ASP 4

Question 1

Piano

Answer 1

Soft (p)

Question 2

Mezzo piano

Answer 2

Medium soft (mp)

Question 3

Mezzo forte

Answer 3

Medium loud (mf)

Question 4

Forte

Answer 4

Loud (f)

Question 5

Fortisimmo

Answer 5

Very loud (ff)

Question 6

Crescendo (cresc.)

Answer 6

Gradually louder

Question 7

Diminuendo (dim)

Answer 7

Gradually softer (>)

Question 8

Decrescendo (decresc)

Answer 8

Gradually softer

Question 9

Andante

Answer 9

Slow walking tempo

Question 10

Moderato

Answer 10

Medium tempo

Question 11

Allegro

Answer 11

Fast

Question 12

Retardando

Answer 12

Gradually slower

Question 13

A tempo

Answer 13

Go to original tempo

Question 14

Order from slow to fast tempo

Answer 14

Andante, moderato, allegro

Question 15

Order of dynamics

Answer 15

Pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff

Question 16

Octave higher

Answer 16

Play the note 8 letter names higher

Question 17

Octave lower

Answer 17

Play the note 8 letter names lower

Question 18

Loco

Answer 18

Cancel the octave signs

Question 19

Sforzando (sfz)

Answer 19

A sudden loud accent on a single note or chord

Question 20

Accent

Answer 20

To play the note with stress (>)

Question 21

First and second ending

Answer 21

Plat through the first ending and then the second

Question 22

Accompaniment

Answer 22

Musical background for the more important part

Question 23

Melody

Answer 23

A tune the opposite of the accompaniment

Question 24

Harmony

Answer 24

A combination of musical tones sounded together

Question 25

Solo

Answer 25

Music for 1 performer

Question 26

Duet

Answer 26

Music for 2 performers

Question 27

Accidentals

Answer 27

Chromatic signs that are not in signature; affects only that line or space until the end of the measure

Question 28

Ascending

Answer 28

Going up

Question 29

Bar line

Answer 29

Divides the music into measures

Question 30

Bass clef

Answer 30

Sign on the staff that marks F below middle C

Question 31

Cadence

Answer 31

Series of Chords which closes a composition, section, or phrase

Question 32

Chord

Answer 32

3 or more tones played together

Question 33

Chord progression

Answer 33

Series of related chords

Question 34

Chromatic signs

Answer 34

Signs that change pitch

Question 35

Chromatic scale

Answer 35

Scale of all half steps

Question 36

Contrary motion

Answer 36

Moving in the opposite directions

Question 37

De capo el fine

Answer 37

To play again and stop at fine.

Question 38

Descending

Answer 38

Going down

Question 39

Dominant

Answer 39

Fifth scale degree

Question 40

Dominant triad

Answer 40

The triad built on fifth scale degree

Question 41

Double bar line

Answer 41

Special bar line that marks the end of a section

Question 42

Dynamics

Answer 42

Markings that I indicate loudness or softness

Question 43

Ending bars

Answer 43

The bar that marks the end of the compisition

Question 44

Enharmonic

Answer 44

Two names for the same pitch such as C sharp and d flat

Question 45

Famata

Answer 45

Holden the note longer than its written value

Question 46

Flat

Answer 46

Play the note a half step lower

Question 47

Harmony

Answer 47

A combination of music tones sounding together

Question 48

Interval

Answer 48

A distance between 2 notes

Question 49

Inversion

Answer 49

Same notes in a different position

Question 50

Key signature

Answer 50

chromatic signs at the beginning of each line of music that tells us the key of the composition

Question 51

Legato

Answer 51

To play smoothly

Question 52

Ledger lines

Answer 52

Short added lines used to write notes above or below the staff

Question 53

Measure

Answer 53

A space between the bar lines

Question 54

Natural

Answer 54

To cancel the sharp or flat

Question 55

Parallel motion

Answer 55

Moving in the same direction

Question 56

Phrase mark

Answer 56

Play slur

Question 57

Up beat

Answer 57

An incomplete measure before the first bar line

Question 58

Primary triad

Answer 58

Triad built on the first, fourth, and fifth scale degree

Question 59

Pianissimo

Answer 59

Very soft (pp)