Tempo & Articulation

Presto Means:

• Slow Tempo

• Fast Tempo

• Moderate Tempo

• Soft Tempo

__________ tempo means to start the music and get faster and faster

Largo tempo means

• to get slower and slower

• a constantly slow tempo

• a fast tempo

• a long beat

If you see a fermata it means

• to get slower

• to hold a note or rest until the conductor cuts you off

• to play notes short and sharp

• none of these are correct

A Legato note looks like:

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Staccato means

• play the note for its full length

• fast notes

• notes that are played short sharp and detached

• long notes

Ritardando means

• play music slow

• play music moderato

• play music at a normal speed then get slower and slower

• play the music at a normal speed and get faster and faster

______________ means to play notes smooth and connected

Which kind of words tell us at what speed to play at?

• Articulation Words

• Tempo Words

• Fermata Words

• Music Words

What is the abbreviation for music that gets slower and slower

• acc.

• (f)

• (p)

• rit.