Grade 1 Music

Question 1

(=mezzo piano)

Answer 1

moderately quiet (literally ‘half’ quiet)

Question 2

diminuendo (or dim.)

Answer 2

gradually getting quieter

Question 3

Allegro

Answer 3

Quick (literally cheerful)

Question 4

Answer 4

Question 5

ritardando (or ritard. or rit.)

Answer 5

gradually getting slower

Question 6

dal segno (or D.S.)

Answer 6

repeat from the sign

Question 7

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= diminuendo (gradually getting quieter)

Question 8

Answer 8

over 2 different notes (not to be confused with a tie) or over a group of notes is called a ‘slur’ : perform the notes smoothly

Question 9

Andante

Answer 9

At a medium (‘walking’) pace

Question 10

forte

Answer 10

loud

Question 11

Answer 11

= crescendo (gradually getting louder)

Question 12

rallentando (or rall.)

Answer 12

gradually getting slower

Question 14

decrescendo (or decresc.)

Answer 14

gradually getting quieter

Question 15

Cantabile

Answer 15

In a singing style

Question 16

crescendo (or cresc.)

Answer 16

gradually getting louder

Question 17

lento

Answer 17

slow

Question 18

fine

Answer 18

the end

Question 19

fortissimo

Answer 19

very loud

Question 20

tempo

Answer 20

speed, time

Question 21

(= pianissimo)

Answer 21

Very quiet

Question 22

poco

Answer 22

A little

Question 23

moderato

Answer 23

moderately (allegro moderato : moderately quick)

Question 24

da capo (or D.C.)

Answer 24

repeat from the beginning

Question 25

staccato (or stacc.)

Answer 25

detached

Question 26

ritenuto (or riten. )

Answer 26

held back

Question 27

| (=piano)

Answer 27

quiet

Question 28

Answer 28

(over a note or notes): play notes an octave higher

Question 29

Allegretto

Answer 29

Fairly quick (but not as quick as allegro)

Question 30

| (= mezzo forte)

Answer 30

moderately loud (literally 'half' loud)

Question 31

Accelerando (or accel.)

Answer 31

Gradually getting quicker

Question 32

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ottava (octave)

Question 33

mezzo

Answer 33

half

Question 34

Answer 34

(under a note or notes) perform an octave lower

Question 35

legato

Answer 35

smoothly

Question 36

Adagio

Answer 36

Slow

Question 37

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Question 38

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Over a note - Pause on the note

Question 39

Answer 39

under a note - Pause on the note

Question 40

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repeat marks - at the second sign, go back to the first sign and repeat the music from there (the first sign is left out if the music is repeated from the beginning)

Question 41

Answer 41

72 crotchet (quarter-note) beats per minute

Question 42

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| (M.M. is short for Maelzel's Metronome)

Question 43

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Double bar line - end of music

Question 44

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Flat - sign placed before note on the stave

Question 45

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natural - sign placed before note on stave

Question 46

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Sharp - sign placed before a note on stave

Question 47

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Accidentals

Question 48

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'tie' over/under two notes of the same pitch

Question 49

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Sustain pedal (holds the dampers away rom the strings)

Question 50

Answer 50

Bar line - divides several notes into bars

Question 51

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Bass clef

Question 52

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Treble clef

Question 53

interval

Answer 53

distance between two notes

Question 54

harmonic interval

Answer 54

interval of 2 notes played together at the same time

Question 55

melodic interval

Answer 55

interval between two notes, played one after other

Question 56

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interval of a 5th - space to space or line to line

Question 57

Answer 57

repeat same note - interval of a "unison"

Question 58

semitone

Answer 58

interval from one note to the next physical note (s)

Question 59

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interval of a 3rd - line to line or space to space

Question 60

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interval of a 2nd - line to space or space to line

Question 61

tone

Answer 61

interval from one letter to physical notes away (T)

Question 62

key note or tonic note

Answer 62

the name of the first note in a scale

Question 63

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key signature - at the start of each stave

Question 64

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ledger line - for notes above and below the stave

Question 65

major scale

Answer 65

8 notes with this formula of tones and semitones : "T T S T T T S"

Question 66

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beam - line(s) joining flagged notes (replaces the flags)

Question 67

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crotchet note - 1 count

Question 68

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Dotted minim note = 3 counts i.e. 2 + 1, (dot = 1/2 of note)

Question 69

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minim note - 2 counts

Question 70

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quaver note - half count

Question 72

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semibreve note - 4 counts

Question 73

Answer 73

semiquaver notes - 1/4 count

Question 74

Answer 74

Stem

Question 75

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Flag

Question 76

Pitch

Answer 76

sound of note (e.g. higher or lower pitch)

Question 77

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Crotchet rest - 1 count rest

Question 78

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dotted minim rest (rest plus dot) - 3 counts

Question 79

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minim rest - rest sits on middle line

Question 80

Answer 80

quaver rest - 1/2 count rest

Question 81

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semibreve rest - 4 counts (or whole bar)

Answer 82

semiquaver rest - 1/4 count rest

Question 83

time signature

Answer 83

number of beats in a bar, and what kind of notes has 1 beat

Question 84

**4** *or* **3** *or* **2** ## Footnote **4 3 2**

Answer 84

time signature - at the start of the first stave

Question 85

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common time same as : **4** **4**

Question 86

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cut time same as : **2** **2**

Question 87

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Tonic Triad - three notes - 1st, 3rd and 5th notes