A dot above a note indicates that that note should be played _______.
What is staccato?
100
A marking that tells the performer to play the section again.
What is a repeat sign?
100
A dynamic marking indicated with the letters mf.
What is mezzo forte?
100
This tempo is to be played fast.
What is allegro?
200
If a passage is sung smoothly and connected, it is sung ____.
What is legato?
200
This articulation is indicated by a symbol resembling a less-than sign.
What is an accent?
200
When a composer wants the the performer to repeat the music but take a different ending the second time, he or she indicates this by writing in ____and____ __________s.
What are first and second endings?
200
The Italian term meaning "soft."
What is piano?
200
This tempo is to be played at a walking pace, or somewhat slowly.
What is andante?
300
The Italian term meaning "short and separated."
What is staccato?
300
Composers and performers write these markings resembling commas into their music to help them phrase their music.
What are breath marks?
300
Measures or groups of measures that are grouped together by brackets.
What are first and second endings?
300
This musical term can be written cresc. or represented with a symbol resembling a large less-than sign.
What is a crescendo?
300
If your music was marked with the tempo "largo," you would sing it in this way.
What is slowly?
400
This marking tells the performer to play the indicated note(s) with a loud beginning.
What is an accent?
400
This marking indicates that a passage should be sung legato.
What is a slur?
400
At the end of a 1st ending, a performer would see a ______ ____.
What is a repeat sign?
400
The definition of "decrescendo."
What is to gradually get softer?
400
This tempo is faster than andante but slower than allegro.
What is moderato?
500
If a wind player plays different notes without tonguing in between them, they are _______.
What is slurring?
500
This curved line adds the value of two or more notes together so that the pitch is played continuously.
What is a tie?
500
When a musician comes across a repeat sign in music, he or she would either go back to the beginning of the piece or to here.
What is the (backwards) repeat sign?
500
The sixth letter of the alphabet serves as the abbreviation for this dynamic.
What is forte?
500
This musical symbol indicates that the pitch below it should be held for longer than its value.