Music Quiz Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Piano | soft |
Forte | loud |
Fortissimo | very loud |
Mezzo-piano | medium soft |
Mezzo-forte | medium loud |
Solo | one person or instrument |
Duet | two persons or instruments |
Soli | one section plays or sings |
Tutti | all persons sing or play |
Accelerando | Accelerando |
Accent | Stress of one tone over others, making it stand out; often it is the first beat of a measure |
Accompaniment | Music that goes along with a more important part; often harmony or rhythmic patterns accompanying a melody |
Adagio | Slow, leisurely |
Allegretto | Moderately fast, lively. Faster than Andante, slower than allegro |
Allegro | Lively, brisk, rapid |
Andante | Moderately slow, a walking speed |
Baroque | Relating to the period from about 1600-1750, characterized by grandeur and heavy elaboration of design in music. |
Binary form | Two-part form; the structure of a musical composition consisting of two main sections. |
Cadence | Closing of a phrase or section of music |
Cantata | A short lyric form dealing with either secular or sacred subjects |
Chord | Three or more tones combined and sounded simultaneously |
Classical | Referring to that period from approximately 1750-1800, characterized musically by objectivity of the composer, emotional restraint, and simple harmonies |
Consonance | A simultaneious sounding of tones that produces a feeling of rest, i.e., a feeling that there is no need for further resolution |
Crescendo | Gradually growing louder |
Da Capo | From the beginning. A direction to repeat the entire compositon from the beginning to the place where the word "fine" appears or to the end. |
Diminuendo | Gradually growing softer |
Dissonance | A simultaneous sounding of tones that produces a feeling of tension or unrest and a feeling that further resolution is needed. |
Dolce | Sweetly, softly |
Dynamics | Varying intensities of sound throughout a given musical composition. (Piano, Mezzo Piano, Forte, etc.) |
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