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Worksheetsgrade 1 music theory performance directions
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
accelerando means
gradually getting faster
getting slower
fast
adagio means
slow
fast
lively
allegretto means
getting faster
fairly fast
lively, fast
allegro means
slow
lively,fast
walking pace
andante means
march
running pace
at a walking pace
lento means
at a race cars pace
moderately
fast
at a snails pace
slow
moderato means
moderately
slowly
average pace
ivans pace
rallentando (rall.) means
pausing on a nnote
speeding up
gradually getting slower
ritenuto means (ritard., rit.)
slow down
held back
slowing down to ones desire
ritardando (rit)
going at walking pace
accelerating
gradually getting slower
Finally,Tempo means
accented
speed, time (a tempo;TIME)
dynamics
Meaning of Crescendo
gradually getting louder
suddenly getting louder
gradually getting softer
suddenly getting softer
Meaning of Decrescendo or Diminuendo
Suddenly getting softer
Gradually getting softer
Gradually getting louder
Suddenly getting louder
Meaning of Cantabile
Singing slowly
Singing with power
In a singing style
In a recitative style
Meaning of da capo (D.C.)
in an Italian style
smoothly
repeat from the beginning
Meaning of dal segno (D.S.) (sign is above)
repeat from the sign above
play on through the sign
end playing at the sign until further instruction to start playing again
meaning of fine
the start
the end
final 8 bars of a piece
Meaning of legato
smoothly played
detached
Meaning of mezzo
a little
quietly
louder
a lot
meaning of staccato (stacc.)
detached
smoothly played
the end
