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Orchestra Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term that means to gradually get softer?

a)

crescendo

b)

decrescendo

c)

allegro

d)

fermata

2.

What does the fermata tell us to do?

a)

staccato

b)

accent

c)

fermata

d)

forte

3.

What does D.C. al Fine mean?

a)

Go back to the sign and play to the coda.

b)

Go back to the beginning and play to the coda.

c)

Go back to the sign and play to the end.

d)

Go back to the beginning and play to the Fine (ending).

4.

What family is this instrument from

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Percussion

d)

Brass

5.

What family is this instrument from?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

6.

What family is this instrument from?

a)

Woodwind

b)

String

c)

Percussion

d)

Brass

7.

What is the name of this instrument?

a)

Bass

b)

Timpani

c)

Xylophone

d)

Celesta

8.

What is the name of this instrument?

a)

Piano

b)

Harpsichord

c)

Celesta

d)

Harp

9.

What is the name of this instrument?

a)

Clarinet

b)

Bassoon

c)

Oboe

d)

French Horn

10.

What is the Italian word in Music that means soft?

a)

Ciao

b)

Piano

c)

Forte

d)

Mezzo

11.

Mezzoforte means...

a)

Soft

b)

Loud

c)

Medium Soft

d)

Medium Loud

12.

How many quarter note beats are in a 4/4 measure?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

2

d)

5

13.

This is an example of a...

a)

accent

b)

tie

c)

dynamic

d)

tempo

14.

rit. (or ritardando) means...

a)

watch the conductor and we are doing pizzicato

b)

watch the conductor that we need to get faster

c)

give an accent

d)

watch the conductor that we need to get slower

15.

This is an example of a(n)...

a)

fermata

b)

staccato

c)

accent

d)

pizzicato

16.

A small wand or stick that the conductor waves around to keep the orchestra together is called a...

a)

ruler

b)

baton

c)

pointer

d)

chopstick

17.

A platform, or box, that the conductor stands on is called a...

a)

podium

b)

case

c)

container

d)

trunk

18.

What is the term that means to gradually get louder?

a)

crescendo

b)

decrescendo

c)

fermata

d)

allegro