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