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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. Moving the bow toward frog
mezzo piano
slur
up bow
pianissimo
2. Gradually get softer
chromatics
ritardando
decrescendo
bar line
3. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
arco
tie
natural
key signature
4. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
arpeggio
chord
staccato
diminuendo
5. Moving the bow toward tip
sharp
down bow
chromatics
first and second endings
6. The space between two bar lines
measure
pianississimo
half step
down bow
7. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
moderato
whole step
measure
pizzicato
8. A five note scale
time signature
half step
tie
pentascale
9. The end
fine
time signature
forte
natural
10. Detached
staccato
double bar
diminuendo
legato
11. Fast and lively
allegro
half step
diminuendo
fortississimo
12. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
legato
key signature
double bar
scale
13. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
arpeggio
repeat sign
allegro
time signature
14. Medium loud
staccato
mezzo forte
pianississimo
bow lift
15. Gradually getting slower
ritardando
slurred staccato
andante
pentascale
16. Return to the beginning - play to the end
sharp
bow lift
legato
da capo al fine
17. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
common time
slurred staccato
key signature
mezzo piano
18. Rate of speed or pace of music
tempo
pianissimo
fortississimo
key signature
19. Moderately slow
first and second endings
double bar
common time
andante
20. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
scale
piano
pianissimo
decrescendo
21. Loud
diminuendo
crescendo
mezzo forte
forte
22. Two half steps
whole step
arco
first and second endings
da capo al fine
23. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
music staff
tempo
arpeggio
crescendo
24. Medium loud
key signature
time signature
mezzo forte
sharp
25. 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
first and second endings
pianississimo
chromatics
half step
26. Very - very loud (fff)
measure
accidental
fortississimo
fortissimo
27. 4/4 meter - denoted C
sharp
pianississimo
common time
bar line
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
crescendo
bow lift
fine
first and second endings
29. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
moderato
time signature
up bow
tempo
30. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
sharp
pentascale
fortissimo
bar line
31. 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.
scale
time signature
natural
key signature
32. Moving the bow toward frog
tempo
mezzo piano
up bow
decrescendo
33. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
mezzo forte
ritardando
chord
double bar
34. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names
clef sign
bow lift
half step
repeat sign
35. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
legato
double bar
pizzicato
staccato
36. Plucked
allegro
repeat sign
piano
pizzicato
37. Fast and lively
fortississimo
allegro
crescendo
fortississimo
38. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
natural
repeat sign
andante
forte
39. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
ledger line
scale
tie
clef sign
40. Plucked
pizzicato
decrescendo
common time
fortissimo
41. Medium soft
double bar
ritardando
mezzo piano
pentascale
42. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
tempo
slur
mezzo forte
tie
43. Return to the beginning - play to the end
fortissimo
da capo al fine
tie
ritardando
44. 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.
pizzicato
whole step
fortissimo
time signature
45. Gradually getting softer
key signature
diminuendo
arco
clef sign
46. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
accidental
time signature
music staff
chromatics
47. Gradually getting softer
diminuendo
decrescendo
sharp
tie
48. Medium soft
pizzicato
slur
fortissimo
mezzo piano
49. Very - very loud (fff)
chromatics
fortississimo
moderato
ledger line
50. Very very soft
double bar
slurred staccato
pianississimo
music staff