Orch 7/8 Vocab Quiz December 2023

crescendo

• gradually get louder

• gradually get softer

• gradually get slower

• gradually get faster

decrescendo

• gradually get louder

• gradually get softer

• gradually get slower

• gradually get faster

Allegretto

• fast speed

• slower than Andante

• medium fast tempo, slightly slower than Allegro

• slow speed

Presto

• very fast tempo

• fast tempo

• medium tempo

• slow tempo

a tempo

• a speed

• gradually get faster

• gradually get slower

• return to the original tempo or speed

caesura

• a break or pause in the music

• speed up

• slow down

• pluck the string

solo

• everyone plays

• one person plays

• no one plays

• half of the group plays

tutti

• everyone plays

• one person plays

• no one plays

• the teacher plays

mezzo forte

• loud

• soft

• medium loud

• medium soft

divisi

• everyone plays

• one section plays

• divided parts

• one person plays