Father Time
What are the words for FAST and SLOW?
hint: both start with "A"
fast - Allegro
slow - adagio
What are the musical words for loud and soft?
Forte - loud
Piano - soft
1. Describe the ending bar line that ends the music
2. What does fine mean?
Two lines, the second is thicker.
Fine means "end"
What is the musical word for separated, and how do you draw it visually?
Staccato - put a dot above or below the note (not next to it)
What are the solfeg symbols, ASCENDING and DESCENDING?
Ascending - Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do
Descending - Do Ti La Sol Fa Mi Re Do
What are the two words that mean slowing down?
rallentando (rall.) and ritardando (rit.)
mezzo (prefix)
-issimo (suffix)
mezzo means "kind of"
-issimo means "very"
Repeat means to play a section again.
What is the visual indicator of a repeat?
Two dots, one in the 2nd space and one in the 3rd space.
What is the musical word for smooth and connected, and how is it drawn?
Legato - drawn as a curved line over different notes (important to say different notes because a curved line over the same notes is a tie)
What is the major scale formula, ascending?
W W h W W W h
What is the word that means speeding up?
(pronounciation matters)
Accellerando
Crescendo and Decrescendo
What does DC Stand for, and what does it indicate?
D.C. is short for Da Capo, and means go to the beginning.
What does an accent do to a note, and how do you draw it?
It emphasizes the note, and it's drawn over or under the note as a greater than sign: >
SECRET DAILY TRIPLE (worth 900 points!)
Tell whether this music is in 4/4 time or 6/8 time
<indicated at playing time>
Moderato (faster medium)
Andante (slower medium - another A tempo!)
What is the term that means WITH FORCE?
Sforzando
What does D.S. stand for, and what does it indicate?
D.S. Stands for Dal Segno, and means go back to the Sign.
Marcato, indicated by a ^ symbol
How does a key signature affect music?
1. Shows you where the main note (tonic) is
2. Shows you which notes are flat and sharp throughout the scale.
Name two tempos faster than fast
AND
two tempos slower than slow
Faster than fast - Vivace and Presto
Slower than slow - Largo and Grave
SUPRISE DAILY DOUBLE
Listen to the example and tell which one most closely matches the RHYTHM.
(worth 1000 points)
<example comes from therhythmtrainer.com>
What is a coda?
an ending SECTION, not just the end.
What musical stylization is indicated by a horizontal line over or under the notehead?
Tenuto - 100% length, still articulated.
SECRET DAILY DOUBLE (Worth 1000 points)
Put the following Composers into the correct Musical Era:
Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Bach, Beethoven
Bach - Baroque
Mozart - Classical
Beethoven - Classical/Romantic
Tchaikovsky - Romantic