Music Terms

What does Staccato mean?

• Hold the note full value
• Connect the notes/play smoothly
• Detach and lightly separate the notes
• Emphasize the note

Define "allegro"

• Play light and lively at a quick tempo
• Tempo marking indicating slow
• Harsh articulation
• Play every note slurred.

What is an octave

• The second note up or down from another note.
• The fifth note up or down from another note
• The eighth note up or down from any note.
• The tenth note up or down from any note.

What do we call rhythms that places emphasis on the weak beats?

• Tessitura
• Syncopation
• Articulation
• Hemiola

What is the correct order of dynamics from softest to loudest?

• ff, f,mf,mp,p,pp
• f,ff,mf,mp,pp,p
• f,p,ff,pp,mf,mp
• pp,p,mp,mf,f,ff

Tempo is the.....

• The speed at which the beat moves
• The rhythm of the music
• how to play the music 
• I have no idea

The measurement of tempo is 

• RIT- rhythm in time
• MPB- minutes per beat
• BPM- beats per minutes

When is it called when music gradually speeds up?

• Increase BPM
• Accelerando
• Crescendo 
• Ritardando

What is it called when the music gradually slows down

• deacceleration
• acceleration
• crescendo
• ritardando

What does the term "A Tempo" mean?

• Pick a tempo, any tempo.
• Play at the original tempo.
• Play as fast as you can.
• Play as slow as you can.