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Grade 8 Band Vocabulary

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Staccato meaning

a)

marked, accented

b)

hold for full length

c)

play notes in a connected manner

d)

short and detached

2.

What is a staccato?

a)

b)

c)

3.

Legato meaning

a)

Hold for full length

b)

Play notes in a smooth and connected manner

c)

with sudden emphasis

d)

short and detached

4.

What is a legato?

a)

b)

c)

d)

5.

Marcato meaning

a)

hold for full length

b)

with sudden emphasis

c)

marked accented

d)

short and detached

6.

What is a marcato?

a)

b)

c)

d)

7.

Tenuto meaning

a)

play notes in a smooth and connected manner

b)

hold for full length

c)

with sudden emphasis

d)

marked, accented

8.

What is a tenuto?

a)

b)

c)

d)

9.

Sforzando meaning

a)

hold for full length

b)

with sudden emphasis

c)

marked, accented

d)

short and detached

10.

What is a sforzando?

a)

b)

c)

d)

11.

Poco a poco meaning

a)

Little by little

b)

less

c)

more

d)

A lot by a lot

12.

Meno meaning

a)

More

b)

Medium

c)

Greater than

d)

Less

13.

Piu meaning

a)

Movement

b)

More

c)

Less

d)

Less than

14.

Mosso meaning

a)

Running

b)

Stand still

c)

Movement

d)

Stationary

15.

Piu Mosso meaning

a)

Calm movement

b)

Sweet movement

c)

Less movement

d)

More movement

16.

Meno Mosso meaning

a)

Soft Movement

b)

Less Movement

c)

Sweet Movement

d)

More movement

17.

Dolce meaning

a)

Expressively

b)

Perform the same way

c)

Sharply

d)

Sweetly

18.

Simile meaning

a)

Perform a faster way

b)

Perform the same way

c)

Perform a slower way

d)

Perform a different way

19.

What is simile abbreviated to?

a)

Siml.

b)

Sil.

c)

Sie.

d)

Sim.

20.

Espressivo meaning

a)

Expressivly

b)

Sweetly

c)

Softly

d)

Loudly

21.

What is an accidental?

a)

Only natural signs that appear in the music without being in the key signature

b)

Any sharp, flat, or natural sign that appears in the music without being in the key signature

c)

Only sharp signs that appear in the music without being in the key signature

d)

Only flat signs that appear in the music without being in the key signature

22.

What is form?

a)

The shape or organization of an essay

b)

The shape or organization of a musical composition

c)

The shape or organization of a novel

d)

The shape or organization of a short text

23.

Triad meaning

a)

A two note chord

b)

A four note chord

c)

A one note chord

d)

A three note chord

24.

Chord meaning

a)

Combination of musical tones

b)

Combination of letters

c)

Combination of words

d)

Combination of musical notes