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Dynamics

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
a)
Pianissimo
b)
Piano
c)
Forte
d)
Fortissimo
2.
a)
Pianissimo
b)
Piano
c)
Forte
d)
Fortissimo
3.
a)
mezzo piano
b)
mezzo forte
c)
mezzo mezzo
d)
piano
4.
a)
forte
b)
mezzo piano
c)
fortissimo
d)
mezzo forte
5.
a)
Pianissimo
b)
Piano
c)
Forte
d)
Fortissimo
6.
a)
Pianissimo
b)
Piano
c)
forte
d)
Fortissimo
7.
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
8.
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
9.
a)
harmony 
b)
decrescendo 
c)
crescendo
d)
timbre
10.

a)

Crescendo

b)

Decrescendo

c)

Dynamics

d)

Fermata

11.
What is this symbol's alternative name?
a)
Fermata
b)
Get Softer
c)
Diminuendo
d)
Very Soft
12.

What does crescendo mean?

a)

To gradually get softer

b)

Loud

c)

To gradually get louder

d)

To hold the note

13.

What does decrescendo mean?

a)

To gradually become softer

b)

Stay the same

c)

Play soft

d)

To gradually become louder

14.

What does diminuendo (dim.) mean?

a)

To gradually become louder

b)

Very Soft

c)

To gradually become softer

d)

Diminish the sound

15.
Very soft in music is called
a)
pianissimo
b)
piano
c)
forte
d)
fortissimo
16.
Soft in music is called
a)
pianissimo
b)
piano
c)
forte
d)
forissimo
17.
Mezzo piano means 
a)
medium soft
b)
soft
c)
medium loud
d)
loud
18.
Mezzo forte means 
a)
medium soft
b)
soft
c)
medium loud
d)
loud
19.

What does "forte" mean?

a)

Medium

b)

Soft

c)

Loud

d)

Quiet

20.
Very loud in music is called
a)
pianissimo
b)
piano
c)
forte
d)
fortissimo
21.
Piano is written in music as 
a)
mp
b)
f
c)
p
d)
mf
22.
Forte is written in music as 
a)
mp
b)
f
c)
p
d)
mf
23.

DYNAMICS is a word that describes the _________________________.

a)

Speed of the beat

b)

Volume of music

c)

Meter of the music

d)

Accents and Legatos in music

24.

What is the Dynamics of the piece in the beginning?

a)

very loud

b)

loud

c)

very soft

d)

soft

25.

Choose the answer that best describes the Dynamics in the image above.

a)

The piece is soft and makes a crescendo to loud.

b)

The piece is loud and does not change in volume.

c)

The piece is loud and makes a decrescendo to soft.

d)

The piece is fast and gradually becomes slow.

26.

What does the encircled part mean?

a)

That part of the piece will start loud, then will gradually decrease in volume and become very soft.

b)

That part of the piece will start soft, then will gradually increase in volume and become moderately loud.

c)

That part of the piece starts very soft and no change in Dynamics happens.

d)

That part of the piece starts very loud and no change in Dynamics happen.

27.

a)

played with sudden force

b)

played loud

c)

loud, then immediately soft

d)

Fortississimo

28.

a)

played with sudden force

b)

louder than loud

c)

loud, then immediately soft

d)

soft, then immediately loud

29.

What is this symbol called?

a)

fortissimo

b)

sforzando

c)

fortepianissimo

d)

fortepiano

30.

What is this symbol called?

a)

sforzando

b)

fortepiano

c)

played loud, then immediately soft

d)

Fortississimo