Music Vocabulary

Pianissimo

• Very Soft
• Soft
• Medium Soft
• Suddenly; at once; immediately.

Piano

• Very Soft
• Soft
• Medium Soft
• Medium Loud

Forte

• Loud
• Medium Loud
• Very Loud
• Soft

Fortissimo

• Loud
• Medium Loud
• Very Loud
• Soft

What does the term mezzo forte mean?

• Medium soft
• Medium loud
• Soft
• Loud

What does the term "Crescendo" mean?

• Get softer
• Get louder
• Suddenly
• With force

What does the word mezzo piano mean?

• Medium soft
• Medium loud
• Soft
• Loud

The ______ of a note is how high or low it sounds.

• tempo
• pitch
• volume
• meter

The ________ is the lines and spaces upon which music is written.  

• clef
• staff
• bass
• treble

What is a bar or measure? 

• the space between a bar line
• the line that seperates the space
• the end
• how fast of slow music is sung