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Senior Music: Performance Directions 1
What is the meaning of 'prestissimo'?
What does 'ritenuto' mean?
Senior Music: Performance Directions 1
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What does 'ritenuto' mean?
A repeated section in a piece of music
To suddenly decrease speed
A type of pacific guitar
A group of instruments in a baroque concerto
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What is the meaning of 'prestissimo'?
To suddenly get faster
To play at an extremely fast tempo
A type of food made with basil and pine nuts
An instruction for piano players to use the left pedal
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What is the best translation of 'mezzo'?
Medium
Middle
Most
Moderate
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What is the meaning of 'andante'?
Play at a moderate speed
Play with a moderately fast tempo
Play with a moderately slow tempo
The performer is to dance while playing the music
5
What is the meaning of 'adagio'?
To play very slowly and solemnly
To play fast with loud accented beats
To play quickly with short detached notes
To play slowly, leisurely and gracefully
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What is the meaning of 'legato'?
To play short and detached notes
To play as slowly as possible
To stand up while playing
To play smoothly in a flowing manner
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What is the best translation of 'sempre'?
Never
Slowly
Lovingly
Always
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What is the meaning of 'pianissimo'?
To play moderately softly
To play very quickly
A type of music written specifically for a piano
To play very softly
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What is the meaning of 'pizzicato'?
A type of small coffee made using ice cream
A type of string technique indicating short, detached bowing
A piano technique where the player uses detached notes
A string technique where the players pluck the strings
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What is the meaning of 'allegro'?
Play quickly/briskly
A type of Mexican guitar
Play violently, with anger
Speed up gradually
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What is the meaning of 'moderato'?
A singer with a voice pitched between tenor and alto
A medium sized instrument
To play at a moderate volume
To play at a moderate speed
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What is the meaning of 'rallentando'?
To get gradually slower
To suddenly get slower
To get gradually faster
To suddenly get faster
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What is the meaning of 'largo'?
A room or large cupboard for storing food
A large group of instruments
Play slowly and in a dignified way
Only the largest instruments should play
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What is the beset translation of 'senza'?
Scottish
Fast
Simple
Free
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What is the meaning of 'diminuendo'?
A type of triad
The ending of a piece of music
A clashing sound
To gradually get quieter
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What does 'staccato' mean?
To play the notes faster
To suddenly stop playing
An indication for string players to pluck the notes
To play short, detached notes
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What is the meaning of 'forte'?
Loud
Fast
Soft
Slow
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What an'opus'?
A type of glass instrument similar to a chime
A composer's first composition
A specific composition or group of compositions
An illegal drug/substance
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What is the meaning of 'crescendo'?
To gradually get louder
The loudest point of the music
A type of cymbal in a drum kit
The climax in a film or story
