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WorksheetsOrchestra Vocabulary
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the term that means to gradually get louder?
a)
Crescendo
b)
Decrescendo
c)
allegro
d)
accelerando
2.
What is the term that means to gradually get softer?
a)
Crescendo
b)
Decrescendo or diminuendo
c)
piano
d)
ritardando
3.
What is the term that means to gradually slow down?
a)
decrescendo
b)
diminuendo
c)
accelerando
d)
ritardando or rallantando
4.
What is the term that means to gradually get faster?
a)
ritardando
b)
rallantando
c)
accelerando
d)
crescendo
5.
What does the fermata tell us to do?
a)
Gradually speed up
b)
Gradually slow down
c)
Hold the note until the conductor releases it.
d)
Play the note really short.
6.
What does the caesura tell us to do?
a)
break/ pause between phrases
b)
hold the note out
c)
slow down
d)
lift the bow
7.
What does the lift sign tell us to do? Check the BEST answer.
a)
lift the bow from tip to frog
b)
lift the bow to the correct placement for the next bowing
c)
lift the bow from frog to tip
d)
break/ pause until the conductor says to play
8.
What does D.C. al Fine mean?
a)
Go back to the beginning and play to the Fine (ending).
b)
Go back to the sign and play to the end.
c)
Go back to the beginning and play to the coda.
d)
Go back to the sign and play to the coda.
9.
What does D.S. al coda mean?
a)
Go back to the beginning and play to the fine
b)
Go back to the sign and play to the end
c)
Go back to the beginning and play to the coda
d)
Go back to the segno (sign), play to the coda sign, jump to the coda
10.
Playing in orchestra is like reading a different language while dancing, but we love it!
a)
True
b)
False
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