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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. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
chromatics
music staff
moderato
half step
2. Medium loud
fortississimo
slurred staccato
mezzo forte
moderato
3. Rate of speed or pace of music
accidental
first and second endings
music staff
tempo
4. 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
bow lift
piano
slur
5. 4/4 meter - denoted C
ritardando
clef sign
common time
mezzo forte
6. The space between two bar lines
clef sign
measure
natural
arco
7. Very very soft
music staff
slurred staccato
pianississimo
common time
8. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
crescendo
common time
pianissimo
natural
9. Two half steps
sharp
whole step
time signature
half step
10. Gradually getting slower
scale
half step
fortissimo
ritardando
11. Medium soft
pizzicato
ritardando
mezzo piano
da capo al fine
12. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
piano
up bow
piano
slur
13. Gradually getting louder
bow lift
crescendo
piano
chromatics
14. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
arco
pizzicato
tempo
moderato
15. Gradually getting softer
mezzo forte
slur
slurred staccato
diminuendo
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.
ledger line
fortississimo
measure
time signature
17. Gradually get softer
down bow
decrescendo
scale
music staff
18. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
da capo al fine
measure
pentascale
accidental
19. Moving the bow toward tip
clef sign
pentascale
down bow
allegro
20. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
tempo
double bar
measure
key signature
21. Very very soft
pianississimo
arpeggio
andante
diminuendo
22. The end
pianissimo
fine
key signature
half step
23. Moving the bow toward frog
diminuendo
up bow
allegro
arpeggio
24. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
first and second endings
staccato
scale
chord
25. Moving the bow toward frog
music staff
crescendo
up bow
arco
26. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
pentascale
chromatics
chord
double bar
27. With the bow
pianissimo
allegro
arco
slurred staccato
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
diminuendo
piano
half step
common time
29. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
half step
accidental
scale
slurred staccato
30. Two half steps
diminuendo
whole step
slurred staccato
measure
31. Very soft
sharp
legato
slur
pianissimo
32. With the bow
bar line
arco
clef sign
scale
33. 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
ledger line
diminuendo
fine
34. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
music staff
moderato
staccato
staccato
35. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
fine
down bow
arpeggio
fortississimo
36. Very soft
arco
pianissimo
fortissimo
allegro
37. Smooth - connected
chord
fortississimo
piano
legato
38. Gradually getting slower
allegro
ritardando
sharp
fortississimo
39. The end
chord
diminuendo
fine
fortissimo
40. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
bar line
fortissimo
crescendo
music staff
41. # - raises the pitch by one half step
chord
common time
sharp
pianissimo
42. Detached
piano
music staff
moderato
staccato
43. Return to the beginning - play to the end
da capo al fine
chord
piano
whole step
44. Very - very loud (fff)
slurred staccato
key signature
accidental
fortississimo
45. 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
scale
bar line
scale
46. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
staccato
allegro
key signature
double bar
47. Gradually get softer
decrescendo
natural
chromatics
da capo al fine
48. Fast and lively
bar line
pianissimo
allegro
decrescendo
49. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
chord
time signature
slur
whole step
50. Soft
scale
diminuendo
natural
piano