Tempo and Dynamics

What is Tempo?

• How loud or soft the music should be

• The speed of the beat in a piece of music

• mf

• piano

What do Dynamics tell you?

• How fast to play the music

• How loud or soft to play the music

• Andante

• Adagio

Forte means?

• loud

• soft

• medium loud

• medium soft

Presto means?

• slow

• soft

• loud

• very fast

Largo is a _______ marking and means ______?

• Dynamic; slow

• Tempo; slow

• Dynamic; fast

• Tempo; fast

Mezzo Piano (mp) is a ________ marking and means _______?

• Tempo; slow

• Dynamic; soft

• Tempo; medium soft

• Dynamic; medium soft

pp means?

• fast

• slow

• very loud

• very soft

Andante is a _______ marking and means ________?

• Tempo; walking pace

• Tempo; loud

• Dynamic; walking pace

• Dynamic; fast

Allegro is a ________ marking and means ______?

• Dynamic; fast

• Tempo; fast

• Dynamic; soft

• Tempo; loud

mf means?

• soft - piano

• loud - forte

• medium loud - mezzo forte

• very loud - fortissimo