Midterm

Question 1

Tempo

Answer 1

Basic pulse or beat of the music

Question 2

Poco a Poco

Answer 2

Little by little

Question 3

A tempo

Answer 3

Return to previous tempo

Question 4

Sforzando (sfz)

Answer 4

Louder than accent

Question 5

Staccato

Answer 5

Short and detached/crisp

Question 6

Accelerando poco a poco

Answer 6

Increase speed little by little

Question 7

Adagio

Answer 7

Slow

Question 8

Legato

Answer 8

Smooth and connected

Question 9

mm=60

Answer 9

Beats per minute

Question 10

Rubato

Answer 10

To rob/steal from the music while not changing the tempo

Question 11

Compound meters

Answer 11

6/8 - tarantella
12/8 - rose adagio
9/8 - symphony in c

Question 12

Acoustics

Answer 12

Proceneum (outline of a stage)

Need speakers behind proceneum so dancer can hear (it’s on you to make sure that happens)

Question 13

Fermata

Answer 13

A hold in the music/sustained sound that eventually returns to the previous tempo

Question 14

Dynamics in order

Answer 14

1 - grave (very slow and serious…like a funeral)
2 - largo (extremely broad and slow…like a fat man)
3 - larghetto (not as slow as largo…like the fat white man running through the ghetto)
4 - lento (quite slow…like cooking lentils)
5 - adagio (slow…literally “at ease”)
6 - andante (girl’s name…they take it slow but not “at ease”)
7 - andantino (faster than Dante…)
8 - moderato (moderate tempo)
9 - allegretto (light and fast)
10 - allegro (faster still and more vigorous)
11 - presto (very fast…like magic)
12 - prestissimo (extremely fast)

Question 15

Accelerando

Answer 15

Increasing speed

Question 16

Ritardando

Answer 16

Gradually slowing down

Question 17

Piu Mosso

Answer 17

A little faster

Question 18

Meno Mosso

Answer 18

A little less fast

Question 19

George Balanchine Quote

Answer 19

I think that, with intelligent appreciation, any student can develop certain sensitivities to music that will improve the quality of her dancing immeasurably.