5.1.6 Tempo

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Multiple Choice

True or False: Tempo is the element that affects the speed of the music.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Let's listen to "La Campanella." What is the tempo of the song?

• Allegro

• Grave

Multiple Choice

Listen to the audio from "Symphonie Fantastique."

Does the music have an accelerando or a ritardando?

• Accelerando

• Ritardano

Poll

How did you choose to practice tempo changes along with the music?

• I clapped my hands.

• I moved my whole body.

• I marched to the beat.

• I did something else.

Match

Match the definition to the correct term.

• Ritardando

• Accelerando

• Allegro

• Grave

To slow down

To speed up

To perform the music quickly

To perform the music extremely slowly

• To slow down

• To speed up

• To perform the music quickly

• To perform the music extremely slowly

Categorize

Options (4)

Accelerando

Presto

Moderato

Adagio

EXIT TICKET: Organize these tempo words into the right categories of speed.

Fast

Medium

Slow

Changing