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Vocabulary Comprehensive

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 1hrs 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tempo term: very slow and broad.

a)

prestissimo

b)

largo

c)

accelerando (accel.)

d)

ritardando (rit.)

2.

Tempo term: very fast.

a)

prestissimo

b)

largo

c)

ritardando (rit.)

d)

accelerando (accel.)

3.

The term we use when we describe the speed of the beat and how fast or slow the music goes.

a)

dynamics

b)

articulation

c)

notation

d)

tempo

4.

Tempo term: gradually getting slower.

a)

prestissimo

b)

largo

c)

ritardando (rit.)

d)

accelerando (accel.)

5.

The term we use when we describe the volume of the music and how loud or soft the music is.

a)

dynamics

b)

tempo

c)

notation

d)

articulation

6.

Tempo term: gradually getting faster.

a)

prestissimo

b)

largo

c)

ritardando (rit.)

d)

accelerando (accel.)

7.

Articulation term: a musical sentence.

a)

tie

b)

slur

c)

phrase

d)

dynamics

8.

Articulation term: a curved line that connects two notes of the same pitch (letter name).

a)

tie

b)

slur

c)

tempo

d)

dynamics

9.

Notation symbol: this symbol indicates an added ending.

(a)  

10.

Notation Symbol: this symbol separates measures from one another and indicates the start of a new measure.

(a)  

11.

Notation Symbol: this symbol tells us that we have reached the end of a section of music.

(a)  

12.

Notation Symbol: this symbol indicates that we will repeat the section that comes before it.

(a)  

13.

Notation symbol: this indicates we are using both the treble and bass clef staff.

(a)  

14.

Notation Symbol: this symbol tells us where the letter names (pitches) will be placed on the staff. For this, we use FACE in the spaces and EGBDF on the lines.

(a)  

15.

Notation Symbol: this symbol tells us where the letter names (pitches) will be placed on the staff. For this, we use ACEG in the spaces and GBDFA on the lines.

(a)  

16.

Notation Symbol: this symbol means there is an added ending.

a)

coda

b)

bar line

c)

double bar line

d)

repeat sign

17.

Notation Symbol: this symbol is made up of two vertical lines that signal the end of a section of music.

a)

coda

b)

bar line

c)

double bar line

d)

repeat sign

18.

Notation symbol: this symbol indicates a section should be repeated and looks like two vertical lines and two dots.

a)

coda

b)

bar line

c)

double bar line

d)

repeat sign

19.

Notation Symbol: this symbol is one vertical line that divides the staff into measures.

a)

coda

b)

bar line

c)

double bar line

d)

repeat sign

20.

Articulation term: a curved line that connects two or more notes of different pitches (letter names). It tells us that these notes are performed legato, meaning smooth and connected.

a)

tie

b)

slur

c)

phrase

d)

dynamics

21.

Dynamics term: very soft.

a)

dynamics

b)

pianissimo (pp)

c)

fortissimo (ff)

d)

fermata

22.

Dynamics term: very loud.

a)

pianissimo (pp)

b)

dynamics

c)

fortissimo (ff)

d)

fermata

23.

Dynamics term: medium loud.

a)

mezzo piano (mp)

b)

fortissimo (ff)

c)

mezzo forte (mf)

d)

forte (f)

24.

Dynamics term: medium soft or quiet.

a)

mezzo forte (mf)

b)

mezzo piano (mp)

c)

piano (p)

d)

crescendo (cresc.)

25.

Tempo term: a moderate or medium pace (between andante and allegro).

a)

presto

b)

ritardando (rit.)

c)

largo

d)

moderato

26.

Tempo term: a walking pace.

a)

andante

b)

presto

c)

allegro

d)

largo

27.

Tempo term: a quick, fast pace.

a)

presto

b)

largo

c)

andante

d)

allegro

28.

Notation symbol: music is written on this.

a)

staff

b)

bar line

c)

coda

d)

fermata

29.

Notation symbol: the top number in a time signature tells us what?

a)

the number of beats in a measure

b)

which type of note gets the beat

c)

how many sharps or flats we have

30.

Notation symbol: the bottom number of a time signature tells us what?

a)

how many beats per measure

b)

which type of note gets the beat

c)

how many sharps or flats we have

31.

Notation symbol: this symbol means to hold a note longer than its original value.

a)

fermata

b)

presto

c)

adagio

d)

tempo

32.

Tempo term: fast.

a)

fermata

b)

presto

c)

adagio

d)

tempo

33.

Tempo term: slow.

a)

fermata

b)

presto

c)

adagio

d)

tempo

34.

Articulation term: to play/sing smooth and connected.

(a)  

35.

Articulation term: to play/sing short and detached/separated.

(a)  

36.

Dynamics term: piano (p).

a)

loud

b)

soft or quiet

c)

gradually get louder

d)

gradually get softer

37.

Dynamics term: crescendo (cresc).

a)

loud

b)

soft

c)

gradually get louder

d)

gradually get softer

38.

Dynamics term: forte (f).

a)

loud

b)

soft

c)

gradually get louder

d)

gradually get softer

39.

Dynamics term: decrescendo (decresc).

a)

loud

b)

soft

c)

gradually get louder

d)

gradually get softer

40.

Notation symbol: this symbol occurs at the very beginning of a system of music and connects different staves of music to one another with vertical lines.

a)

treble clef

b)

fermata

c)

bracket

d)

bass clef

41.

Notation symbol: these can be used when a section of repeated music is mostly the same, except for the final measure(s).

a)

first and second endings

b)

double bar line

c)

fermata

d)

bracket

42.

The term we use when we describe how the notes are played or sung.

a)

articulation

b)

dynamics

c)

tempo

d)

notation