Elements of Music Review 1

What is the term for the volume of music?

• Timbre

• Dynamics

• Tempo

• Layering

What does this dynamic marking stand for?

• Forte (loud)

• Piano (soft)

• Mezzo forte (medium loud)

• Fortissimo (very loud)

What does this dynamic marking stand for?

• Piano (soft)

• Pianissimo (very soft)

• Mezzo piano (medium soft)

• Forte (loud)

What does crescendo mean?

• Get faster

• Get slower

• Get louder

• Get softer

What is the term for the speed (heartbeat) of music?

• Texture

• Volume

• Tempo

• Dynamics

What does the tempo marking allegro mean?

• Fast

• Very fast

• Slow

• Very very slow

What does accelerando mean?

• Get faster

• Get louder

• Get slower

• Get softer

What is the term for the layering of music?

• Texture

• Tempo

• Timbre

• Dynamics

When we talked about texture in class, what did we compare it to?

What is the term for the tone color/tone quality in music?

• Texture

• Pitch

• Dynamics

• Timbre