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Music Minutes 13 (Tempo and other Terms)

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the beat of a piece of music?

a)

How many instruments and what kind are used in each piece.

b)

Which voices are used in the piece

c)

The pulse or basic unit of time that gives the music a regular rhythmic pattern

d)

A tambourine shake, snare drum, or cymbal tap that is used incorrectly in dance music

2.

What does m.m. stand for in music

a)

Mickey Mouse

b)

Musical Expression

c)

How many beats per minute using a metronome

d)

Warm ups to practice particular consonants

3.

What does tempo mean?

a)

How popular or "hot" the song is

b)

The speed of the music

c)

How many measures are in the song

d)

The key signature

4.

What does bpm stand for in music?

a)

Bass part men

b)

Back page memorized

c)

By Paul McCartney

d)

Beats per minute

5.

What does "a tempo" (ah tempo) mean in music?

a)

First musical form

b)

The bridge

c)

Very popular

d)

Go back to the first tempo

6.

What speed is adagio?

a)

Walking tempo

b)

Slowly

c)

Fast

d)

Very fast

7.

What does accelerando mean?

a)

Get louder gradually

b)

A song about cars

c)

Speed up gradually

d)

Slow down gradually

8.

What does andante mean?

a)

A walking tempo; moderately slow

b)

Loudly, with force

c)

Soft

d)

Quickly, with a bounce

9.

What does allegro mean?

a)

Quick, brisk

b)

Smoothly, slowly

c)

Very slow

d)

With feeling

10.

What speed is grave in music?

a)

Very quick

b)

Very slow and solemn

c)

Medium speed

d)

Alternating between two tempos

11.

What speed is largo in music?

a)

Slow, broad, dignified

b)

Fast, upbeat, with a bounce

c)

Jazz swing

d)

Medium fast

12.

What speed is moderato?

a)

Dancelike

b)

Medium or moderate

c)

Slow, like a dirge

d)

With a careful mood

13.

What speed is presto?

a)

Pushing forward

b)

A good tempo for dining

c)

Sudden

d)

Very quick

14.

What does ritardando mean?

a)

Slow down gradually

b)

Speed up gradually

c)

Get louder gradually

d)

Get softer gradually

15.

What does rubato mean?

a)

A particular dancing tempo

b)

Speed up gradually

c)

Fluctuate or change tempo expressively

d)

Slow down gradually

16.

What does meno mosso mean?

a)

With medium dynamics

b)

A little more

c)

More motion

d)

Less motion

17.

What speed is allegretto?

a)

Very slow with violin accompaniment

b)

Graceful and slow

c)

A little fast or moderately fast

d)

Extremely fast with staccato emphasis

18.

What does a cappella mean?

a)

From a movie score

b)

Without accompaniment

c)

Piano only

d)

Percussion

19.

What does subito mean?

a)

Suddenly

b)

Accompanied

c)

Under the voices

d)

Never listen