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Dynamics
Tempo
Expressive Qualities
Tone Color & Performance Group
Tonality and Mood
100
The Italian term for loud.
What is forte?
100
The term used to describe how fast or slow music is.
What is tempo?
100
A musical sentence.
What is a phrase?
100
The instrument family that includes instruments such as the Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, and Harp.
What is the Strings Family?
100
The term for the main tune of a piece of music.
What is melody?
200
The meaning of the term piano.
What is soft?
200
The Italian term for fast.
What is Allegro?
200
A musical term meaning short and choppy.
What is staccato?
200
The term for a musical group of singers.
What is a Chorus or Choir?
200
Also the mascot of Mt. Vernon High School, this term describes a "bright or sunny" sound.
What is major?
300
The Italian word used for very loud.
What is fortissimo?
300
The definition of Largo.
What is slow?
300
The musical term describing a sliding movement.
What is glissando?
300
The instrument family that includes instruments such as the drum, xylophone, cymbals, triangle, and maracas.
What is the Percussion Family?
300
The opposite of major, this term describes a "dark or cloudy" sound.
What is minor?
400
The Italian term for medium.
What is mezzo?
400
The Italian term for a medium walking speed.
What is Andante?
400
Also meaning a disctint way of pronouncing a language, this term means to emphasize a certain musical note.
What is accent?
400
The instrument family that the saxophone belongs to.
What is the Woodwind family?
400
A term describing a pleasing combination of sounds.
What is harmony?
500
The definition of decrescendo.
What is gradually getting softer?
500
The Italian term meaning to gradually get faster.
What is accelerando?
500
The antonym of the term staccato.
What is legato?
500
True or False, the English Horn is part of the Brass family.
What is False?
500
The term descrbing sharp (#) or flat (b) notes.
What are accidentals?