Choir Semester Final Review

What does STACCATO mean?

• Smooth & connected

• Short & Soft

• Fast & Accented

• Short & detached

What does TEMPO mean?

• Sweetly

• Rate of speed

• Legato

• Getting faster

What is a KEY SIGNATURE?

• Sharps or flats which establish DO

• Designates when to increase volume

• Designates which clef to use

• Sharps or flats which establish tempo

What is a REST?

• Indicates where DO is on the staff

• A symbol used to denote silence

• A pattern of tones in a specific order

• A symbol used to get louder

What does LEGATO mean?

• Smooth & connected

• Short & soft

• Fast & accented

• Short & detached

What does RITARDANDO mean?

• Become softer

• Grand pause

• Gradually slower

• Gradually faster

What does ACCELERANDO mean?

• Become softer

• Grand pause

• Gradually slower

• Gradually faster

What does MEZZO PIANO mean?

• Medium soft

• Medium loud

• Very soft

• Very loud

What does FORTISSIMO mean?

• Medium soft

• Medium loud

• Very soft

• Very loud

What does CRESCENDO mean?

• To get faster

• To get softer

• To get louder

• To get slower