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Music Theory - Dynamics/Articulations/Tempo Marks

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 2hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of dynamics?

a)

How fast or slow the music is performed

b)

How soft or loud the music is performed

2.

What does this symbol mean?

a)

Loud

b)

Soft

c)

Medium Loud

d)

Medium Soft

3.

What does this symbol mean?

a)

Loud

b)

Soft

c)

Medium Loud

d)

Medium Soft

4.

What does this symbol mean?

a)

Loud

b)

Soft

c)

Medium Loud

d)

Medium Soft

5.

What does this symbol mean?

a)

Loud

b)

Soft

c)

Medium Loud

d)

Medium Soft

6.

What does this symbol mean?

a)

Gradually Louder

b)

Gradually Softer

c)

Very Loud

d)

Very Soft

7.

What does this symbol mean?

a)

Gradually Louder

b)

Gradually Softer

c)

Very Loud

d)

Very Soft

8.

Which is the correct order of the dynamic markings from softest to loudest

a)

pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff

b)

mp, p, pp, mf, f, ff

c)

p, pp, mp, f, ff, mf

d)

ff, f, mf, mp, p, pp

9.

What does this symbol mean?

a)

Gradually Louder

b)

Gradually Softer

c)

Very Loud

d)

Very Soft

10.

What does this symbol mean?

a)

Gradually Louder

b)

Gradually Softer

c)

Very Loud

d)

Very Soft

11.

Which one is loudest?

a)

Forte

b)

Piano

c)

Fortissimo

d)

Pianissimo

12.

Which one is softest

a)

Pianissimo

b)

Fortissimo

c)

Piano

d)

Mezzo Piano

13.

What is tempo in music?

a)

how loud or soft the music is

b)

how fast or slow music is

c)

the instruments used in a piece of music

d)

the mood of a piece of music

14.

What tempo marking means at a moderate pace?

a)

adagio

b)

moderato

c)

presto

d)

allegro

15.

What tempo marking is slow?

a)

presto

b)

moderato

c)

adagio

d)

allegro

16.

What tempo marking means very slow?

a)

larghetto

b)

andante

c)

presto

d)

largo

17.

What tempo marking means quickly, cheerfully?

a)

allegro

b)

largo

c)

presto

d)

prestissimo

18.

What tempo marking means at a walking pace?

a)

allegro

b)

prestissimo

c)

andante

d)

adagio

19.

Choose the correct musical definition for accelerando.

a)

gradually getting softer

b)

gradually getting louder

c)

gradually getting slower

d)

gradually getting faster

20.

Choose the correct musical definition for ritardando

a)

gradually getting softer

b)

gradually getting louder

c)

gradually getting slower

d)

gradually getting faster

21.

very fast; vivaciously

a)

Andante

b)

Vivace

c)

Adagio

d)

Presto

22.

What is the definition of articulation?

a)

volume in music

b)

tempo, or the speed of music

c)

the type of attack used to play a note or a group of notes

d)

balance in music

23.

What type of articulation is this?

a)

Accent

b)

Tenuto

c)

Marcato

d)

Legato

24.

What type of articulation is this?

a)

Tie

b)

Staccato

c)

Tenuto

d)

Marcato

25.

What type of articulation is this?

a)

Accent

b)

Staccato

c)

Marcato

d)

Tenuto

26.

What is the name of this symbol?

a)

Fermata

b)

Coda

c)

Ending

d)

Segno

27.

What does this symbol mean? sf

a)

Staccato

b)

Tenuto

c)

Accent

d)

Sforzando

e)

Fermata

28.

Tenuto means to...

a)

emphasize the note

b)

play the note separated and detached

c)

play the note for its full value

d)

play the note detached and stressed

29.

Accent means to...

a)

emphasize the note

b)

play the note separated and detached

c)

play the note for its full value

d)

play the note detached and stressed

30.

What is the name of this symbol?

a)

Fermata

b)

Repeat

c)

Ending

d)

Segno

31.

What is the name of this symbol?

a)

Fermata

b)

Repeat

c)

Segno

d)

Coda

32.

What term means "the end"

a)

Repeat

b)

Fine

c)

Fermata

33.

What term means "repeat to the beginning and play to the end(fine)?"

a)

D.S. al Coda

b)

D.C. al Fine

c)

Fermata

34.

What term means "repeat to the sign(segno) and take the Coda?"

a)

D.C. al Fine

b)

Ending

c)

D.S. al Coda

35.

What does D.S. al Fine mean?

a)

Repeat from the sign and jump to the end

b)

Repeat from the beginning and jump to the end