Tempo vs Dynamics

​Tempo vs Dynamics!

​How loud or soft the music is.

​​Dynamics

​How fast or slow the music is.

​​Tempo

Multiple Select

Which of these words is can be used to describe:

TEMPO

(Choose two)

• Fast

• Slow

• Loud

• Soft

Multiple Select

Which of these words is can be used to describe:

DYNAMICS

(Choose two)

• Fast

• Slow

• Loud

• Soft

Very loud

Loud

Moderately Loud

Moderately Soft

Soft

Very Soft​

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​Dynamics

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Reorder

Reorder the following Dynamics from loudest to softest.

• Very Loud

• Loud

• Moderate

• Soft

• Very Soft

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Very Fast

Fast​

Walking Pace

Slow

Very Slow​

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​Tempo

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Reorder

Reorder the following Tempos from fastest to slowest.

• Very Fast

• Fast

• Walking Pace

• Slow

• Very Slow

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Very loud

Loud

Moderately Loud

Moderately Soft

Soft

Very Soft​

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​Dynamics

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Fortissimo - ff

Forte - f

Mezzo Forte - mf

Mezzo Piano - mp

Piano​ - p

Pianissimo - pp​

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Drag and Drop

In Italian, the loudest dynamics is ​

Placeholder

which means very loud. Loud is called ​

Placeholder

and moderately loud is known as ​

Placeholder

. The next dynamics is moderately soft which is called ​

Placeholder

. Soft is ​

Placeholder

and then very soft is pianissimo.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

fortissimo

forte

mezzo forte

mezzo piano

piano

pianissimo

allegro

adagio

presto

andante

Very fast

Fast​

Walking Speed​

Slow

Very Slow​

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​Tempo

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Presto

Allegro

Andante

Adagio

Largo​

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Match

Match the following

• Largo

• Adagio

• Andante

• Allegro

• Presto

Very slow

Slow

Walking pace

Fast

Very fast

• Very slow

• Slow

• Walking pace

• Fast

• Very fast

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