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WorksheetsSCDBA Terms - Tempo
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
If allegro means rapid and lively, what does allegretto mean?
slightly faster than allegro
light and moderately quick, but NOT as fast as allegro
very slow
very fast
After a ritardando (gradual slow-down), sometimes you'll see "a tempo." What does that mean?
Pick your own tempo
Return to the original speed; in time
gradually faster
hold out the note
Imagine your parent is driving and they accelerate (go faster) after a stoplight. When we gradually go faster in music, it's called:
legato
andante
accelerando
moderato
A rapid and lively tempo for music is
largo
moderato
allegro
presto
Andante and andantino are both moderately slow tempos, but one of them is slightly faster. Which one?
Andante is a little quicker
Andantino is a little quicker
They are both actually the same tempo
Largo and presto (very fast) are opposites. What tempo is largo?
very slow
gradually slower
gradually faster
moderately slow, but moving
If you wanted to write a piece of music with a VERY fast tempo, what marking would you put at the beginning of the piece?
moderato
allegro
andantino
presto
Which two terms both mean gradually slower?
rallentando; largo
ritardando; tempo
presto; accelerando
rallentando; ritardando
The time/speed of the music (how fast or slow you should play) is called the:
tempo
fermata
dynamics
del segno
This tempo marking means to play "moderately" (between andantino tempo and allegro tempo)
moderato
largo
presto
rallentando
