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