Signs And Terms

Question 1

a tempo

Answer 1

return to the original tempo

Question 2

accent

Answer 2

play the note louder than the others

Question 3

accelerando

Answer 3

accelerate; gradually faster

Question 4

accidentals

Answer 4

sharps, flats, or naturals that are not in the key signature

Question 5

adagio

Answer 5

slowly

Question 6

allargando

Answer 6

broadening; gradually slower

Question 7

allegro

Answer 7

fast or quick, cheerfully, merrily

Question 8

allegretto

Answer 8

slightly slower than allegro; faster than andante

Question 9

andante

Answer 9

a moderate walking tempo

Question 10

andantino

Answer 10

slightly faster than andante; some composers use it to mean slower than andante

Question 11

animato

Answer 11

animated; with spirit

Question 12

appoggiatura

Answer 12

used mainly in music of the Classical Period, play the first not as half the value of the second note

Question 13

arpeggio

Answer 13

a broken chord

Question 14

atonality

Answer 14

no specific key or tonality

Question 15

articulation

Answer 15

the manner in which notes are executed, including but not limited to legato and staccato

Question 16

bitonality

Answer 16

the use of two different keys at the same time

Question 17

canon

Answer 17

a strict form of writing in which each voice exactly imitates the melody of the first voice

Question 18

cantabile

Answer 18

in a singing style