Music Roadmap Symbols

name this symbol.

• fortissimo: play as loud as you can

• femata: shorten the note

• fermata: hold the note longer than normal

• formelitia: a short formula

Name this musical symbol.

• Caesura: the music pauses

• two stripes

• a speed marking: go fast.

• a breath mark

Name this symbol.

• breath mark

• da capo

• coda

• da segno

In music, what does a tie do?

• shortens two notes.

• combines two or more notes of the same pitch.

• makes you look good in a suit.

• combines two or more notes that are different pitches.

Name this symbol.

• an umbrella: watch for rain.

• a glissando: bend the pitch between the two notes.

• a slur: tongue the first note but not the second note under the slur.

• a tie: combines two notes of the same pitch.

A repeat sign tells you go back to the __________________

• beginning or previous repeat and play again.

• previous time signature.

• coda.

• the sign.

D.S. stands for Da Segno.

• True. it means go back to the sign

• false. It doesn't have anything to do with music.

What is a coda?

• Italian for end of the song

• French for deciphering a code.

• Play the song like a cod fish.

What does D.C. al Coda mean?

• District of Columbia

• Detective Comics

• Da Capa: Italian for go to the beginning of the song and then go to the end.

• Deceptive Cadence