Download Matching Symbols crescendo decrescendo natural fermata accent

Instrumental Developmental Record Study Guide - Level 2
Matching Symbols
crescendo
fermata
decrescendo
accent
natural
double bar line
Filling in symbols and number of beats.
Whole Note
Half Note
Quarter Note
Eighth Note
Whole Rest
Half Rest
Quarter Note
Eighth Note
Quarter Beats 1
Eighth Beats
Whole Beats
4
Half Beats
2
½
Vocabulary
Crescendo: to gradually become louder
Decrescendo: to gradually become softer
Tempo: the speed of the music
Ritardando (ritard. or rit.): to gradually slow the tempo
Tie: connects two notes that are the same (alphabet name) together
Slur: connects two different notes together
Solo: one person plays
Soli: whole section plays
Dynamics are the loudness or softness of the music.
4/4 time is often called common time
Time signatures have two numbers. The top number is the number of beats in a measure and the bottom number is
what kind of note gets the beat.
These tempo markings are from fastest to slowest: allegro, moderato, andante
A key signature is made up of sharps or flats placed right after the clef. It tells you what notes will be sharp or flat in the
piece.
A phrase is a musical sentence.
Instrumental Development Record Written Exam – Level 2
Ledger Lines:
You should be able to write out a description of how to play through a piece of music that has: 1st and 2nd endings, D.S. (
) and Coda ( ).
There will be a counting example.