Symbols
Definition
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Music Facts
100

What dynamic is this symbol?

p

Piano
100
What does forte mean?

loud

100

___________ means medium loud.

mezzo forte

100

True or False: Music is known as the universal language?

True

200

What dynamic is this symbol?

mp

mezzo piano

200
What does pianissimo mean?

very soft

200

_____________ means to gradually get softer.

decrescendo

200

True or False: Music used to be an Olympic event. 

True (until 1948)

300
What dynamic is this symbol?


ff

fortissimo 

300

What does mezzo mean?

medium

300

If a song is very loud, its dynamic is _______________.

fortissimo 

300

True or False: Cows produce more milk while listening to music?

True 

400

What dynamic is this symbol?

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crescendo 

400

What are dynamics?

How loud or how soft the music is. 

400

A quiet whisper is ______

pianissimo

400

The most expensive instrument in the world is a....

A) piano

B) violin

C) trumpet

D) drums

B) violin ($15.9 million)

500

What dynamic is this symbol?

>

decrescendo

500

What does decrescendo mean? 

to gradually get softer

500

____ is the language music dynamic terms are based out of.

Italian

500

How many bands have played on all 7 continents?

A) 4

B) 1

C) 7

D) 23

B) 1