Dynamics/
Terms 1
Articulation
Dynamics/
Terms 2
Music Math
Dynamics/
Terms 3
100

This means soft in music.

What is piano?

100

Plucking the strings of a stringed instrument.

What is pizzicato?

100

This means loud in music.

What is forte?

100

One quarter note plus one half note.

What is 3 beats ?

100

This is the musical "fraction" found at the beginning of a song.

What is a time signature?

200

A curved line connecting the heads of two notes of the same pitch. 

What is a tie?

200

Sharply detached or separated. 

What is staccato?

200

Play in a smooth flowing manner, without breaks between notes. 

What is legato?

200

One half note plus one whole note.

What is 6 beats ?

200

This means very soft in music. 

What is pianissimo?

300

This means very loud in music.

What is fortissimo?
300

A curved line that indicates notes are to be played without separation. 

What is a slur?

300

This is a gradual change from soft to loud.

What is a crescendo?

300

One eighth note plus one quarter note.

What is 1 1/2 beats ?

300

This is a gradual change from loud to soft.

What is a decrescendo? 

400

A mark on a piece of music instructing the player to replay a certain passage or section. 

What is a repeat sign?

400

Bow the strings of a stringed instrument. 

What is arco?

400

A gradual decrease of speed. 

What is ritardando?

400

One dotted half note plus one half note.

What is 5 beats ?

400

A symbol used in sheet music to indicate that a note should be held longer than its standard duration. The length that the note can be held is up to the artist or conductor.

What is a fermata?

500

A symbol used in sheet music to denote where the final passage of a piece begins. This tells the orchestra when to proceed to the beginning of the final passage.

What is a coda?

500

A style of staccato playing on stringed instruments involving bouncing the bow on the strings. 

What is spiccato?

500

A chord of notes broken and played in sequence. For example, C Major would be C-E-G-C.

What is an arpeggio? 

500

One whole note plus one dotted half note.

What is 7 beats ?

500

A bowing technique for stringed instruments, in which successive notes are gently re-articulated while being joined under a single continuing bow stroke. 

What is portato?