Grade 3 Music Performance Directions

"Maestoso" means :

• Merrily

• In the style of a march

• Majestic

• Stately

"Con forza" means:

• Less force

• Not too forceful

• With force

• Very loud

Assai means:

• Very

• More

• Less

• Not

This means :

• 120 crotchet beats in a bar

• 120 crotchet beats in a minute

• 120 crotchet beats in the whole piece

• 120 crotchet beats

What does this mean:

• Short and detached (staccato)

• Smoothly (legato)

• Slightly detached (portato)

• Very detached (staccatissimo)

Tranquillo means:

• quietly

• vigorously

• calm

• broadly

stringendo means :

• accented

• getting faster

• playful

• energetic

sostenuto means :

• sustained

• simply

• similiarly

• sustained

meno means :

• more

• suddenly

• less

• with

How do you play the notes with a small line at the bottom ?

• play with slight pressure

• short and detached

• legato