Orchestra

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 get faster? 

• ritardando
• rallantando
• accelerando
• crescendo

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 the lift sign tell us to do? Check the BEST answer.

• lift the bow from tip to frog
• lift the bow to the correct placement for the next bowing
• lift the bow from frog to tip
• break/ pause until the conductor says to play

What does D.C. al Fine mean?

• Go back to the beginning and play to the Fine (ending).
• Go back to the sign and play to the end.
• Go back to the beginning and play to the coda.
• Go back to the sign and play to the coda.

What does D.S. al coda mean?

• Go back to the beginning and play to the fine
• Go back to the sign and play to the end
• Go back to the beginning and play to the coda
•  Go back to the segno (sign), play to the coda sign, jump to the coda

What is this symbol?

• Up Bow

• Slurred Bow

• Down Bow

• Staccato Bow

How would you count these

• 1 2 3 4

• 1 + 2 +

• 1 e + a

• 4 3 2 1