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Tempo describes the speed at which music is played.

Musical Terms

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There are thousands of words used to describe music. A great many are Italian words. This quiz looks at just a few examples of the basic musical vocabulary you should know. The more you progress in music, the more words you will need to learn so try to remember these basic ones off by heart. It will really help as you move up the grades.

1 .

These are the words which make up a song.

Melody

Harmony

Lyrics

Verse

Some pieces of music have no lyrics - can you think of any?

2 .

Another word for this element of music is 'pulse'.

Rhythm

Beat

Staccato

Texture

Although it may slow down or speed up at times, the beat is steady and predictable, like your heartbeat

3 .

This is the family that is played by hitting or scraping the instruments.

Woodwinds

Percussion

Strings

Brass

Tambourines, triangles and whistles are examples of percussion

4 .

This is the instruction that tells a musician which sharps and flats to play.

Key signature

Time signature

Chord

Dynamics

The key signature tells a musician in which key the music is written - it saves time writing out all the flats or sharps

5 .

The dynamic for 'grow gradually louder' is ____.

ritardando

andante

dolce

crescendo

When a noise becomes quite loud, it is often described as 'rising to a crescendo'

6 .

This is another word for 'note'.

Tone

Volume

Flat

Key

This is an easy one because tone is an anagram of note!

7 .

This describes the speed at which music is played.

Ostinato

Beat

Rhythm

Tempo

Tempo is the Italian word for time

8 .

This is the term for 'very quiet'.

Pianissimo

Allegro

Minim

Forte

Forte means to play loud

9 .

This describes how long a note is held.

Scale

Tempo

Duration

Dynamics

This is an easy one to remember if you already know the meaning of duration

10 .

The leading part in a musical composition is called the ____.

major key

harmony

melody

harmonics

The melody is what you most probably hum or sing when listening to a song - harmony is its accompaniment

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