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Dynamics and Tempo

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 2hrs 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Tempo?

a)

How loud or soft the music should be

b)

The speed of a piece of music

c)

mf

d)

piano

2.

What do Dynamics tell you?

a)

How fast to sing or play

b)

How loud or soft to sing or play the music

c)

Andante

d)

Adagio

3.

Forte means?

a)

loud

b)

soft

c)

medium loud

d)

medium soft

4.

Presto means?

a)

slow

b)

soft

c)

loud

d)

very fast

5.

Largo is a _______ marking and means ______?

a)

Dynamic; slow

b)

Tempo; slow

c)

Dynamic; fast

d)

Tempo; fast

6.

Mezzo Piano (mp) is a ________ marking and means _______?

a)

Tempo; slow

b)

Dynamic; soft

c)

Tempo; medium soft

d)

Dynamic; medium soft

7.

pp means?

a)

fast

b)

slow

c)

very loud

d)

very soft

8.

Allegro is a ________ marking and means ______?

a)

Dynamic; fast

b)

Tempo; fast

c)

Dynamic; soft

d)

Tempo; loud

9.

mf means?

a)

soft - piano

b)

loud - forte

c)

medium loud - mezzo forte

d)

very loud - fortissimo

10.

What language are music words written in?

a)

English

b)

Italian

c)

Spanish

d)

French

11.

The word "moderato" means

a)

Very Fast

b)

Fast

c)

Slow

d)

Moderate speed or Walking speed

12.

Adagio means the tempo will be_______.

a)

slower than largo

b)

a walking pace

c)

slow and stately

d)

medium pace

13.

In music if the tempo is very very fast and lively it is?

a)

Largo

b)

Allegro

c)

Presto

d)

Vivace

14.

if you see accelerando in music it me to_____________.

a)

get softer

b)

gradually get faster

c)

gradually get louder

d)

get slower

15.

Ritardando means to _________________________________.

a)

get softer

b)

gradually get louder

c)

gradually get faster

d)

gradually get slower

16.

If you see "a tempo" in music it means to _______________________.

a)

Change tempos and go faster than the previous tempo

b)

go really slow then really fast

c)

return to the previous tempo

d)

choose your own pace

17.

Pianississimo means what in English? ________________

a)

soft

b)

very very loud

c)

very slow

d)

very soft

18.

The symbol for medium loud is? ___________

a)

mp

b)

mrs

c)

mf

d)

mu

19.

The Italian term fortissimo means____________.

a)

medium soft then medium loud

b)

very loud

c)

louder than fortississimo

d)

very very soft

20.

If I need the music to be the loudest it can be I need to mark it with what?

a)

ppp

b)

ff

c)

mf

d)

fff

21.

This symbol <> means what?

a)

grater than, less than

b)

big then little

c)

get loud then get soft

d)

stay soft then get softer

22.

The symbol < means

a)

gradually get louder

b)

gradually get slower

c)

immediately get quite

d)

gradually get softer

23.

The symbol for decrescendo is ______________.

a)

*

b)

^

c)

>

d)

#

24.

Piano means what in English? ________________

a)

soft

b)

very very loud

c)

very soft

d)

very very soft