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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. Return to the beginning - play to the end
allegro
pianississimo
da capo al fine
sharp
2. Detached
staccato
chord
fine
fortississimo
3. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
legato
slur
first and second endings
mezzo piano
4. # - raises the pitch by one half step
legato
sharp
fortissimo
first and second endings
5. The end
arpeggio
da capo al fine
fine
crescendo
6. Moderately slow
legato
staccato
andante
ledger line
7. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
slur
slurred staccato
tempo
key signature
8. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
piano
legato
scale
da capo al fine
9. Soft
pianississimo
da capo al fine
piano
chord
10. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
forte
time signature
music staff
moderato
11. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
pentascale
fortississimo
pentascale
natural
12. Rate of speed or pace of music
tempo
fortissimo
diminuendo
fine
13. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
common time
scale
fortissimo
piano
14. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names
half step
natural
clef sign
fine
15. Two half steps
whole step
moderato
tie
decrescendo
16. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
bar line
staccato
slurred staccato
first and second endings
17. Very loud
ledger line
fortissimo
up bow
whole step
18. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
down bow
time signature
time signature
chromatics
19. Detached
fortississimo
allegro
staccato
bow lift
20. With the bow
time signature
arco
repeat sign
crescendo
21. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
ritardando
repeat sign
first and second endings
music staff
22. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
allegro
mezzo piano
bar line
music staff
23. Gradually get softer
decrescendo
down bow
arpeggio
chromatics
24. 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.
fine
time signature
half step
common time
25. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
forte
fortissimo
down bow
slurred staccato
26. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
chord
double bar
bar line
bow lift
27. Moving the bow toward tip
key signature
staccato
down bow
da capo al fine
28. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
staccato
chromatics
time signature
measure
29. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.
pizzicato
repeat sign
andante
arco
30. Fast and lively
ledger line
time signature
decrescendo
allegro
31. Return to the beginning - play to the end
andante
da capo al fine
legato
down bow
32. Gradually getting softer
diminuendo
repeat sign
ritardando
crescendo
33. Gradually getting louder
crescendo
tempo
allegro
arco
34. Medium soft
fortississimo
mezzo piano
down bow
whole step
35. Very soft
forte
pianissimo
bar line
repeat sign
36. Medium loud
mezzo forte
sharp
da capo al fine
clef sign
37. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
tie
tempo
pianissimo
mezzo forte
38. Plucked
arco
key signature
pizzicato
fine
39. Gradually get softer
piano
chromatics
decrescendo
repeat sign
40. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
arpeggio
time signature
mezzo forte
up bow
41. Rate of speed or pace of music
ritardando
tempo
clef sign
crescendo
42. Medium loud
chromatics
andante
accidental
mezzo forte
43. Two half steps
tie
legato
whole step
half step
44. Moving the bow toward frog
double bar
first and second endings
moderato
up bow
45. 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
mezzo piano
double bar
half step
clef sign
46. The end
staccato
fine
fortississimo
slurred staccato
47. 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
pianississimo
ledger line
whole step
slur
48. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
natural
forte
tie
chromatics
49. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
clef sign
accidental
chord
repeat sign
50. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names
common time
clef sign
allegro
arpeggio