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