Quiz Unit 1.3

Rhythm is

• ordered durations of sounds and silences

• how to keep a beat

• a regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time

• organization of beats into regular groups

Tempo is

• when an accented note comes where we normally would not expect one

• a note emphasized most obviously by being played louder than the notes around it

• the speed of the beat

• an apparatus that produces ticking sounds or flashes of light at any desired musical speed

Moderato

• very slow, broad

• moderately slow, walking pace

• moderate

• moderately fast

• fast

Largo is

• very slow, broad

• very slow, solemn

• slow

• moderately slow, walking pace

• as fast as possible

Adagio is

• very slow, broad

• slow

• moderately slow, walking pace

• very fast

• as fast as possible

Grave is

• very slow, broad

• very slow, solemn

• slow

• moderately slow, walking pace

• moderate

• moderately fast

• fast

• lively

• very fast

• as fast as possible

Andante is

• moderately slow, walking pace

• moderate

• moderately fast

• very fast

• as fast as possible

Allegretto is

• moderately fast

• fast

• lively

• very fast

• as fast as possible

Allegro is

• moderately fast

• fast

• lively

• very fast

• as fast as possible

Vivace is

• moderate

• moderately fast

• fast

• lively

• very fast