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WorksheetsReview: Tempo, Dynamics and Articulation
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 11mins
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Class
Date
1.
Most musical terms are written in which language?
a)
Swahili
b)
English
c)
Italian
d)
Spanish
2.
What does piano mean?
a)
loud
b)
soft
c)
fast
d)
slow
3.
What is the sign for soft?
a)
f
b)
p
c)
mf
d)
pp
4.
What does forte mean?
a)
loud
b)
fast
c)
slow
d)
soft
5.
What is the sign for loud?
a)
ff
b)
pp
c)
mp
d)
f
6.
What does mezzo-piano mean?
a)
soft
b)
very loud
c)
medium loud
d)
medium soft
7.
What is the sign for medium soft?
a)
f
b)
mf
c)
mp
d)
p
8.
What does mezzo-forte mean?
a)
medium loud
b)
medium soft
c)
gradually softer
d)
very loud
9.
What is the sign for medium loud?
a)
pp
b)
ff
c)
mf
d)
mp
10.
What does pianissimo mean?
a)
very soft
b)
very loud
c)
medium soft
d)
medium loud
11.
What is the sign for very soft?
a)
mp
b)
f
c)
ff
d)
pp
12.
What does fortissimo mean?
a)
very loud
b)
gradually louder
c)
very soft
d)
slow
13.
What is the sign for very loud?
a)
pp
b)
ff
c)
mf
d)
f
14.
Which one has the dynamic signs arranged in order from very soft to very loud?
a)
ff, f, mf, mp, p, pp
b)
pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff
c)
pp, ff, mp, p, f, mf
d)
mf, mp, ff, p, f, pp
15.
What does crescendo or cresc. mean?
a)
Gradually louder
b)
Very Loud
c)
Gradually softer
d)
Very soft
16.
What does decrescendo or decresc. mean?
a)
Super loud
b)
Leave the room
c)
Gradually louder
d)
Gradually softer
17.
What is another term for decrescendo or desresc?
a)
Fortissimo or ff
b)
Crescendo or cresc.
c)
Mezzo-Piano or mp
d)
Diminuendo or Dim.
18.
What is tempo?
a)
Rate of Speed
b)
How loud or soft
c)
The manner in which it is played
d)
A really great song
19.
What is the Italian term for Very Slow?
a)
Largo
b)
Vivace
c)
Accelerando
d)
Dolce
20.
What is the English term for Adagio?
a)
Gradually slower
b)
Slow
c)
Quickly, cheerfully
d)
Moderately
21.
What is the Italian term for moving along (walking speed)?
a)
Largo
b)
Ritardando
c)
Allegro
d)
Andante
22.
What is the English term for Moderato?
a)
Slow
b)
Lively and fast
c)
Moderately or Medium
d)
Lightspeed
23.
What is the Italian term for Quickly, cheerfully, fast?
a)
Allegro
b)
Ritardando
c)
Accelerando
d)
Vivace
24.
What is the English term for Vivace?
a)
Lively and fast
b)
Slow
c)
Cheerfully
d)
Sweetly
25.
What is the Italian term for gradually slower?
a)
Accelerando
b)
Ritardando
c)
Vivace
d)
Andante
26.
What is the English term for Accelerando?
a)
Sweetly
b)
Fast
c)
Gradually faster
d)
Walking speed
27.
What is articulation?
a)
The given volume of a note.
b)
The rate of speed of a piece of music.
c)
It tells you how many beats are in a measure.
d)
The manner in which a note is performed.
28.
What is this articulation?
a)
Staccato
b)
Legato
c)
Tenuto
d)
sforzando
29.
What does staccato mean in English?
a)
full value
b)
suddenly loud
c)
short and detached, separated
d)
long
30.
Which articulation means to play a note louder, with a special emphasis.
a)
sforzando
b)
tenuto
c)
accent
d)
staccato
31.
What is this articulation?
a)
staccato
b)
sforzando
c)
tenuto
d)
fermata
32.
What does tenunto mean?
a)
Hold for full value
b)
Hold longer than full value
c)
Hold less than full value
d)
short and detached, separated
33.
Which articulation means to hold the note longer than its normal value?
a)
tenuto
b)
fermata
c)
accent
d)
staccato
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