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