Test your basic knowledge |

Middle School Orchestra

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. 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






2. Moderately slow






3. With the bow






4. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






5. 4/4 meter - denoted C






6. Loud






7. Very loud






8. 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.






9. Very soft






10. Very - very loud (fff)






11. 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






12. A five note scale






13. Fast and lively






14. # - raises the pitch by one half step






15. 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






16. Gradually getting softer






17. Rate of speed or pace of music






18. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together






19. Detached






20. 4/4 meter - denoted C






21. Detached






22. Rate of speed or pace of music






23. Gradually getting softer






24. Loud






25. The space between two bar lines






26. Return to the beginning - play to the end






27. The end






28. Very very soft






29. Two half steps






30. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point






31. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






32. Gradually getting louder






33. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow






34. Gradually getting slower






35. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together






36. Soft






37. The end






38. Smooth - connected






39. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals






40. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.






41. # - raises the pitch by one half step






42. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.






43. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point






44. With the bow






45. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures






46. Medium loud






47. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature






48. Gradually getting louder






49. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section






50. 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