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WorksheetsMusic Vocabulary
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is the definition of staccato?
Connected notes.
Short and separated notes.
Louder notes.
Notes that are longer in value.
What is a triplet?
3 notes played as fast as you can.
A duple-based rhythmic value.
3 eighth notes beamed together that take up 1.5 beats.
3 notes played in a space of 2.
What does ritardando mean?
Gradually get faster.
Gradually slowing down.
Play smoothly and connected.
Go back to the beginning.
What does D.C. al fine mean?
Go back to the beginning and play to the fine.
Go back to the sign and play to the fine.
Go directly to the coda.
Go back to the repeat sign and play to the fine.
What is the correct definition of embouchure?
The louds and softs in music.
The way you tongue on your instrument.
The shape of the mouth and lips.
The sharps and flats in a key signature.
What is an accidental?
Sharp and flats within a key signature.
Odd or unique rhythms.
Having all 3 forms of a note (sharp, flat, and natural) in a piece of music.
Sharps, flats, or natural signs used to raise, lower, or return a note to its normal pitch that are outside of the key signature.
What does it mean to modulate?
To change key signatures between movements of a piece of music.
To change time signatures within a piece of music.
To change key signatures within a piece of music.
To change tempos within a piece of music.
What does a tenuto marking mean?
Play the note full value.
Play the note longer than written.
Play with a slight space between notes.
Play the note short and separated.
What is subdivision?
To divide music into groups of 4.
To play longer note values.
To play rhythmic values smaller than 1 beat.
To split up movements of a piece of music.
What do you do when you see a D.S. al Fine marking?
Go back to the sign and play to the fine.
Go back to the beginning and play to the fine.
Go back to the sign and play to the coda.
Go back to the beginning and play to the coda.
What does accelerando mean?
To gradually slow down.
To speed up and then to slow down.
To play louder.
To gradually speed up.
What is the correct definition of crescendo?
Gradually slowing down.
Gradually growing softer.
Gradually growing louder.
To accent every note.
What are dynamics?
To gradually grow louder and softer.
The same name for sharps and flats.
The different ways to tongue on an instrument.
The degrees of loudness or softness and their symbols.
What is the definition of the term legato?
To play all notes short and separated.
To play all notes smoothly.
To play all notes softly.
To play all notes accented.
What is the correct definition of rallentando?
Becoming gradually slower.
Becoming gradually faster.
Becoming gradually louder.
Becoming gradually softer.
What is syncopation?
To play music that is subdivided on off-beats.
The different degrees of louds and softs in music.
The placement of rhythmic accents on weak beats or weak portions of the beat.
To play each note with emphasis and distinction.
What does this dynamic marking mean?
Medium loud.
Loud.
Very soft.
Medium soft.
What does this dynamic marking mean?
Loud.
Extremely loud.
Soft.
Medium loud.
What does this dynamic marking mean?
Very loud.
Medium soft.
Medium loud.
Soft.
What does this dynamic marking mean?
Soft.
Loud.
Medium soft.
Medium loud.
What does this dynamic marking mean?
Very soft.
Loud.
Medium loud.
Very loud.
What does this dynamic marking mean?
Play loud then immediately get soft and get louder again.
Play medium.
Play loud then immediately get soft.
Play with an accent and then do the dynamics.
What does the term decrescendo mean?
To gradually get softer.
To gradually get louder.
To gradually get slower.
To gradually blow more air.
What does the term enharmonic mean?
All the flats and sharps in a key signature.
Two notes that are both flats.
Two notes that have the same pitch but are spelled differently.
Two notes that are both sharps.
What is the correct definition of articulation?
The different levels of louds and softs in music.
Different ways to tongue or strike a note.
The different markings on top of notes.
To have clear tonguing or strikes on your instrument.
What does it mean when a scale is major?
The scale is awesome.
A scale that uses all the notes, including sharps and flats.
A scale that is made up of half and whole steps and generally sounds sad.
A scale that is made up of half and whole steps and generally sounds happy.
What does it mean when a scale is minor?
A scale that is made up of half and whole steps and generally sounds sad.
A scale that is made up of half and whole steps and generally sounds happy.
A scale that uses all the notes, including sharps and flats.
The scale is awesome.
What is a chromatic scale?
A scale with no sharps.
A scale comprised of 12 half steps.
A scale with no flats.
A scale that is both major and minor.
What does marcato mean?
Play notes short.
Play notes long and heavy.
Play notes short and heavy.
Play notes short and light.
What is a coda?
A section of the piece that repeats.
A marking which tells you to play a note longer than its value.
A marking which tells you to play loudly.
A section at the end of a piece that brings it to a close.
