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Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 45mins
Accelerando
Gradually growing faster
Getting slower and louder
Continue without a pause
At pleasure, at will
Marcia
March
Less
Much, very
Fading away
Meno
Less
Much, very
Fading away
Moved, motion
Molto
Much, very
Fading away
Moved, motion
No, do not
Morendo
Fading away
Moved, motion
No, do not
Little by little
Mosso, or moto
Moved, motion
No, do not
Subtle shading in style
An alternate version
Non
No, do not
Subtle shading in style
An alternate version
Weighty, ponderous
Nuance
Subtle shading in style
An alternate version
Weight, ponderous
More
Ossia
An alternate version,
Weighty, ponderous
More
As little as possible
Pesante
Weighty, ponderous
More
As little as possible
Little by little
Piu
More
As little as possible
Little by little
Stately, popous
Pesante
Weighty, ponderous
More
As little as possible
Little by little
Fermata
A pause or hold
Last movement of a multi-movement work
The end
A strong accent
Finale
Last movement of a multi-movement work
The end
A strong accent
Humorous, playful
Fine
Last movement of multi-movement work
The end
A strong accent
humorous, playful
Pochissimo
As little as possible
Little by little
stately, popous
Almost, as if
Poco a poco
Little by little
Stately, pomous
Becoming slower
almost, as if
Pomposo
Stately, pompous
Almost, as if
Becoming slower
Become slower
Forzando
A strong accent
Humorous, playful
Exact, appropriate or usual tempo
A glide from the one note to the next
Giocoso
Humorous, playful
Graceful
Broadly
March
Giousto
Exact, appropriate or usual tempo
A glide from one note to the next
Graceful
At the same tempo
Glissando
A glide from one note to the next
Sharps or flats placed at the beginning of a selection indicating its key
Broadly
Smooth, even, without breaks between notes
Grazioso
Graceful
Pitch difference between two notes
Broadly
Fading away
Interval
Pitch difference between two notes
Sharps or flats placed at the beginning of a selection indicating its key
Broadly
Smooth, even, without breaks between notes
Key signature
Sharps or flats placed at the beginning of a selection indicating its key
Broadly
Return to normal position
majestic, with dignity
Largamente
Broadly
Smooth, even, without breaks between notes
Return to normal position
Majestic, with dignity
Legato
Smooth, even, without breaks between notes
Return to normal position
Accented, stressed
March
l'istesso tempo
At the same tempo
return to normal position
accented, stressed
March
Loco
Return to normal position
March
Less
More
Maestoso
Majestic, with dignity
Accented, stressed
March
Less
Marcato
Accented, stressed
March
Less
Fading away
Con forza
With force, strength
With fire, passionately
With mute
With spirit
Con fuoco
With fire, passionately
With force, strength
With mute
With
Con sordino
With mute
With spirit
With fire, passionately
From the beggining
Con spirito or spiritoso
With spirit
WIth mute
With fire, passionately
With vigor, vigourosly
De capo (D.C.)
From the beginning
From the sign
Becoming softer
Becoming softer
Dal segno (D.S.)
From the sign
From the beginning
Becoming softer
Becoming louder
decrescendo
Becoming softer
Notes within a given scale or key
Becoming louder
Growing
Diatonic
Notes within a given scale or key
Sweet, gentle
Twice as fast
Lower by one full step
Diminuendo
Becoming softer
Sweet gentle
Divided parts where there is normally one
from the beginning
divisi
divided parts where there is normally one
twice as fast
Sweet, gentle
Becoming softer
dolce
Sweet, gentle
Twice as fast
Lower by one full step
Raise by one full step
Doppio moimento
twice as fast
Lower by one full step
Raise by one full step
The level of loudness
Double flat
Lower by one full step
Raise by one full step
Raise by 2 steps
The level of loudness
Double sharp
Raise by one full step
Lower by one full step
Lower by 2 steps
The level of loudness
Dynamics
The level of loudness
How you sound
Where you play
What, when, where, how?
Pianississimo (ppp)
(a)
Pianissimo (pp)
(a)
piano (p)
(a)
mezzo piano (mp)
(a)
mezzo forte (mf)
(a)
forte (f)
(a)
fortissimo (ff)
(a)
fortississimo (fff)
(a)
e, ed, or et
and
how
with
or
espressivo
with feeling, with expression
a study or exercise focusing on a particular technical or musical problem
a pause or hold
the end
etude
a study or exercise focusing on a particular technical or musical problem
a silly little piece of music
dumb
Ur mom
crescendo
Becoming louder
From the beginning
Becoming softer
Growing faster
Bravura
Great technical skill, virtuosity
Sparkling, brilliant
Return to the original tempo
Fanciful, freely
Accidental
For two parts
Chromatic alteration of a note from the key signature until the nest bar line
Tenderly, with feeling
Continue without a pause
Cadence
The close of a melodic or harmonic phase
in a singing style, lyrical
with vigor, vigorously
with
Calmando or calmato
Quieting down, subsiding
in singing style
fanciful, freely
with
cantando or cantabile
In singing style, lyrical
fanciful, freely
with vigor, vigorously
sparkling, spirited
Ad libitum or a piacere
At pleasure, at will
Passionate, fervent
lively, animated, spirited
Tenderly, with feeling
A due
For two parts
2/2 time, cut time
Return to the original tempo
Much, very
Affetuoso
Tenderly, with feeling
Getting slower and louder
Passionate, fervent
Sparkling, spirited
Alla breve
2/2 time, cut time
4/4 time
Getting faster
The end
Allargando
Getting slower and louder
Continue without pause
tenderly, with feeling
with love, with warm feeling
Amoroso
With love, with warm feeling
Continue without pause
return to the original tempo
Passionate, fervent
Animato or con anima
Lively, animated, spirited
Passionate, fervent
At pleasure, at will
sparkling, spirited
Appassionato or passione
Passionate, fervent
Much, very
Lively
Quieting down, subsiding
Assai
Much, very
Return to the original tempo
continue without a pause
great technical skill, virtuosity
A tempo
Return to the original tempo
Continue without a pause
Much, very
Go the tempo the director says to
Attacca
Continue without a pause
Attack the note
continue slowly
Stop
Brillante
Great technical skill, virtuosity
Sparkling, spirited
much, very
with vigor, virgorously
Cadenza
A brilliant (often highly technical) solo, often found at the end of a movement or piece.
the close of a melodic or harmonic phrase
quieting down, subsiding
fanciful
Capriccioso
Fanciful, freely
With vigor
In singing style
becoming louder
Coda
a concluding passage added to the form proper
WIth
fanciful, freely
twice as fast
Con
(a)
Con brio
With vigor, vigorously
WIth force, strength
With fire, passionatly
With spirit
