tempo, vocab

Question 1

Very slow #1 (slowest)

Answer 1

grave

Question 2

Very slow #2

Answer 2

largo

Question 3

Very slow #3

Answer 3

larghetto

Question 4

Slow #1

Answer 4

lento

Question 5

Slow #2

Answer 5

adagio

Question 6

moderately slow # 1

Answer 6

andante

Question 7

moderately slow # 2

Answer 7

andantino

Question 8

moderate

Answer 8

moderato

Question 9

fast #1

Answer 9

allegretto

Question 10

fast #2

Answer 10

allegro

Question 11

very fast #1

Answer 11

vivace

Question 12

very fast # 2

Answer 12

presto

Question 13

very fast # 3 (fastest)

Answer 13

prestissimo

Question 14

increase speed

Answer 14

accelerando (accel.)

Question 15

gradually slow down

Answer 15

ritardando (rit.)

Question 16

abruptly slow down

Answer 16

ritenuto (riten.)

Question 17

general freedom with no respect to tempo

Answer 17

rubato

Question 18

basic pulse of music passage

Answer 18

beat

Question 19

follows a symbol and adds one-half the value of the note, rest, or dot that precedes it

Answer 19

dot

Question 20

rate at which beats occur

Answer 20

tempo

Question 21

the time aspect of music, contrasted with pitch aspect

Answer 21

rhythm

Question 22

order, slowest to fastest tempo

Answer 22

grave, largo, larghetto, lento, adagio, andante, andantino, moderato, allegretto, allegro, vivace, presto, prestissimo

Question 23

connects two notes, creating a value equal to their sum

Answer 23

tie

Question 24

whole note, half note, etc

Answer 24

durational note

Question 25

used to group together (NOT TIE) durations shorter than a quarter note

Answer 25

beams

Question 26

patterns of 2, 3, 4, beats

Answer 26

duple, triple, quadruple meters

Question 27

beats in any meter that divide into 2 equal parts

Answer 27

simple

Question 28

beats in any meter that divide into 3 equal parts

Answer 28

compound

Question 29

used when beat divides in a way that is contrary to the prevailing division of the beat

Answer 29

tuplet

Question 30

expression of a metric pattern at a higher level (as in groups of measures)

Answer 30

hypermeter

Question 31

a symbol that tells the performer the beat an meter types and what note value will represent the beat

Answer 31

time signature

Question 32

two beat measure (duple)

Answer 32

strong-weak

Question 33

three beat measure (triple)

Answer 33

strong- weak-weak

Question 34

four beat measure (quadruple)

Answer 34

strong- weak- less strong- weak

Question 35

the bottom number on the time signature indicates the beat note

Answer 35

simple - just take the beat note compound- take the division of the beat note (divide in 2)

Question 36

simple beat always has

Answer 36

2, 3, or 4 as top number

Question 37

compound beat always has

Answer 37

6, 9, or 12 as top number- you must divide the top number of a compound time signature by 3 to find out how many beats will occur in each measure

Question 38

you must divide the top number of a compound time signature by 3 to find out how many beats will occur in each measure

Question 39

rhythmic figures that stress normally weak beats or divisions

Answer 39

syncopations