Dynamics
What does "piano" mean?
What is SOFT?
What is a "tie"?
What is a symbol that connects two notes of the same pitch? (sung as a single note)
What does "tempo" mean?
What is the speed of the music?
What is a "measure"?
What is a segment of time in music that contains a specific number of beats?
What is "crescendo"?
What is to gradually get louder?
What is "fortissimo"?
What is VERY LOUD?
Explain "legato".
What is to sing smoothly and connected?
Explain "ritardando".
What is to gradually slow down?
Describe a "repeat sign".
What is a symbol with 2 lines and 2 dots that mean to repeat the marked measures?
What is "decrescendo"?
What is to gradually get softer?
What is "mezzo forte"?
What is MEDIUM LOUD?
What does "staccato" mean?
What is short and detached? (or choppy)
What is "accelerando"?
What is to gradually speed up?
What is a "fermata"?
What is a symbol that means a note or rest should be held longer than its usual value?
Define "unison".
What is when two or more voices sing the same notes at the same time?
Explain "sforzando".
What is to play or sing a note with sudden emphasis?
Define or explain "slur".
What is a symbol that connects two DIFFERENT notes? (meaning sung smoothly and connected without separation)
What does "poco a poco" mean?
What is "little by little?" (describes gradual changes in dynamics or tempo)
What does "fine" mean?
What is the end of music? (symbolized with a double bar line)
What is "divisi"?
What is a direction for singers to split into different parts within a section?
Define "subito".
What is SUDDENLY? (usually referring to dynamic change)
What is "tenuto"?
What is a symbol that means to hold a note for its full value? (slightly longer)
Describe "a tempo".
What is to return to the original speed after a change?
Define "anacrusis".
What is an incomplete measure at the beginning of a piece? (an example of a pickup measure leading into the first full measure)
What is "phrasing"?
What is the way in which a musician shapes a sequence of notes in a musical line? (often reflecting natural speech or expression)