Year 9 GCSE Music revision Harder

Which of the following is the loudest dynamic?

• piano

• fortissimo

• forte

• pianissimo

What string technique means to play rapidly using fast bowing ?

• pizzicato

• arco

• tremolando

• double stopping

What string technique means to play with the bow?

• pizzicato

• arco

• tremolando

• double stopping

what is the word for a male voice deliberately singing higher than normal (think Bee Gees/Sam Smith)

What does staccato mean?

• Play really smoothly

• emphasise the note

• play really short

• Hold on for the whole note value

What does a slur mean?

• Play really smoothly

• emphasise the note

• play really short

• Hold on for the whole note value

What does an accent do?

• Play really smoothly

• emphasise the note

• play really short

• Hold on for the whole note value

What does tenuto mean?

• Play really smoothly

• emphasise the note

• play really short

• Hold on for the whole note value

Which string technique means to pluck the string?

What is the term for gradually getting louder?