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Tempo Terms
Dynamics
Articulation and Style
Music Theory
Pot Pourri
100
Italian word for "fast"
What is "allegro"
100
Italian term for "soft"
What is "piano"
100
Instruction in Italian to play short and detached
What is "staccato"
100
I and V in E-flat Major
What is E-flat and B-flat
100
This sign, also called a birdseye, means to hold a note longer than its time value
What is a fermata
200
Italian word for "flowing" or "walking tempo"
What is "andante"
200
Italian term for "loud"
What is "forte"
200
Italian instruction to play smooth and connected
What is "legato"
200
the tonic triad in C minor
What is C E-flat and G
200
A curved line that connects notes on the same line or space
What is a tie
300
Italian meaning "return to the original tempo"
What is "a tempo"
300
Italian term for "medium loud" or "almost loud"
What is "mezzo forte"
300
Symbol over a note: > which instructs the perform to strongly emphasize that note
What is an accent?
300
The second scale degree in F-sharp Major
What is G-sharp
300
The meaning of D.C. al fine
What is play again from the beginning and stop at the fine sign
400
Italian term for "gradually slower"
What is ritardando? (or rit.)
400
Italian for "gradually louder"
What is "crescendo" or "cresc"
400
Italian word for a style that is "in a singing manner"
What is "cantabile"
400
The fourth scale degree in B Major
What is E
400
Interval played with fingers 1 and 4 or 2 and 5
What is a fourth
500
Italian term for "slow"
What is "lento"
500
Italian term for "gradually softer"
What is "diminuendo" "dim" or "decrescendo" "decresc"
500
Word in Italian that means to play "gently and sweetly"
What is "dolce"
500
The sixth scale degree in A Major
What is F-sharp
500
C to C-sharp
What is a chromatic half step