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Performance Directions: Grade 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does "adagio" mean?

a)

Fast

b)

Long

c)

Slow

d)

Gradually get softer

2.

What does "allegro" mean?

a)

Slow

b)

Gradually get softer

c)

At a walking pace

d)

Fast

3.

What does "ritenuto (ritard. or rit.)" mean?

a)

At a walking pace

b)

Held back

c)

Fast

d)

Slow

4.

What does "cantabile" mean?

a)

In an agressive style

b)

In a singing style

c)

Funeral march

d)

Faster

5.

What does this symbol mean?

a)

To stop

b)

To pause

c)

To go faster

d)

That the music has ended

6.

Which musical symbol is this?

a)

A slur

b)

A repeat sign

c)

A tie

d)

None of the above

7.

Which musical symbol is this?

a)

A key signature

b)

A fermata

c)

A staccato

d)

None of the above

8.

This symbol means to ________.

a)

Repeat

b)

Stop

c)

Continue on to the next measure

d)

Pause

9.

This musical symbol means to

a)

Play detached

b)

Pause

c)

Change the key of the music

d)

Play smoothly

10.

FF stands for

a)

Very loud

b)

Forter

c)

Forte

d)

Fortissimo

11.

Mezzo means

a)

Half or moderate

b)

Fast

c)

Soft

d)

Slow

12.

Another word which shares the same meaning as "adagio" is

a)

Moderato

b)

Lento

c)

Allegro

d)

Vivace

13.

Accelerando means to

a)

instantly get faster

b)

instantly get slower

c)

gradually get faster

d)

gradually get slower

14.

Da capo (D.C.) means

a)

Go to the end

b)

From the previous measure

c)

From the beginning

d)

A little

15.

Poco means

a)

Plenty

b)

As fast as possible

c)

A little

d)

Stop

16.

Tenuto means

a)

To pause

b)

To hold out the note for half its value

c)

To hold out the note for its full value

d)

Soft

17.

Crescendo means

a)

To gradually get louder

b)

To gradually get faster

c)

To gradually get slower

d)

None of the above

18.

Diminuendo is synonymous to

a)

cantabile

b)

allegretto

c)

decrescendo

d)

crescendo

19.

Tempo is

a)

The highness or lowness of sound

b)

Instruments playing together

c)

The speed of the music

d)

The combination of sounds

20.

Mp means

a)

moderately loud

b)

loud!

c)

soft!

d)

moderately soft