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