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Orchestra Semester Exam (6th Grade Beginner)

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word Andante mean?

(a)  

2.

What does a bar line do?

(a)  

3.

Define the word Arco.

(a)  

4.

The word Allegro means?

(a)  

5.

The key of D Major has how many sharps? (don't write the names of them)

(a)  

6.

A double bar indicates what?

(a)  

7.

The word double stop means?

(a)  

8.

The key of G Major has how many sharps? (do not name them)

(a)  

9.

What are the names of the sharps in the key of D Major?

(a)  

10.

Name the symbol

(a)  

11.

The word pizzicato means to do what?

(a)  

12.

Name the symbol

(a)  

13.

A dotted half note receives how many beats?

(a)  

14.

Name this symbol

a)

Alto Clef

b)

Treble Clef

c)

Bass Clef

d)

Harry Potter Spell

15.

Name this symbol

a)

Half rest, 1 beat of rest

b)

Whole rest, 4 beats of rest

c)

Half rest, 2 beats of rest

d)

Quarter rest, 1 beat of rest

16.

What is this curved line called?

a)

Slur

b)

Tie

c)

Smiley Face

17.

What is this curved line called?

a)

Slur

b)

Tie

c)

Smiley Face

18.

How many beats of sound does a half note get?

a)

1/2

b)

1

c)

2

d)

3

e)

4

19.

What is the name for the 5 lines & 4 spaces where music is written?

a)

bar line

b)

staff

c)

lines

d)

paper

20.

How many measures are in the song?

(a)  

21.

What is a double stop?

a)

A half rest followed by a quarter rest

b)

Looking at your stand partner when he or she makes a mistake

c)

Playing two notes together at one time

d)

Plucking the strings

22.
What is the definition of the term Andante?
a)
Moderately Slow, but moving. (Walking)
b)
Very Slow
c)
Rapid; Lively
d)
Little by Little
23.
What is the definition of the term Allegro?
a)
Rapid;Lively
b)
Slow
c)
Extremely Slow
d)
Painfully Fast
24.
What is the definition of piano?
a)
Soft
b)
Very Soft
c)
Very, Very, Soft
d)
Very, very, very soft
25.

What is this symbol?

a)

Up Bow

b)

Slurred Bow

c)

Down Bow

d)

Staccato Bow

26.

What is this curved line called?

a)

Slur

b)

Tie

c)

Smiley Face

27.

What is this curved line called?

a)

Slur

b)

Tie

c)

Smiley Face

28.

What does the key signature tell you?

a)

How many beats are in the measure

b)

How many sharps and flats are in the piece

c)

Who wrote the piece

d)

What time school is over

29.

What is this called?

a)

Time signature

b)

Key signature

c)

How many people should play the viola

d)

A fraction

30.

What is the name of this symbol?

a)

half rest

b)

whole rest

c)

rest

d)

hat

31.

What is the music name of this symbol?

a)

hashtag

b)

number sign

c)

flat

d)

sharp

32.

What does this symbol mean?

a)

two beats of silence

b)

one beat of silence

c)

half beat of sound

d)

one beat of sound

33.

What is the music name of this symbol?

a)

bow circle

b)

rest

c)

comma

d)

bow lift

34.

What does this symbol mean?

a)

Indicates to go back to the beginning

b)

Indicates the next measure is coming up

c)

Indicates the end of a piece of music

35.

What does this symbol mean?

a)

use a little bow

b)

start at tip, go to frog

c)

start at frog, go to tip

d)

use a lot of bow

36.

What does this symbol mean?

a)

Indicates to go back to the beginning

b)

Indicates the next measure is coming up

c)

Indicates the end of a piece of music

d)

Indicates to repeat a section of music

37.

Why do we use bar lines?

a)

Divide the measures

b)

Make the music easier to read

c)

Move notes up and down

38.

What is the name of this symbol AND how many beats of silence does it get?

a)

Whole rest - 4 beats

b)

Whole rest - 2 beats

c)

Half rest - 4 beats

d)

Half rest - 2 beats

39.

What is the name for the 5 lines & 4 spaces where music is written?

a)

bar line

b)

staff

c)

lines

d)

paper

40.
What's the first key we learned?
a)
G major
b)
C major
c)
D major
d)
the one that opens doors
41.
What is this called?
a)
a slur
b)
a tie
c)
Two measures
d)
several half notes
42.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

43.
a)

B

b)

C

c)

D

d)

E

44.
a)

B

b)

C

c)

D

d)

E

45.
a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

F

46.
a)

B

b)

C

c)

D

d)

E

47.
a)

D

b)

E

c)

F

d)

G

48.
a)

D

b)

E

c)

F

d)

G

49.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

50.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

51.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

52.
a)

B

b)

C

c)

D

d)

E

53.
a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

F

54.
a)

D

b)

E

c)

F

d)

G

55.
What is the key signature for the G major scale?
a)
1 sharp
b)
no sharps or flats
c)
2 sharps
d)
3 sharps
56.
What is the key signature for the C major scale?
a)
2 sharps
b)
1 flat
c)
no sharps or flats
d)
1 sharp
57.
What is the key signature for the D major scale?
a)
no sharps or flats
b)
1 flat
c)
2 sharps
d)
3 sharps
58.

how many spaces are in a staff?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

59.

how many lines are in a staff?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

5

60.
What Key Signature has 0 sharps or flats
a)
C major
b)
G major
c)
D major
d)
A major
61.
A slur connects:
a)
two different pitches
b)
two of the same pitches
c)
two notes of equal value
d)
none of these