Articulation Markings in Music

Front

Articulation (in music) involves:

Back

How a note or series of notes is to be performed

Front

Name the articulation indicated for the notes in the example.

Back

Staccato

Front

Name the articulation indicated for the notes in the example.

Back

Slur

Front

A staccato note is:

Back

performed detached or separated from the other notes.

Front

If we are told to sing a phrase legato, how should it be performed?

Back

long, flowing, connected and smooth

Front

A slur and a tie do the same thing.

Back

FALSE

Front

A quarter note tied to another quarter note would get how many total beats?

Back

2

Front

A slur indicates that notes are to be:

Back

played smoothly and connected.

Front

A whole note tied to a quarter note gets how many beats total?

Back

5

Front

A slur over a musical phrase indicates flowing, smooth and connected singing. It is a curved line that connects notes that are _________________

Back

different in pitch