Free Printable Time signature and Italian terms (GCSE)

1.

What time signature is this musical extract in?

a)

2

4

b)

3

4

c)

4

d)

5

4

2.

What time signature is this musical extract in ?

a)

2

4

b)

3

4

c)

4

d)

5

4

3.

What time signature is this musical extract in?

a)

2

4

b)

3

4

c)

4

d)

5

4

4.

What time signature is this musical extract in?

a)

2

4

b)

3

4

c)

4

d)

5

4

5.

What time signature is this extract in ?

a)

2

4

b)

3

4

c)

4

d)

5

4

6.

What time signature is this musical extract in ?

a)

2

4

b)

3

4

c)

4

d)

5

4

7.

What time signature is this musical extract in ?

a)

2

4

b)

3

4

c)

4

d)

5

4

8.

What time signature is this music in?

a)

2

4

b)

3

4

c)

4

d)

5

4

9.

What time signature is this extract of music in ?

a)

2

4

b)

3

4

c)

4

d)

5

4

10.

What time signature is this piece of music in ?

a)

2

4

b)

3

4

c)

4

d)

5

4

11.

Pick the best descriptions of this extract

a)

6/8 time signature

b)

3/4 time signature

c)

String Quartet ( 2 Violins, Viola and Cello)

d)

Chamber Orchestra with double woodwind

12.

What is the element of music which describes volume in music?

a)

Divisi

b)

Crescendo

c)

Decresendo

d)

Dynamics

13.

Piano

a)

loud

b)

soft

14.

mezzopiano

a)

very soft

b)

moderately soft

15.

forte

a)

loud then soft

b)

loud

16.

decrescendo

a)

to gradually get softer

b)

to gradually get louder

17.

What does the Italian music term, diminuendo mean?

a)

gradually getting louder

b)

gradually getting softer

c)

the music stays the same volume

18.

1) Which Italian term has the same meaning as "Lento"?

a)

Legato

b)

Allegro

c)

Adagio

d)

Mezzo

19.

4) Give the meaning of this sign -

a)

The passage is to be ended

b)

The passage is to be repeated

c)

The passage is to be played smoothly

d)

The passage is to be paused

20.

6) Which 2 Italian terms mean

"gradually getting slower"?

a)

Ritenuto

b)

Ritardando

c)

Leggiero

d)

Rallentando

21.

7) The girl sang beautifully "in a singing style" at the talent competition.Which Italian term is suitable to describe the above?

a)

Dolce

b)

Cantabile

c)

Larghetto

d)

Vivace

22.

10) Which Italian term means "At a walking pace?"

a)

Allegretto

b)

Allegro

c)

Andante

d)

Andantino

23.

11) What is the opposite of "Pianissimo (pp)?"

a)

Mezzo piano (mp)

b)

Forte (f)

c)

Mezzo forte (mf)

d)

Fortissimo (ff)

24.

12) Which 2 Italian terms mean "lively,quick?"

a)

Animato

b)

Vivace

c)

Allegro

d)

Presto

25.

13) What does this sign mean?

a)

Slur- lightly

b)

Slur- smoothly

c)

Short and detached

d)

Accent

26.

16) Arrange the following dynamics from the loudest to the softest.

p mf f mp pp ff

(a)

27.

15) Give the meaning of this sign-

a)

An octave higher

b)

An octave lower

c)

Pause

d)

Repeat sign

28.

The terms 'staccato' and 'legato' describe...

a)

The tempo

b)

The dynamics

c)

The harmony

d)

The articulation (of the melody, usually)

29.

Which MALE voice is higher? Tenor or Bass?

(a)

30.

Which FEMALE voice is lower? Soprano or alto?

(a)

31.

What does the Italian term 'accellerando' mean?

a)

Get gradually louder

b)

Get gradually faster

c)

Get gradually quieter

d)

Get gradually slower

32.

What does texture refer to?

a)

How loud or soft a song is

b)

The number of individual musical lines (melodies) and the relationships these lines have to one another

c)

The number of dynamics that are used within the song

d)

How many Italian terms can be found within the music

33.

13) What does this sign mean?

a)

Slur- lightly

b)

Slur- smoothly

c)

Short and detached

d)

Accent

Time signature and Italian terms (GCSE)

Total questions: 33

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