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Music Vocabulary and Symbols Test

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 5hrs 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
a)
Pianissimo
b)
Piano
c)
Forte
d)
Fortissimo
2.

What does this symbol mean?

a)

Loud

b)

Soft

c)

Medium Loud

d)

Medium Soft

3.
a)
Pianissimo
b)
Piano
c)
Forte
d)
Fortissimo
4.

What does this symbol mean?

a)

Loud

b)

Soft

c)

Medium Loud

d)

Medium Soft

5.
a)
Pianissimo
b)
Piano
c)
Forte
d)
Fortissimo
6.

What does this symbol mean?

a)

Gradually Louder

b)

Gradually Softer

c)

Very Loud

d)

Very Soft

7.

a)

Fortino

b)

Piano

c)

Forte

d)

Fortissimo

8.

What does this symbol mean?

a)

Gradually Louder

b)

Gradually Softer

c)

Very Loud

d)

Very Soft

9.
a)
mezzo piano
b)
mezzo forte
c)
mezzo mezzo
d)
piano
10.

What does this symbol mean?

a)

Loud

b)

Soft

c)

Medium Loud

d)

Medium Soft

11.
a)
forte
b)
mezzo piano
c)
fortissimo
d)
mezzo forte
12.

What does this symbol mean?

a)

Loud

b)

Soft

c)

Medium Loud

d)

Medium Soft

13.

What suffix do you add to an Italian word to mean "more" or "very?"

a)

-mezzo

b)

-poco

c)

-issimo

d)

-inigo

14.

What music term means ‘to get gradually softer’?

a)

Forte

b)

Crescendo

c)

Diminuendo

d)

Piano

15.

What music term means ‘to get gradually louder’?

a)

Forte

b)

Crescendo

c)

Decrescendo

d)

Piano

16.

What does this symbol mean?

a)

Gradually Louder

b)

Gradually Softer

c)

Very Loud

d)

Very Soft

17.

What does this symbol mean?

a)

Gradually Louder

b)

Gradually Softer

c)

Very Loud

d)

Very Soft

18.

The word "diminuendo" can also be called...

a)

decrescendo

b)

crescendo

c)

accelerando

d)

ritardando

19.

Fine means to...

a)

End the song

b)

Go back to the beginning

c)

Repeat the marked section

d)

Go to the marked sign

20.

This symbol is called...

a)

Segno

b)

Capo

c)

Coda

d)

Repeat

21.

Dal Segno means to...

a)

Return to the sign

b)

Return to the beginning

c)

Repeat the marked section

d)

Go to the ending

22.

What does presto mean?

a)

very fast

b)

at an easy walking pace

c)

at a moderate speed

d)

moderately fast

23.

What does allegro mean?

a)

fast and lively

b)

at an easy walking pace

c)

at a moderate speed

d)

moderately fast

24.

What does andante mean?

a)

fast and lively

b)

at an easy walking pace

c)

at a moderate speed

d)

moderately fast

25.

What does adagio mean?

a)

fast and lively

b)

at an easy walking pace

c)

at a moderate speed

d)

slowly

26.

Is presto a dynamic marking or a tempo?

a)

tempo

b)

dynamic

27.

Is andante a dynamic marking or a tempo?

a)

tempo

b)

dynamic

28.

Is piano a dynamic marking or a tempo?

a)

tempo

b)

dynamic

29.

Poco means...

a)

little

b)

more

c)

extremely

d)

repeat

30.

Translate this instruction: poco a poco accelerando e crescendo

a)

little by little, get faster and louder

b)

faster and faster, get slower and louder

c)

little by little, get slower and louder

d)

faster and faster, speed up and get softer

31.

Which term means "gradually getting faster?"

a)

accelerando

b)

crescendo

c)

diminuendo

d)

accent

32.

What word indicates a sudden and immediate slowing down?

a)

ritenuto

b)

ritardando

c)

diminuendo

d)

rubato

33.

What word indicates gradually slowing down?

a)

ritenuto

b)

ritardando

c)

accelerando

d)

crescendo

34.

Which one of these is the fastest tempo marking?

a)

Presto

b)

Andante

c)

Adagio

d)

Grave

35.

What does "tempo" mean?

a)

How fast or slow the music is.

b)

How loud or soft the music is.

c)

How high or low the music is.

d)

How long it takes to play the whole song.

36.

What are dynamics?

a)

How fast or slow the music is.

b)

How loud or soft the music is.

c)

How high or low the music is.

d)

How long it takes to play the whole song.

37.

What would you do if you saw this abbreviation in your music?

a)

Gradually Slow Down

b)

Gradually Speed Up

c)

Gradually get quieter.

d)

Immediately Speed Up

38.

What would you do if you encountered this instruction in your music?

a)

Return to the Previous Speed

b)

Speed Up

c)

Slow Down

d)

Get Louder

39.

name this symbol.

a)

fortissimo: play as loud as you can

b)

femata: shorten the note

c)

fermata: hold the note longer than normal

d)

coda - ending

40.

A repeat sign tells you go back to the __________________

a)

beginning or previous repeat and play again.

b)

previous time signature.

c)

coda.

d)

the sign.

41.

What type of articulation is this?

a)

Accent

b)

Tenuto

c)

Marcato

d)

Legato

42.

What type of articulation is this?

a)

Marcato

b)

Tenuto

c)

Slur

d)

Accent

43.

How would you perform this marked note?

a)

Smoothly

b)

With Emphasis

c)

Detached

d)

Quietly

44.

In this example, which measures get repeated?

a)

1 and 2

b)

3 and 4

c)

None of them

d)

The entire line gets repeated

45.

In this example, which measures get repeated?

a)

1 and 2

b)

3 and 4

c)

None of them

d)

All of them

46.

In this example, which measures get repeated?

a)

1 and 2

b)

3 and 4

c)

None of them

d)

All of them

47.

FREE POINT! What is your favourite dessert?

4 lines
48.

The best word to describe tempo moderato is...

a)

fast

b)

slow

c)

walking

d)

moderate

49.

If you encountered "da capo" in your music, what would you do?

a)

Repeat the piece from the beginning.

b)

Play the marked section twice.

c)

Skip to the end.

d)

Find the matching symbol and begin from there.

50.

Translate the following Italian direction: molto rallentando

a)

slow down a little

b)

slow down a lot

c)

speed up a little

d)

speed up a lot

51.

Allegretto is a tempo that is...

a)

faster than andante

b)

slower than andante

c)

slower than lento

d)

faster than presto

52.

Lento is...

a)

a slow tempo

b)

a fast tempo

c)

a quiet dynamic

d)

a loud dynamic

53.

To direct a musician to play "like a singer," you would say...

a)

singare

b)

cantabile

c)

cantamos

d)

canned ham

54.

"Subito" means...

a)

subtle

b)

quiet

c)

loud

d)

sudden

55.

If you saw this marking in your music, what would you do?

a)

Return to the previous speed.

b)

Return to the previous volume.

c)

Return to the beginning of the piece.

d)

Return to the segno marking.