IAR Music Vocabulary Practice 1

What is a coda?

• The beginning
• The middle of a song
• Notes that are purple.
• An ending passage

How loud and quiet the music is

• Dynamics

• Meter

• Tempo

• Instrumentation

Crescendo

• Getting softer

• Getting slower

• Getting faster

• Getting louder

A staccato tells you to play a note short and detached.

• True
• False

What does the top number of the Time signature stand for?

• what type of note is in the measure
• how many beats are in the measure
• the number of measures
• how long the rhythm is

What does the bottom number in the Time signature stand for ?  

• which note gets 1 beat  
• how many notes are in a measure
• the number of measures
• how long the rhythm takes

Please identify the symbols shown?

• Dynamic Markings

• Tempo Markings

• Key Signature

• Notes

This symbol is called what?

• Staccato

• Legato

• Accent

• Fermata

A sharp, flat or natural sign in a measure not originally part of the stated given key signature.

• accident

• flat

• key signature

• accidental

Changes certain notes throughout a piece of music; located between clef sign and time signature.

• common time

• cut time

• key signature

• cursive hand writing