6th grade concert music vocabulary

Piano

• soft/quiet

• loud

• medium soft

• very soft/quiet

Forte

• gradually get louder

• soft

• very loud

• loud

Mezzo Piano

• medium loud

• medium soft/quiet

• loud

• gradually slow down

Fortissimo

• gradually get softer

• gradually get louder

• very loud

• medium loud

Mezzo Forte

• medium soft/quiet

• very soft/quiet

• medium loud

• gradually get louder

What is the term that means to gradually get louder?

• Crescendo
• Decrescendo
• allegro
• accelerando

What is the term that means to gradually get softer?

• Crescendo
• Decrescendo or diminuendo
• piano
• ritardando

What is the term that means to gradually slow down?

• decrescendo
• diminuendo
• accelerando
• ritardando or rallantando

What does the fermata tell us to do?

• Gradually speed up
• Gradually slow down
• Hold the note until the conductor releases it.
• Play the note really short.

What does this symbol mean?

• repeat
• staccato
• andante