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Directions to performer
Articulation
Terms that describe musicality
Dynamics
100

crescendo

What is a gradual, steady increase in loudness, force, or intensity. 

100
divisi
What is divided; i.e., in a part in which several musicians normally play exactly the same notes they are instead to split the playing of the written simultaneous notes among themselves?
100
staccato
What ismaking each note brief and detached?
100
misterioso
What is "to perform in a mysterious manner" in Italian?
100

decrescendo

What is gradually get softer in Italian?

200

There are 8 notes in this type of scale

What is a major or minor scale?

200
simile
What is similarly; i.e., continue applying the preceding directive, whatever it was, to the following passage?
200

slur

What is the act of playing notes smoothly on the same bow stroke (the same bow direction). 

200
tranquillo
What is "to perform in a quiet or calm manner" in Italian?
200
mp
What is the abbreviation for medium soft in Italian?
300

There are 13 notes in this type of scale

What is a chromatic scale?

300
unison
What is in unison; i.e., several players in a group are to play exactly the same notes within their written part?
300
marcato
What is marked; i.e., with accentuation, execute every note as if it were to be accented?
300
molto
What is the word that means "very" in Italian? As in molto espressivo
300
diminuendo
What is gradually get softer in Italian?
400

This scale has 2 sharps in the key signature.

What is the key signature for D major?

400

DS Al Coda

What is an Italian musical instruction that means "from the sign to the tail [Coda]." It directs musicians to jump back to an earlier mark in the sheet music, play until a specific "To Coda" marker, and then skip to the ending section. 

400
tremolo
What is a rapid, measured or unmeasured repetition of the same note?
400

dolce

What is "sweetly" in Italian?

400
subito piano
What is suddenly soft in Italian?
500

What is in the key signature of G Major?

What is one sharp, F#, the rest of the notes are NATURAL!

500

fermata

What is to hold the note as long as the conductor directs?

500
spiccato
What is a way of playing the violin and other bowed instruments by bouncing the bow on the string?
500

con fuoco

What is "with fire" or "in a fiery manner" in Italian?

500
poco a poco crescendo
What is "crescendo little by little" in Italian?