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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. Gradually getting slower
slurred staccato
ritardando
mezzo piano
legato
2. Loud
pizzicato
arpeggio
arco
forte
3. Gradually getting louder
common time
crescendo
time signature
da capo al fine
4. Moving the bow toward frog
up bow
repeat sign
repeat sign
half step
5. 4/4 meter - denoted C
first and second endings
andante
common time
piano
6. Rate of speed or pace of music
ritardando
mezzo piano
clef sign
tempo
7. 4/4 meter - denoted C
slur
pizzicato
common time
ritardando
8. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
allegro
mezzo forte
scale
up bow
9. With the bow
piano
measure
arco
piano
10. Detached
key signature
music staff
pianississimo
staccato
11. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
first and second endings
pizzicato
scale
key signature
12. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
scale
ritardando
tie
scale
13. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
mezzo piano
legato
chord
diminuendo
14. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.
piano
repeat sign
measure
common time
15. Return to the beginning - play to the end
key signature
da capo al fine
mezzo piano
natural
16. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
half step
tie
decrescendo
key signature
17. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
bar line
arco
fortississimo
slur
18. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
chromatics
crescendo
key signature
pianississimo
19. Very soft
time signature
moderato
pianissimo
pianississimo
20. With the bow
arco
fine
fortissimo
fine
21. Very - very loud (fff)
natural
fortissimo
fortississimo
common time
22. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names
arpeggio
chord
clef sign
up bow
23. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
common time
slurred staccato
arco
legato
24. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
staccato
music staff
da capo al fine
slur
25. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
piano
slur
bow lift
diminuendo
26. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
decrescendo
fortissimo
key signature
slurred staccato
27. Very loud
sharp
fortissimo
half step
forte
28. 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
sharp
sharp
repeat sign
29. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
staccato
double bar
common time
natural
30. 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
bar line
bar line
half step
chromatics
31. # - raises the pitch by one half step
allegro
slur
half step
sharp
32. Loud
allegro
staccato
forte
crescendo
33. Medium soft
mezzo piano
da capo al fine
measure
chromatics
34. Gradually get softer
decrescendo
pizzicato
slurred staccato
chord
35. The end
piano
crescendo
chord
fine
36. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
chromatics
repeat sign
chord
double bar
37. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
down bow
forte
andante
slur
38. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
pianissimo
ledger line
allegro
key signature
39. A five note scale
pentascale
key signature
legato
bow lift
40. A five note scale
slurred staccato
pianississimo
moderato
pentascale
41. Fast and lively
pizzicato
arco
whole step
allegro
42. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
ledger line
time signature
staccato
double bar
43. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
whole step
chromatics
accidental
allegro
44. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
music staff
common time
repeat sign
moderato
45. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names
andante
ledger line
piano
clef sign
46. Very very soft
double bar
half step
staccato
pianississimo
47. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
da capo al fine
scale
decrescendo
arpeggio
48. Soft
accidental
piano
common time
decrescendo
49. Gradually getting softer
common time
diminuendo
double bar
mezzo piano
50. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
up bow
da capo al fine
fine
bar line