Lesson 2

Question 1

What does lento mean?

Answer 1

Slow

Question 2

What’s an octave?

Answer 2

Interval of an eighth from the notes c to c or d to d

Question 3

What’s an ostinato?

Answer 3

Repeated phrase or pattern

Question 4

What is pitch ?

Answer 4

Vibration of a sound

Question 5

What does pizzicato mean?

Answer 5

Plucked

Question 6

What does presto mean?

Answer 6

Quick movement/fast movement

Question 7

What is rallentendo ?

Answer 7

Gradually playing slower

Question 8

What’s a scale?

Answer 8

Sequence of notes in descending or ascending order

Question 9

What is meant by soprano?

Answer 9

Highest female voice

Question 10

What’s tempo?

Answer 10

Speed of which a peice is played

Question 11

What is meant by tenor?

Answer 11

Male singing voice highest of an ordinary male range

Question 12

What’s a tremolo?

Answer 12

Quick repetition of a single note

Question 13

What is meant by unison

Answer 13

Sounding of the same note by 2 or more performers or singers at the same time

Question 14

What’s a waltz?

Answer 14

Type of dance which is mostly in triple time

Question 15

What is meant by monophonic?

Answer 15

One voice

Question 16

What’s polyphonic?

Answer 16

More than 1 voice

Question 17

What’s canon?

Answer 17

Two or more people performing of the same music but at different times

Question 18

What is meant by hocket?

Answer 18

Each performer has 1 note to play

Question 19

What is meant by contrapuntal

Answer 19

Parts move in and out of each other