Orchestra Vocabulary - 1

What is the term that means to gradually slow down?

• decrescendo
• diminuendo
• accelerando
• ritardando or rallantando

How would you count these

• 1 (e) + a

• 1 e + (a)

• 1 e + a

• 1 2 3 4

What is the term that means to gradually get faster? 

• ritardando
• rallantando
• accelerando
• crescendo

What is the term that means to gradually get softer?

• Crescendo
• Decrescendo or diminuendo
• piano
• ritardando

What is the term that means to gradually get louder?

• Crescendo
• Decrescendo
• allegro
• accelerando

What is this symbol?

• Up Bow

• Slurred Bow

• Down Bow

• Staccato Bow

What instrument usually reads music using this clef (Alto Clef)?

• Violin

• Viola

• Cello

• Bass

• Piano

What is this curved line called?

• Slur

• Tie

• Smiley Face

What does D.C. al Fine mean?

• Go back to the beginning and play to the Fine (ending).
• Go back to the sign and play to the end.
• Go back to the beginning and play to the coda.
• Go back to the sign and play to the coda.

What does the key signature tell you?

• How many beats are in the measure

• How many sharps and flats are in the piece

• Who wrote the piece

• What time school is over