Musical Terms Review

The Italian word Legato means

• Play smoothly and connected

• Play aggressively and harsh

Crescendo is an example of a

• Tempo marking

• Dynamic marking

• Rhythm

• Melody

The word tempo means

• how loud and soft music is

• the duration of notes and rests over time

• how fast or slow music goes

• the color of a sound

What does allegro mean?

• Fast

• Slow

• Moderately

• Grave

accelerando

• gradually get faster

• gradually get slower

andante

• moderately slow; a walking speed

• increase of speed in music

• a musical sound that is formed when two or more pitches are performed at the same time

• an arrangement of single tones in a meaningful sequence.

largo

• large, broad, slow and stately

• Fast, Lively, quick

presto

• fast, rapid

• moderately slow; a walking speed

Very Loud

• f

• ff

• mf

• mp

Soft

• pp

• p

• mp

• mf