Brian Balmages
Everyone plays an F# in this Major scale
What is "G"?
A marking indicating you to play smoothly.
What is legato?
This symbol raises the pitch of a note ½ a step.
What is a sharp?
This Italian term means to play majestically.
What is maestoso?
Loudness or softness of music.
What are dynamics?
A rhythmic effect which places emphasis on a weak or unaccented part of the measure.
What is a syncopation?
This Italian marking means to play very "slow". (Also the name of Dvorak's famous slow movement from New World Symphony.)
What is "Largo"?
One person plays alone.
What is a solo?
This is a quarter note.
What note receives 1 beat in common time?
This letter "p" describes the manner of playing the music.
What is a soft dynamic? Ie play softly.
What musical marking indicates to "Go Back to the beginning and play until the FINE?"
What is D.C. al Fine?
An Italian term that means to move less quickly.
What is "meno mosso?"
This sign looks like a hashtag.
What is a sharp?
An Italian term which means to move more quickly, often translated as "more motion."
What is "più mosso?"
This is the distance between 2 notes?
What is an interval?
This term indicates the speed of music to be performed.
What is tempo?
When 2 or more pitches are sounded together at the same time.
What is a chord?
This sign lowers the pitch of a note half step
What is a flat?
Sharps or flats stated right after the clef
What is a key signature?
A space between two bar lines.
What is a measure?
This type of repeat shows to go back to the "S sign" and and play until the FINE
What is "Dal segno al fine?"
This term indicates to play the note short and detached.
What is a staccato?
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Who composed Moscow....?
This term means an organized succession of tones
What is a melody?
In band music, you do this when you see ' an apostrophe between your notes.
What is a breath mark?