Terms

Question 1

Accelerando, stringendo

Answer 1

gradually getting faster

Question 2

acciaccatura

Answer 2

crushed note

Question 3

adagio

Answer 3

slow

Question 4

agitato

Answer 4

agitated

Question 5

allegretto

Answer 5

moderately quick

Question 6

allegro

Answer 6

quick and lively

Question 7

allemande

Answer 7

baroque dance-form in moderate duple time

Question 8

anacrusis

Answer 8

upbeat at the beginning of a piece or phrase

Question 9

andante

Answer 9

at a walking pace

Question 10

andantino

Answer 10

a little faster than andante

Question 11

arpeggiated

Answer 11

like an arpeggio, moving by leap

Question 12

atonal

Answer 12

having no key

Question 13

binary form

Answer 13

AB structure; one section followed by a different second section

Question 14

cadence

Answer 14

resting point at the end of a phrase

Question 15

cantabile

Answer 15

singing

Question 16

chromatic

Answer 16

moving by semitone step

Question 17

con brio

Answer 17

with vigour

Question 18

contrapuntal , counterpoint

Answer 18

two or more melodic lines played simultaneously

Question 19

courante

Answer 19

triple-time movement in dance suite

Question 20

crescendo, cresc.

Answer 20

gradually getting louder

Question 21

diminuendo, dim.

Answer 21

gradually gradually quiter

Question 22

dissonance

Answer 22

discordant, clashing

Question 23

dolce

Answer 23

sweet

Question 24

dominant

Answer 24

the fifth note of the scale

Question 25

dynamics

Answer 25

how loudly or quietly the notes are played or sung

Question 26

energico

Answer 26

energetic

Question 27

forte

Answer 27

loud

Question 28

fortissimo

Answer 28

very loud

Question 29

gavotte

Answer 29

baroque dance in 2 time

Question 30

gigue

Answer 30

lively dance suite movement in compound time

Question 31

grazioso

Answer 31

graceful

Question 32

homophonic

Answer 32

chordal, all parts moving together

Question 33

imperfect cadence

Answer 33

any cadence ending on the dominant chord

Question 34

interrupted cadence

Answer 34

a cadence formed of the dominant chord followed by the submediant

Question 35

interval

Answer 35

the distance between two note pitches

Question 36

key

Answer 36

major or minor. it also applies to the sharps or flats in the key signature. sing in key means sing in tune,

Question 37

key-chord

Answer 37

first, third and fifth notes of the scale

Question 38

key note, tonic

Answer 38

first note of the scale or home note

Question 39

largo

Answer 39

slow, broad

Question 40

legato

Answer 40

smooth