Terms

Question 1

Accelerando

Answer 1

Gradually getting faster

Question 2

Accidental

Answer 2

chromatic alteration of a note from the key signature until the next bar line

Question 3

Ad Libitum

Answer 3

at pleasure, at will (also known as a piacere)

Question 4

A due

Answer 4

for two parts

Question 5

Affetuoso

Answer 5

tenderly, with feeling

Question 6

Alla breve

Answer 6

2/2 time, cut time

Question 7

Allargando

Answer 7

getting slower and louder

Question 8

Amoroso

Answer 8

with love, with warm feeling

Question 9

Animato/con anima

Answer 9

lively, animated, spirited

Question 10

Appassionato/passione

Answer 10

passionate, fervent

Question 11

Assai

Answer 11

much, very

Question 12

A tempo

Answer 12

return to original tempo

Question 13

Attacca

Answer 13

continue without pause

Question 14

Bravura

Answer 14

great technical skill, virtuosity

Question 15

Brillante

Answer 15

sparkling, spirited

Question 16

Cadenza

Answer 16

a brilliant (often highly technical) solo, often found at the end of a movement of piece

Question 17

Cadence

Answer 17

the close of a melodic or harmonic phrase

Question 18

Calmando/calmato

Answer 18

quieting down, subsiding

Question 19

Cantando/cantabile

Answer 19

in a singing style, lyrical

Question 20

Capriccioso

Answer 20

fanciful, freely

Question 21

Coda

Answer 21

a concluding passage added to the form proper

Question 22

Con

Answer 22

with

Question 23

Con brio

Answer 23

with vigor, vigorously

Question 24

Con Forza

Answer 24

with force, strength

Question 25

Con fuoco

Answer 25

with fire, passionately

Question 26

Con sordino

Answer 26

with mute

Question 27

Con spirito/spiritoso

Answer 27

with spirit

Question 28

Crescendo

Answer 28

becoming louder

Question 29

Da capo (D.C.)

Answer 29

from the beginning

Question 30

Dal segno (D.S.)

Answer 30

from the sign (S with line through and dots on either side)

Question 31

Decrescendo (decresc.)

Answer 31

becoming softer

Question 32

Diatonic

Answer 32

notes within a given scale or key

Question 33

Diminuendo (dim.)

Answer 33

becoming softer

Question 34

Divisi

Answer 34

divided parts where there is normally one

Question 35

Dolce

Answer 35

sweet, gentle

Question 36

Doppio movimento

Answer 36

twice as fast

Question 37

Double flat (Two flats back to back)

Answer 37

lower by one full step

Question 38

Double sharp (Fat X)

Answer 38

raise by one full step

Question 39

Dynamics

Answer 39

the level of loudness

Question 40

e, ed, or et

Answer 40

and

Question 41

Expressivo

Answer 41

with feeling, with expression

Question 42

Etude

Answer 42

a study or exercise focusing on a particular technical or musical problem

Question 43

Fermata (crescent with a dot under it)

Answer 43

a pause or hold

Question 44

Finale

Answer 44

last movement of a multi-movement work

Question 45

Fine

Answer 45

the end

Question 46

Forzando

Answer 46

a strong accent

Question 47

Giocoso

Answer 47

humorous, playful

Question 48

Giusto

Answer 48

exact, appropriate or usual tempo

Question 49

Glissando

Answer 49

a glide from one note to the next

Question 50

Grazioso

Answer 50

graceful

Question 51

Interval

Answer 51

pitch difference between two notes

Question 52

Key signature

Answer 52

sharps or flats placed at the beginning of a selection indicating its key

Question 53

Largamente

Answer 53

broadly

Question 54

Legato

Answer 54

smooth, even, without breaks between notes