WorksheetsPercussion Ensemble 1st 9 Weeks Word Wall
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Add second player.
a)
a due
b)
accelarando
c)
accent
d)
balance
2.
To gradually increase the speed of the music.
a)
accelarando
b)
accent
c)
balance
d)
blend
3.
To perform a note at a higher volume than the surrounding unaccented notes.
a)
accent
b)
balance
c)
blend
d)
crescendo
4.
The volume between sections and players and how they relate to one another.
a)
balance
b)
blend
c)
crescendo
d)
descrescendo
5.
The ability to match all elements of your sound with other players.
a)
blend
b)
crescendo
c)
decrescendo
d)
down stroke
6.
To gradually increase volume.
a)
crescendo
b)
decrescendo
c)
down stroke
d)
etiquette
7.
To gradually decrease volume.
a)
crescendo
b)
decrescendo
c)
down stroke
d)
etiquette
8.
Stopping the stick at a lower height without squeezing
a)
down stroke
b)
etiquette
c)
forte
d)
fortissimo
9.
The customary code of polite behavior in society or among members of a particular profession or group.
a)
etiquette
b)
forte
c)
fortissimo
d)
intonation
10.
To perform at a loud volume (9 inches) using wrist and fingers.
a)
forte
b)
fortissimo
c)
intonation
d)
legato
11.
To perform at a very loud volume (12 inches) using wrist and arm.
a)
fortissimo
b)
intonation
c)
legato
d)
marcato
12.
The ability to play in tune with yourself and with the pitch center of the ensemble.
a)
intonation
b)
legato
c)
marcato
d)
mezzo forte
13.
To perform with a continuous and smooth motion without stopping the stick/mallet.
a)
legato
b)
marcato
c)
mezzo forte
d)
performance
14.
An accent performed with more emphasis leaving silence after the note.
a)
marcato
b)
mezzo forte
c)
performance
d)
pianissimo
15.
To perform at a medium loud volume (6 inches) using wrist and fingers.
a)
mezzo forte
b)
perforamance
c)
pianissimo
d)
piano
16.
An act of staging or presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment.
a)
Performance
b)
pianissimo
c)
piano
d)
piston stroke
17.
To perform at a very soft volume (1 inch) using wrist and fingers at grace note height.
a)
pianissimo
b)
piano
c)
piston stroke
d)
practice
18.
To perform at a soft volume (3 inches) using wrist and finger at tap height.
a)
piano
b)
piston stroke
c)
practice
d)
rehearsal
19.
Start at the top of the stroke, strike the surface, and immediately rebound to the top of the next stroke.
a)
piston stroke
b)
practice
c)
rehearsal
d)
section
20.
To perform an activity, exercise, or skill repeatedly or regularly in order to improve or maintain one's proficiency.
a)
practice
b)
rehearsal
c)
section
d)
slur
21.
A practice or trial performance for later public performance.
a)
rehearsal
b)
section
c)
slur
d)
solo
22.
A group of like instruments within a larger ensemble
a)
section
b)
slur
c)
solo
d)
staccato
23.
to connect notes by rolling or using the pedal.
a)
slur
b)
solo
c)
staccato
d)
tempo
24.
To perform alone or featured within a musical setting.
a)
solo
b)
staccato
c)
tempo
d)
tenuto
25.
To perform a note and quickly dampen creating silence between the notes.
a)
staccato
b)
tempo
c)
tenuto
d)
tone
26.
The speed at which a passage of music should be played.
a)
tempo
b)
tenuto
c)
tone
d)
up stroke
27.
To perform a note with more weight but not as loud as an accent.
a)
tenuto
b)
tone
c)
up stroke
d)
vertical alignment
28.
The characteristic sound or color of a given instrument.
a)
tone
b)
up stroke
c)
vertical alignment
d)
a due
29.
Pulling the stick up from a lower height.
a)
up stroke
b)
vertical alignment
c)
a due
d)
accelerando
30.
The ability to line all rhythms from top to the bottom of the ensemble.
a)
vertical alignment
b)
a due
c)
accelerando
d)
accent
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