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Musical Symbols- Dynamics, Articulation, Repeats, and Tempo

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Most musical terms are written in which language?
a)
Swahili
b)
English
c)
Italian
d)
Spanish
2.
What does piano mean?
a)
loud
b)
soft
c)
fast
d)
slow
3.
What is the sign for soft?
a)
f
b)
p
c)
mf
d)
pp
4.
What does forte mean?
a)
loud
b)
fast
c)
slow
d)
soft
5.
What is the sign for loud?
a)
ff
b)
pp
c)
mp
d)
f
6.
What does mezzo-piano mean?
a)
soft
b)
very loud
c)
medium loud
d)
medium soft
7.
What is the sign for medium soft?
a)
f
b)
mf
c)
mp
d)
p
8.
What does mezzo-forte mean?
a)
medium loud
b)
medium soft
c)
gradually softer
d)
very loud
9.
What is the sign for medium loud?
a)
pp
b)
ff
c)
mf
d)
mp
10.
What does pianissimo mean?
a)
very soft
b)
very loud
c)
medium soft
d)
medium loud
11.
What is the sign for very soft?
a)
mp
b)
f
c)
ff
d)
pp
12.
What does fortissimo mean?
a)
very loud
b)
gradually louder
c)
very soft
d)
slow
13.
What is the sign for very loud?
a)
pp
b)
ff
c)
mf
d)
f
14.
Which one has the dynamic signs arranged in order from very soft to very loud?
a)
ff, f, mf, mp, p, pp
b)
pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff
c)
pp, ff, mp, p, f, mf
d)
mf, mp, ff, p, f, pp
15.
What does crescendo or cresc. mean?
a)
Gradually louder
b)
Very Loud
c)
Gradually softer
d)
Very soft
16.
What does decrescendo or decresc. mean?
a)
Super loud
b)
Leave the room
c)
Gradually louder
d)
Gradually softer
17.
What is another term for decrescendo or desresc?
a)
Fortissimo or ff
b)
Crescendo or cresc.
c)
Mezzo-Piano or mp
d)
Diminuendo or Dim.
18.
What is tempo?
a)
Rate of Speed
b)
How loud or soft
c)
The manner in which it is played
d)
A really great song
19.
What is the Italian term for Very Slow?
a)
Largo
b)
Vivace
c)
Accelerando
d)
Dolce
20.
What is the English term for Adagio?
a)
Gradually slower
b)
Slow
c)
Quickly, cheerfully
d)
Moderately
21.
What is the Italian term for moving along (walking speed)?
a)
Largo
b)
Ritardando
c)
Allegro
d)
Andante
22.
What is the English term for Moderato?
a)
Slow
b)
Lively and fast
c)
Moderately or Medium
d)
Lightspeed
23.
What is the Italian term for Quickly, cheerfully, fast?
a)
Allegro
b)
Ritardando
c)
Accelerando
d)
Vivace
24.
What is the English term for Vivace?
a)
Lively and fast
b)
Slow
c)
Cheerfully
d)
Sweetly
25.
What is the Italian term for gradually slower?
a)
Accelerando
b)
Ritardando
c)
Vivace
d)
Andante
26.
What is the English term for Accelerando?
a)
Sweetly
b)
Fast
c)
Gradually faster
d)
Walking speed
27.
What is articulation?
a)
The given volume of a note.
b)
The rate of speed of a piece of music.
c)
It tells you how many beats are in a measure.
d)
The manner in which a note is performed.
28.
What is this articulation?
a)
Staccato
b)
Legato
c)
Tenuto
d)
sforzando
29.
What does staccato mean in English?
a)
full value
b)
suddenly loud
c)
short and detached, separated
d)
long
30.
Which articulation means to play a note louder, with a special emphasis.
a)
sforzando
b)
tenuto
c)
accent
d)
staccato
31.
What is this articulation?
a)
staccato
b)
sforzando
c)
tenuto
d)
fermata
32.
What does tenunto mean?
a)
Hold for full value
b)
Hold longer than full value
c)
Hold less than full value
d)
short and detached, separated
33.
Which articulation means to hold the note longer than its normal value?
a)
tenuto
b)
fermata
c)
accent
d)
staccato
34.

This symbol is a ________ sign

a)

sharp

b)

flat

c)

natural

d)

tic tac toe

35.

This symbol means you lower a pitch by 1/2 step

a)

sharp

b)

flat

c)

natural

d)

bead

36.

What is the name of this music symbol?

a)

A Repeat Sign

b)

A Fermata

c)

A Coda

d)

An Accent

37.

What is this musical sign?

a)

A Repeat

b)

A Fermata

c)

A Tie

d)

A Slur

38.

What does D. S. (dal segno )mean in music?

a)

To go back to the beginning

b)

To go to the end

c)

To keep playing

d)

To go back to this sign

39.

What does D. C. (da capo) mean?

a)

To repeat everything

b)

Finished or The End

c)

To go back to the top (beginning) of the music and repeat

d)

To skip to the end of the music

40.

What is this music symbol?

a)

A Coda

b)

A Repeat

c)

A Staccato

d)

An Accent

41.

What does "fine" mean in music?

a)

You are playing just fine

b)

Finish the music (The End)

c)

To repeat the music

d)

To play/sing the music legato

42.

What does "legato" mean in music?

a)

To play/sing the note till the conductor indicates to move on

b)

To play/sing the music with short, separated sounds

c)

To go back and repeat the music from the be

d)

To play/sing the music smoothly and connected

43.

What is this music symbol called in music?

a)

A Slur

b)

A Tie

c)

A Fermata

d)

An Accent

44.

What are these notes with a curved line called?

a)

Tie

b)

Accent

c)

Fermata

d)

Slur

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