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Articulation Markings in Music

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
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1.

Articulation (in music) involves:

a)

How fast or slow the notes are played

b)

How individual notes are sounded, started, sustained, modified, etc.

c)

How to pronounce the title of the song

d)

How well a group plays in tune

2.

Name the articulation indicated for the notes in the example.

a)

Tenuto

b)

Slur

c)

Staccato

d)

Accent

3.

Name the articulation indicated for the notes in the example.

a)

Accent

b)

Slur

c)

Fermata

d)

Trill

4.

Name the articulation indicated for the notes in the example.

a)

Staccato

b)

Marcato

c)

Tenuto

d)

Slur

5.

Name the articulation indicated for the notes in the example.

a)

Tie

b)

Slur

c)

Marcato

d)

Staccato

6.

Name the articulation indicated for the notes in the example.

a)

Staccato

b)

Tenuto

c)

Fermata

d)

Marcato

7.

Name the articulation indicated for the final note.

a)

Fermata

b)

Crescendo

c)

Diminuendo

d)

Tenuto

8.

A staccato note is:

a)

held for its full time value or slightly more.

b)

performed louder than the unmarked notes around it.

c)

played smoothly and connected to the other notes.

d)

performed detached or separated from the other notes.

9.

A note marked tenuto is:

a)

performed detached or separated from the other notes.

b)

held for its full time value or slightly more.

c)

performed louder than the unmarked notes around it.

d)

similar to an accent, only with an even louder and more forceful articulation, sometimes shortened in length.

10.

A note marked with an accent is:

a)

played smoothly and connected to the other notes.

b)

performed detached or separated from the other notes.

c)

held for its full time value or slightly more.

d)

performed louder than the unmarked notes around it.

11.

A slur indicates that notes are to be:

a)

played smoothly and connected.

b)

performed louder.

c)

performed detached or separated.

d)

performed faster.

12.

A marcato note is:

a)

held for its full time value or slightly more.

b)

played smoothly and connected to the other notes.

c)

similar to an accent, only with an even louder and more forceful articulation, sometimes shortened in length.

d)

played softer than the notes around it.

13.

A note marked with a fermata is:

a)

performed detached or separated from the other notes

b)

played smoothly and connected to the other notes.

c)

performed louder than the unmarked notes around it.

d)

sustained longer than the written note value.