Tempo and Dynamics

Tempo

100

Allegro

What is a running speed?

200

Largo

What is very slow?

300

Moderato

What is a medium tempo

400

Accelerando

What is to gradually speed up?

500

Ritardando

What is to gradually slow down?

Dynamics

100

Piano

What is soft?

200

Forte

What is loud?

300

Mezzo Piano

What is medium soft?

400

Fortissimo

What is very loud?

500

Crescendo

What is to gradually get louder?

What's the Tempo Word

100

Very fast

What is Presto?

200

Very Slow

What is Largo?

300

Walking speed

What is Adagio?

400

Running speed

What is Allegro?

500

Gradually get slower

What is ritardando?

What's the Dynamic Word?

100

Loud

What is forte?

200

Medium Loud

What is mezzo forte?

300

Very soft

What is Pianissimo?

400

Gradually get softer

What is decrescendo?

500

Gradually get louder

What is crescendo?

Anything goes

100

How loud or soft music is

What is dynamics?

200

How fast or slow the steady beat of music is

What is Tempo?

300

Ms. Rekow looks at this tool to determine 60 beats per minute.

What is the clock?

400

This is the abbreviation for Forte.

What is f?

500

This keyboard instrument was originally called the fortepiano because it could play loud and soft, unlike the harpsicord.

What is the piano?