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Tempo Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the term BPM mean?

a)

Beats Per Metronome

b)

Boom Pop Mash

c)

Beats Per Minute

2.

The word Ritardando means:

a)

To gradually get faster

b)

To gradually get slower

3.

The word Accelerando means:

a)

To gradually get faster

b)

To gradually get slower

4.
What does tempo refer to in music?
a)
Volume
b)
Speed
c)
Color
d)
Time
5.
Moderato
a)
slow
b)
fast
c)
moderately
d)
walking
6.

Which tempo is faster?

a)

adagio

b)

presto

7.

Which tempo is slower?

a)

moderato

b)

allegro

8.

What does the music term presto mean?

a)

fast

b)

very fast

c)

magic

d)

slow

9.

What tempo marking is slow?

a)

presto

b)

moderato

c)

adagio

d)

allegro

10.

What tempo marking means at a moderate pace?

a)

adagio

b)

moderato

c)

presto

d)

allegro

11.

What tempo marking means very slow?

a)

larghetto

b)

andante

c)

presto

d)

largo

12.

What tempo marking means fast?

a)

allegro

b)

largo

c)

presto

d)

prestissimo

13.

What is tempo in music?

a)

how loud or soft the music is

b)

how fast or slow music is

c)

the instruments used in a piece of music

d)

the mood of a piece of music

14.

Which of the following tempo markings is the slowest speed?

a)

Andante

b)

Presto

c)

Moderato

d)

Largo

15.

Which is the correct order for these tempos from slowest to fastest?

a)

Presto, Allegro, Andante, Adagio

b)

Andante, Allegro, Adagio, Presto

c)

Adagio, Andante, Allegro, Presto

d)

Allegro, Andante, Presto, Adagio

16.

Rit. means to gradually get faster.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

This term means to increase tempo:

a)

Allegretto

b)

Andante

c)

Accelerando

d)

Dolce

18.

Tempo is the ______________ of music.

a)

beat

b)

speed

c)

time

d)

counts

19.

What is the speed of a song that is medium?

a)

presto

b)

allegro

c)

largo

d)

moderato

20.

The measurement of tempo is

a)

RIT- rhythm in time

b)

MPB- minutes per beat

c)

BPM- beats per minute

d)

Poco Piu mosso

21.
What is it called when the music gradually slows down
a)
deacceleration
b)
acceleration
c)
crescendo
d)
ritardando
22.

The moderate tempo is called what?

a)

lento

b)

Moderato

c)

adagio

d)

presto

23.
A very fast tempo is called? 
a)
Adante
b)
Presto
c)
lento
d)
Adagio
24.

A very slow tempo is called what?

a)

Largo

b)

Adagio

c)

allergro

d)

andante

25.

What instrument is used to measure BPM

a)

metrotone

b)

Piano

c)

metronome

d)

clicker