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dynamics

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
a)
Pianissimo
b)
Piano
c)
Forte
d)
Fortissimo
2.
a)
Pianissimo
b)
Piano
c)
Forte
d)
Fortissimo
3.
a)
Pianissimo
b)
Piano
c)
Forte
d)
Fortissimo
4.
a)
Pianissimo
b)
Piano
c)
forte
d)
Fortissimo
5.
What does decrescendo mean?
a)
To gradually become softer
b)
To sing without music
c)
To sing
d)
To gradually become louder
6.
a)
harmony 
b)
decrescendo 
c)
crescendo
d)
timbre
7.
a)
mezzo piano
b)
mezzo forte
c)
mezzo mezzo
d)
piano
8.
a)
forte
b)
mezzo piano
c)
fortissimo
d)
mezzo forte
9.
What does crescendo mean?
a)
To gradually get softer
b)
To sing
c)
To gradually get louder
d)
To hold the note
10.
a)
Soft
b)
Very Soft
c)
Very Loud
d)
Medium Soft
11.
a)

medium soft

b)

medium loud

c)

loud

d)

soft

12.
a)
Very Loud
b)
Soft
c)
Loud
d)
Medium Loud
13.
a)
Very Soft
b)
Medium Loud
c)
Loud
d)
Very Loud
14.
a)
Get Louder
b)
Get Softer
c)
Very Loud
d)
Very Soft
15.
a)
Get Louder
b)
Get Softer
c)
Very Loud
d)
Very Soft
16.
What is this symbol's alternative name?
a)
Fermata
b)
Get Softer
c)
Diminuendo
d)
Very Soft
17.
Which answer is in order from LOUDEST to SOFTEST?
a)
pp,p,mp,mf,f,ff
b)
ff,f,mf,mp,pp,p
c)
pp,p,mp,f,mf,ff
d)
ff,f,mf,mp,p,pp
18.
Which answer is in order from SOFTEST to LOUDEST?
a)
pp,p,mp,mf,f,ff
b)
ff,f,mf,mp,pp,p
c)
pp,p,mp,f,mf,ff
d)
ff,f,mf,mp,p,pp
19.
a)
Pianissimo
b)
Piano
c)
Forte
d)
Fortissimo
20.

What is this symbol's alternative name?

a)

Fermata

b)

Get Softer

c)

Decrescendo

d)

Very Soft

21.

what does mezzo piano mean?

a)

medium loud

b)

super loud

c)

silent

d)

medium quiet

22.

pianisssimo is performed

a)

very quietly

b)

very quickly

c)

forte

d)

slowly

23.
What dynamic is quiet?
a)
forte 
b)
piano
c)
rest
d)
accelerando
24.
What is the general meaning of "Dynamics"?
a)
how soft or loud the music is
b)
to become quieter
c)
to become louder
d)
how fast or slow the music is
25.
What dynamic level should you talk while in the library? 
a)
Forte
b)
Mezzo Forte
c)
Mezzo Piano
d)
Piano
26.
What dynamic level would you say a rocket ship blasting off would be?
a)
Mezzo Forte
b)
Fortissimo
c)
Forte
d)
Pianissimo
27.
Why dynamic level would you use to tell your friend a secret? 
a)
Fortissimo
b)
Forte
c)
Piano
d)
Pianissimo
28.
What dynamic level do you think it would be if you were at an NFL football game?
a)
Mezzo Piano
b)
Mezzo Forte
c)
Forte
d)
Fortissimo
29.

What is this symbol called in music?

a)

less than sign

b)

crescendo

c)

myfriendo

d)

decrescendo

30.

What does this tell the performer

a)

Get louder

b)

Perform faster

c)

Get softer

d)

Take a breath

31.

Where is Grassi Lakes Park?

a)

New York

b)

Wyoming

c)

Siberia

d)

Canada

32.
Strong/Loud in music is called
a)
pianissimo
b)
piano
c)
forte
d)
fortissimo
33.
Soft in music is called
a)
pianissimo
b)
piano
c)
forte
d)
forissimo
34.
Forte is written in music as 
a)
mp
b)
f
c)
p
d)
mf
35.
Piano is written in music as 
a)
mp
b)
f
c)
p
d)
mf
36.
Forte is written in music as 
a)
mp
b)
f
c)
p
d)
mf
37.
Whenever you see a decrescendo it means...
a)
slow down.
b)
speed up
c)
gradually get softer
d)
gradually get louder
38.
What is this dynamic level?
a)
Mezzo Piano
b)
Mezzo Forte
c)
Mezzo Fortissimo
d)
Fortissimo
39.
What is this dynamic level?
a)
Forte
b)
Forte Piano
c)
Mezzo Piano
Medium Soft
d)
Piano
40.
What is this dynamic level?
a)
Forte
b)
Forte Piano
c)
Mezzo Piano
Medium Soft
d)
Piano
41.
What does this symbol mean to do?
a)
Gradually get softer
b)
Gradually get louder
c)
Be silent
d)
Be super loud
42.
What is this dynamic level?
a)
Mezzo Forte
b)
Mezzo Piano
c)
Forte
d)
Piano
43.

Dynamics refers to...

a)

the loudness or beat of music

b)

the loudness or shortless of music

c)

the loudness or softness of music

d)

the loudness or loch Ness

44.

Composers use dynamic terms to...

a)

to tell musicians how loud or soft to play

b)

to tell musicicians how fast or slow to play

c)

to tell musicians how nice to play

d)

to tell musicians how to play guitar

45.

The most important musical terms are...

a)

piano and violin

b)

piano and very piano

c)

piano and strong

d)

piano and forte

46.

Piano menas to play...

a)

very loud

b)

loud

c)

softly

d)

slowly

47.

Forte means to play

a)

fast

b)

low

c)

loud

d)

very soft

48.

Double "p" means....

a)

political party

b)

pianissimo, very soft

c)

pianissimo, very loud

d)

pianissimo, very fast

49.

Double "f" means...

a)

fortísimo, very bad

b)

fortísimo, very good

c)

fortísimo, very soft

d)

fortissimo, very loud

50.

Mezzo piano means...

a)

moderately soft

b)

moderately fast

c)

moderately loud

d)

moderately bad