Exam Study

Question 1

What’s a fermata look like?

Answer 1

Semi-circle with circle inside above the staff

Question 2

What does the dot next to a note indicate?

Answer 2

Play one and a half of the note’s original value

Question 3

Crescendo

Answer 3

Increase in volume

Question 4

Decrescendo

Answer 4

Decrease in volume

Question 5

Del Segno (DS)

Answer 5

Repeat from point marked by sign

Question 6

Da Capo (DC)

Answer 6

Repeat from beginning

Question 7

Ritard

Answer 7

Slow down

Question 8

Ritardando

Answer 8

Gradually slow down

Question 9

Molto

Answer 9

Very

Question 10

Tie

Answer 10

Connecting notes (no articulation)

Question 11

Accelerando

Answer 11

Speed up

Question 12

Dynamics

Answer 12

Variation in volume

Question 13

Phrasing

Answer 13

Notes divided in a certain way

Question 14

Articulation

Answer 14

How to play/separate notes

Question 15

Legato

Answer 15

Smooth/connected notes

Question 16

Staccato

Answer 16

Light and separated

Question 17

A tempo

Answer 17

Return to original speed

Question 18

Fine

Answer 18

End of the composition

Question 19

What’s a caesura look like?

Answer 19

Two slanted parallel lines on the top line of the staff

Question 20

What are the two parallel slashes called?

Answer 20

Caesura

Question 21

Semicircle with dot in the middle is called a…

Answer 21

Fermata