Dynamics
This means very soft in music.
What is "pianissimo?"
A guitar has this many strings.
What is 6?
I am a steady pulse.
What is a "beat"?
This type of note receives 1 beat of sound.
What is a quarter note ?
I am very slow.
What is "Adagio?"
One quarter note plus one half note plus one 8th note.
What is 3 1/2 beats ?
This word means "medium".
What is "mezzo?"
The piano belongs to this instrument family.
What is percussion or plucked string family?
This is the definition of "tempo".
What is the speed of the beat ?
In 2/2 meter, this type of note receives 1 beat of sound.
What is a half note ?
I am also the title of the slow second movement of D'vorak's 9th Symphony.
What is "Largo?"
One half note plus one dotted whole note.
What is 9 beats ?
This is the dynamic between mezzo-piano and forte.
What is "mezzo-forte?"
This instrument is played by Yo-Yo Ma.
What is a "cello"?
I am 8 notes
What is an octave?
This note one and a half beats in 4/4.
What is a dotted quarter note ?
I am a common tempo marking literally translated as "Happy".
What is "Allegro?"
In 4/4, 5 8th notes.
What is 2 1/2 beats ?
I gradually get softer.
What is "decrescendo?"
This brass instrument would be over 20 feet long if uncoiled.
What is a "French Horn"?
I determine what kind of note receives one beat.
What is the a time signature?
These kinds of notes get counted like this,"1 e & a, 2 e & a"
What are 16th notes ?
I get faster.
What is "accelerando" ?
In 4/4: Two dotted quarter notes plus a dotted half note.
What is 6 beats ?
What is "subito piano"
These two woodwind instruments have double reeds.
What is Oboe and Bassoon?
I gradually slow down the tempo.
What is "ritardando?"
What is a dot?
I am a walking speed.
What is "andante?"
in 2/2: A half note plus a quarter note plus a 2 8th notes.
What is 2 beats ?
I am "very, very soft."
What is "pianissinissimo?"
This instrument is the lowest sounding of the woodwind family.
What is the bassoon?
I cause the attack to be strong and sudden.
What is an accent?
in 6/8, I am worth six beats.
What is a dotted half note ?
I am very very fast.
What is "Prestissimo"?
What is 5 beats ?