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WorksheetsMusical Element
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which element of music is defined by the speed of the music, slow to fast?
Pitch
Articulation
Texture
Tempo
Which of the terms below tell us at what tempo a piece of music will be performed?
Adagio
Piano
Forte
Allegro
What musical element can be defined as volume, soft to loud?
Pitch
Dynamics
Texture
Tempo
Which of these terms tell the performer what the dynamic level would be on a given piece of music?
Allegro
Forte
Pianissimo
Andante
Which of these opposites best defines the element of Pitch?
Soft and Loud
Cold and Hot
Low and High
Small and Large
Which statement best defines the musical element Timbre?
What you shout when felling a tree.
The sound quality of an instrument, eg. piano vs. organ.
Short for Tambourine.
The size of a piece of sheet music.
"From the "thin" sound of an unaccompanied solo voice (monophonic) to the "thick"ness of multiple layers of sound produced by an orchestra (polyphonic)," is a description of this musical element.
Form
Tempo
Articulation
Texture
Which of these opposites best defines the element of Articulation?
Smooth/Connected vs. Space between Sounds/Detached
Moving Forward vs. Moving Backward
Invisible vs. Visible
Intangible vs. Tangible
The set of notes a composer uses in a piece of music determines whether the music is happy (major) or sad (minor), joyful (major) or frightening (minor). This musical element is ______________.
Tempo
Dynamics
Tonality
Rhythm
Duration is determined by musical notation, notes and rests, and tells the performer how ___________ or _________ a sound will be.
close or far
loose or tight
long or short
tall or wide
To start a section of the music soft and gradually get louder over time is to ________________________.
rest
crescendo
allegro
adagio
To perform a section of music loud and gradually get softer is to _________________________________.
decrescendo
rapido
adagio
rest
What is the Tempo in music?
The form
The speed
The volume
The era in which it was written
Which of these terms is an Articulation?
staccato
crescendo
rubato
forte
What does Rhythm refer to?
The number of beats in each bar
The speed of the music
The length of the notes and the patterns that they make
The number of layers or parts
If you spotted a trumpet playing a melodic solo, which Element would you be talking about?
Harmony
Instrumentation
Texture
Dynamics
The definition of 'Legato' is:
Short and detached
Accelerate a run of notes
To play gently
Smooth and connected
'Mezzo forte' means:
Moderately soft
Moderate dynamics
Very loud
Moderately loud
A 'crescendo' means to:
Get louder
Slow down
Play really loud (fortissimo)
Become softer
Rhythm is the
The speed of the music
The volume of the music
The groupings of the beats into bars
Arrangement of musical sounds, according to their duration
