Elements Of Music 💫🎶

Question 1

What does PITCH mean?

Answer 1

How HIGH or LOW a note is

Question 2

What is TEMPO?

Answer 2

Tempo is the SPEED of a piece of music

Question 3

What is the MUSCAL term for ‘getting faster’?

Answer 3

Accelerando

Question 4

What is the MUSICAL term for ‘getting slower’?

Answer 4

Rallentando

Question 5

Fast TEMPO is also known as:

Answer 5

Allegro

Question 6

Moderate TEMPO is also known as:

Answer 6

Andante

Question 7

Slow TEMPO is also known as:

Answer 7

Adagio

Question 8

What is DYNAMICS?

Answer 8

Dynamics is the VOLUME of the music

Question 9

What is the MUSICAL term for ‘getting louder’?

Answer 9

Crescendo

Question 10

What is the MUSICAL term for ‘getting quieter’?

Answer 10

Diminuendo

Question 11

What is LOUD also known as?

Answer 11

Forte

Question 12

What is SOFT also known as?

Answer 12

Piano

Question 13

MODERATELY LOUD can also be known as:

Answer 13

Mezzo Forte

Question 14

MODERATELY SOFT can also be known as:

Answer 14

Mezzo Piano

Question 15

What is DURATION?

Answer 15

Duration refers to how LONG a note sounds

Question 16

What is TEXTURE?

Answer 16

The texture of a piece refers to how simple or complex it is

Question 17

If lots of tunes are playing at the same time, what is this known as?

Answer 17

Polyphonic

Question 18

If the texture is simple, there are only a few instruments playing or everyone is playing the same tune; what is this known as?

Answer 18

Monophonic / Homophonic

Question 19

What is TIMBRE?

Answer 19

TIMBRE is like a musical fingerprint – it describes the particular sound quality of an instrument / voice

Question 20

What is TONALITY?

Answer 20

The character of a piece of music

Question 21

HAPPY music is:

Answer 21

Major

Question 22

SAD music is:

Answer 22

MINOR