromatics
moderato
slur
chord
43. A five note scale
pentascale
moderato
staccato
whole step
44. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
staccato
key signature
tie
arpeggio
45. Loud
forte
decrescendo
bow lift
allegro
46. Rate of speed or pace of music
down bow
allegro
tempo
natural
47. Very - very loud (fff)
mezzo forte
fortississimo
measure
sharp
48. Moving the bow toward frog
down bow
up bow
double bar
key signature
49. Gradually getting slower
fortississimo
ritardando
fortissimo
diminuendo
50. Soft
piano
ritardando
forte
bar line