Rhythm
The type of note that gets 2 beats in 4/4 time.
What is a half note?
This marking tells you to play a note short.
What is staccato?
The meaning of allegro.
What is "fast" or "quick"?
The musical term that tells you to play loudly.
What is forte?
A fermata tells you to do this.
What is "hold the note longer than its value"?
The type of rest that gets one beat in cut time.
What is a half rest?
The name for notes that are connected.
What is a slur?
The tempo that means "walking speed."
What is andante?
In dynamic markings, the word that means "medium."
What is mezzo?
A comma above the music tells you to do this.
What is "take a breath"?
The type of note that gets 3 beats in 3/4 time.
What is a dotted half note?
The marking that looks like a greater than symbol and means to emphasize the note.
What is an accent?
The marking that tells you to slow down.
What is ritardando, ritard., or rit.?
What you should do when you see dim. in your music.
What is get quieter?
A note that comes before the first full measure is called this.
What is a pick-up note?
The meaning of the 8 in 6/8 time.
What is "the eighth note gets the beat."
A tenuto marking tells you to do this.
What is "give the note its full value"?
When you see accel. in your music, you should do this.
What is speed up?
The correct order from loudest to quietest for these markings: mp, ff, p, mf, f.
What is ff, f, mf, mp, p?
Sharps, flats, and naturals within a piece of music are referred to as this.
What is "accidentals"?
The number of beats a dotted quarter note gets in 2/4 time.
What is 1 1/2?
This is the term that means "short and accented."
What is marcato?
The order from slowest to fastest for these tempos. Moderato, Vivace, Largo, Allegro
What is Largo, Moderato, Allegro, Vivace?
The name for the dynamic marking sfz.
What is sforzando?
The term D.S. al Fine tells you to do this.
What is, "go back to the sign and play until fine"?