Musical Terms And Symbols

Question 1

What is a metronome

Answer 1

A gadget which makes a loud, regular clicking noise. You can adjust the speed of the clocks which make the tempo

Question 2

What are metronome markings

Answer 2

They appear above the stave, to tell you about the tempo of the music. They are made up of a note symbol and a number, joined together by the equal signs

Question 3

What does Allargando mean

Answer 3

Broadening (getting a little slower and probably a little louder)

Question 4

What does allegro assai mean

Answer 4

Very quick

Question 5

What does andantino mean

Answer 5

Slightly faster than andante (or slightly slower)

Question 6

What does grave mean

Answer 6

Very slow and solemn

Question 7

What does Larghetto mean

Answer 7

Rather slow (but faster than largo)

Question 8

What does largo mean

Answer 8

Slow and stately

Question 9

What does presto mean

Answer 9

Very fast

Question 10

What does vivace mean

Answer 10

Lively and quickly

Question 11

What does vivo mean

Answer 11

Lively and quickly

Question 12

What does sforzato mean

Answer 12

Forced, accented

Question 13

What does dolce mean

Answer 13

Sweetly and softly

Question 14

What does espressivo mean

Answer 14

Expressive

Question 15

What does giocoso mean

Answer 15

Playfully, merry

Question 16

What does grazioso

Answer 16

Gracefully

Question 17

What does maestoso mean

Answer 17

Majestically

Question 18

What does sostenuto mean

Answer 18

Sustained

Question 19

What does tenuto mean

Answer 19

Held

Question 20

What does assai mean

Answer 20

Very

Question 21

What does Marcia mean

Answer 21

March

Question 22

What does meno mean

Answer 22

Less

Question 23

What does molto mean

Answer 23

Very,much

Question 24

What does Mosso or moto mean

Answer 24

Movement

Question 25

What does non mean

Answer 25

Not

Question 26

What does piu mean

Answer 26

More

Question 27

What does senza mean

Answer 27

Without

Question 28

What does troops mean

Answer 28

Too much

Question 29

What does staccato mean

Answer 29

Short and detached

Question 29

What does Da capo (DC) mean

Answer 29

From the beginning

Question 29

What does dal segno (DS) mean

Answer 29

From the sign

Question 30

What does Fine mean

Answer 30

The end

Question 31

What does poco mean

Answer 31

A little

Question 32

What is tonality

Answer 32

Tonality is, in simple terms, the key in which a piece of music is written, or a word to denote music written using conventional keys and harmony.

Question 33

What is character in music

Answer 33

Character in music is expressed in sound by means of timbre (sound quality), dynamics (loudness), balance (relative simultaneous loudnesses), articulation (amount of connection between successive notes), tempo (speed), beat division (number of counts per measure), and the amount of rubato (rhythmic flexibility).