Dynamics
FALSE! Dynamics describes loud and quiet (volume).
True or False? Tempo describes fast and slow (speed).
True! Tempo describes fast and slow.
This abbreviation for "piano", or "quiet", is one letter.
What is p?
True or false? A crescendo means to suddenly get very loud.
False (gradually).
This word means "gradually getting slower."
What is ritardando?
This dynamic means "loud."
What is forte?
This tempo means VERY fast.
What is Presto?
This abreviation for "forte", or "loud", is also one letter.
What is f?
True or false: The symbol < means to get quieter.
False - get louder.
This is the language that most expressive music words, like dynamics and tempo, are in.
What is Italian?
This dynamic means "quiet."
What is piano?
The tempo "moderato" really means this.
Written as "mp", this tempo means "medium quiet."
What is mezzo piano?
This word means to get louder gradually.
This is the word for the speed at which the steady beat or pulse of the music is played.
What is tempo?
This word means "medium loud."
What is "mezzo forte?"
Although "adagio" is slow, this tempo is even slower.
What is grave?
What is pp?
What is diminuendo or decrescendo?
True of false: The dynamic level of a piece of music describes it volume.
True.
This dynamic means "very loud."
What is "fortissimo?"
This tempo, also meaning "fast", is actually the Italian word for "happily."
What is "allegro"?
Even louder than loud, ff means this.
What is fortissimo?
This symbol >.
What is diminuendo or decrescendo?
This is a suffix added to the end of a marking that means "very."
What is "issi?"