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WorksheetsMusical Terms Quiz
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 23mins
What does the musical term "Allegro" mean?
Slow, leisurely
Lively, brisk, rapid
Very soft
Smooth and connected
What is the meaning of "Da Capo" in musical terms?
The end of a musical piece
A rhythmic pulse of 2 against a rhythmic pulse of 3
From the beginning
The distance between two tones
What does "Dolce" signify in music?
Expressively
Sweetly, softly
Majestic, dignified
Much
How is "Grave" ('Grov Ay') described in terms of musical movement?
Heavy, slow, ponderous in movement
Moderately fast, lively
Smooth, flowing
Large, broad, slow and stately
What does "Pianissimo" indicate in music?
Soft, softly
Lively, brisk, rapid
Very soft
Slow
What does the term 'Presto' indicate in musical terminology?
A) A small section of a composition
B) Gradually growing slower
C) Fast, rapid
D) Sustained
What is the meaning of 'Ritardando' in the context of music?
A) A joke or jest in music
B) Gradually growing slower
C) The quality of a musical tone
D) A short musical passage
What does 'Scale' refer to in music?
A) The rate of speed at which music is performed
B) A graduated series of tones arranged in a specified order
C) The rhythmic result of a displaced accented beat
D) A short musical passage that states an idea
What is the definition of 'Schrezo'?
A) Sustained
B) A short musical passage
C) Joke, jest. A sprightly movement, light and humorous in nature
D) The quality of a musical tone
What does 'Sforzando' mean in musical terms?
A) Sustained
B) Explosively (sfz)
C) Gradually growing slower
D) Spiritually
What does 'Staccato' indicate when used in music?
A) Sustained
B) Gradually growing slower
C) Separate. Sounded in a short, detached manner
D) Fast, rapid
What is 'Syncopation' in music?
A) The rate of speed at which music is performed
B) A graduated series of tones
C) The rhythmic result produced when a regularly accented beat is displaced onto an unaccented beat
D) A short musical passage
What does 'Tempo' refer to in a musical composition?
A) The quality of a musical tone
B) The rate of speed at which a musical composition is performed
C) A joke or jest in music
D) A short musical passage
A short musical passage that states an idea. It often provides the basis for variations, development, etc.
Theme
Setting
Grave
Chord
What does 'Timbre' refer to in music?
A) The quality of a musical tone that distinguishes voices and instruments
B) A short, detached manner of playing
C) The rate of speed at which music is performed
D) A graduated series of tones
What are the two meanings of 'Tone' in music?
A) A musical sound and the quality of a musical sound
B) A joke or jest and a sprightly movement
C) A short musical passage and the basis for variations
D) The rate of speed and the quality of a musical tone
What does 'Tutti' mean in musical terms?
A) Fast, rapid
B) Gradually growing slower
C) All, whole, everyone
D) Sustained
How is 'Vivace' best described in music?
A) Sustained
B) Gradually growing slower
C) Spiritually
D) Spirited, bright, rapid, equalling or exceeding allegro
What does "Hemiola" refer to in music?
Smooth and connected
The end of a musical piece
A rhythmic pulse of 2 against a rhythmic pulse of 3
A repeated melodic or rhythmic fragmen
What is the meaning of "Legato" in musical context?
Heavy, slow, ponderous in movement
Smooth, flowing
Increase of tempo in music
Music that goes along with a more important part
An increase of tempo in music
Accelerando
Largo
Meno
Beat
Piano
Soft, softly
Fast, quickly
Tense
Arrangement of single tones
What musical term means spiritedly?
Romantic
Scherzo
Spirito
Fine
A small section of a composition comprising a musical thought.
Comparable to a sentence in language.
Theme
Idea
Lingo
Phrase
Relating to the nineteenth-century musical period characterized by subjectivity on the part of the composer, emotionalism in music, longer musical forms, and richer harmonies.
Classical
Romantic
Dramatic
Horror
From the Italian word "robbed". Used to indicate a modification of the strict rhythmical flow.
Steal
Raccio
Rubato
Stiletto
What musical term means "sustained"?
Sostenuto
Largo
Meno
Staccato
Music that goes along with a more important part; often harmony or rhythmic patterns accompanying a melody.
Slow, leisurely
Hemiola
Adagio
Allegretto
A repeated melodic or rhythmic fragment
What does "molto, molta" mean in music?
Move
Music
Much
Melody
Moderately fast, lively. Faster than andante, slower than allegro.
Allegretto
Allegra
Accompaniment
What does "meno" mean in music?
Mean
Loud
Metal
Less
Majestic, dignified.
Maestoso
Moderately slow, a walking speed.
Accelerando
Hemiola
Allegro
Andante
An arrangement of single tones in a meaningful sequence.
Three or more tones combined and sounded simultaneously.
Piano
Melody
Chord
Presto
What does the musical term "lento" mean?
Fast
Slow
Gradually growing softer. Decrescendo.
Diminuendo
Allegro
Fortissimo
Cescendo
Smooth and connected
Legato
A simultaneous sounding of tones that produces a feeling of tension or unrest and a feeling that further resolution is needed.
Large, broad, slow, and stately
Afterbeat
Segno
Largo
Staff
What musical term means expressively?
Espresso
Amp
Espressione
Scream
The end of a musical piece.
Fine
Encore
The sound resulting from the simultaneous sounding of two or more tones consonant with eachother
