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Italian Performance Directions

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Allargando

a)

Faster than Allegro

b)

Slowing Down

c)

Broadening

d)

Slow then Immediately Fast

2.

Andantino

a)

Broadening

b)

It's what's for dinner

c)

Slightly faster than Andante

d)

You meant to spell Al Dente!

3.

Assai

a)

A city in Italy

b)

Not too much

c)

This is not a real word

d)

Very

4.

This Italian performance term means "with"

a)

con/col

b)

and/or

c)

etc./i.e.

d)

simile

5.

This Italian Performance term means "sweetly"

a)

Dulce

b)

Sucere

c)

Dolce

6.

Espressivo

a)

Nicely

b)

Expressively

c)

Dramatically

d)

Carefully

7.

What does the dynamic 'fp' or fortepiano tell us to do?

a)

You can pick between forte or piano

b)

It means kind of loud, kind of soft

c)

This is another way to write sforzando (sf)

d)

It means loud then suddenly soft

8.

Giocoso

a)

Hilariously

b)

Mockingly

c)

Playfully, Merrily

d)

Wildly

9.

What is the Italian Performance term for 'slow and solemn?'

a)

Largissimo

b)

Largo

c)

Grave

d)

Diminuendo

10.

Grazioso

a)

Loudly

b)

Jokingly

c)

Gracefully

11.

What is the correct way to indicate you want something to be performed slow and stately?

a)

Grave

b)

Largissimo

c)

Legato

d)

Largo

12.

Maestoso

a)

Bravely

b)

Marching

c)

Majestic

d)

Mournful

13.

What does meno mean?

a)

More

b)

Less

c)

The Same

d)

Simile

14.

Molto means:

a)

Very much

b)

Just enough

c)

Molten

d)

Grave

15.

What does presto translate into?

a)

Fast

b)

Medium Fast

c)

Lively

d)

Extremely Fast

16.

Senza

a)

Begin again (repeat)

b)

Stop

c)

Another way to write sforzando

d)

Without

17.

What does it mean to have a sforzando (or sf)?

a)

Slurred accent

b)

Staccato accent

c)

Forced accented

d)

This means loud

18.

Sostenuto means: ?

a)

Largo

b)

Tied

c)

Sustained

d)

Accented

19.

What is the Italian performance term for lively and quick?

a)

Presto

b)

Allegro

c)

Allegrissimo

d)

Vivace

20.

When is your Italian Performance Directions Test?

a)

It was today!

b)

Next week

c)

After Thanksgiving

d)

In a month