A small marking on a note that indicates that it should be played short and detached.
What is a staccato?
100
What is the musical terms for playing something strong, like a march?
marcato
100
A song that we sang in class that is in a foreign language
Resonet in Laudibus, O Sifuni Mungo
200
A time signature where there are four beats in each measure, and each quarter note gets one beat.
What is 4/4 time? (or C - common time)
200
Instead of writing accidentals, a composer may include one of these at the beginning of a piece to indicate sharps or flats throughout the piece. (Hint: This also indicates the KEY that the piece is in)
What is a key signature?
200
A marking above a note that indicates that the note should be held until it is cut off by the conductor.
What is a fermata?
200
An Italian word that indicates that the music should be played quickly and brightly.
What is Allegro?
200
What you call it when a man's voice has changed but he is singing up high?
Falsetto
300
A pause that is worth two beats.
What is a half rest?
300
The name of the key when we have one flat and its major.
What is F major.
300
A small marking above a note that indicates that the note should be played loudly and with force.
What is an accent
300
A < symbol drawn under a section of music indicating that it should gradually get louder.
A time signature where there are two notes in each measure, and each quarter note is worth one beat.
What is 2/4 time?
400
A different (American) name for a semitone.
What is a half-step?
400
A curved line drawn under two notes of the same pitch connecting them, indicating that that note must be held for the duration of the two notes' values.
What is a tie?
400
A > symbol drawn under a section of music indicating that it should gradually get softer.
What is a diminuendo?
400
Name a famous composer who went deaf, and still composed symphonies after he lost his hearing?
Beethoven
500
When added to a note, this marking adds half of the note's original value.
What is a dot?
500
What do we call it when we sing So but there is a sharp present on that note?
Si
500
A curved line connecting a series of notes at various pitches that indicates that they should be played smoothly together. (without tonguing)
What is a slur?
500
The Italian word for this musical symbol;
sFz
What is sfortzando?
500
The musical that the song "Defying Gravity" is featured in.