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Dynamics in Music

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 16mins

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 crescendo mean?
a)
To gradually get softer
b)
To sing
c)
To gradually get louder
d)
To hold the note
6.
a)
Get Louder
b)
Get Softer
c)
Very Loud
d)
Very Soft
7.
a)
Get Louder
b)
Get Softer
c)
Very Loud
d)
Very Soft
8.
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
9.
What dynamic level should you talk while in the library? 
a)
Forte
b)
Mezzo Forte
c)
Mezzo Piano
d)
Piano
10.
What dynamic level would you say a rocket ship blasting off would be?
a)
Mezzo Forte
b)
Fortissimo
c)
Forte
d)
Pianissimo
11.

Why might a composer decide to use a crescendo in a piece of music? Select all that apply.

a)

To create excitement

b)

To create a calm feeling

c)

To create drama or an intense moment

d)

To convey the intense emotion in the music.

12.

Which two contrasting Dynamics can be heard in this clip from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana?

a)

Crescendo and Decrescendo

b)

Piano and Pianissimo

c)

Largo and Presto

d)

Fortissimo and Pianissimo

13.

This is an example of what Dynamics?

a)

Decrescendo

b)

Crescendo

c)

Forte

d)

Fortissimo

14.
What dynamic level would you give an elephant's blast? 
a)
Fortissimo
b)
Forte
c)
Mezzo Piano
d)
Piano
15.

a person singing soft then getting louder is

a)

crescendo

b)

decrescendo