Performance Directions 1

What do dynamics describe?

• how high or low a sound is

• how loud or soft a sound is

• how fast or slow a sound is

• how long or short a sound is

What does f stand for?

• forte

• fort

• fast

How do you think this music is to be played?

• very loudly

• fast

• very fast

• loudly

Which tempo BEST describes the speed of this piece?

• Allegro

• Adagio

Which word is similar in meaning to adagio?

• allegro

• moderato

• lento

What dynamic BEST describes this excerpt?

• Entirely mp

• Entirely p

• Movement between p and f

• Movement between f and ff

Choose the order of dynamics from quietest to loudest.

• ff f mf mp p pp

• p pp mf f ff mp

• pp p mp mf f ff

• pp mp p f ff mf

What does piano forte mean?

• soft then immediately loud

• loud then immediately soft

• entirely loud

• entirely soft

The speed in this song is moderate. What Italian term means moderate?

• Lento

• Adagio

• Moderato

• Allegro

This song shows passion, yet suspense partly because...

• The tempo is lento

• The lead vocalist is forte while the background vocalists are piano

• The overall music is pianissimo

• The lead vocalist is very high pitched