Music Terminology Quiz

These lines separate the staff into measures

• bar lines

• staff lines

• measure lines

• note lines

A combination of long and short note sounds found in the melody

• melody

• harmony

• rhythm

• tempo

A symbol which means to gradually get softer

• crescendo

• forte

• decrescendo

• piano

Groupings of beats on a staff, separated by bar lines

• measure

• note

• clef

• staff

A symbol which means to gradually get louder

• forte

• piano

• crescendo

• diminuendo

To gradually slow down the tempo

• accelerando

• ritardando

• staccato

• legato

A note that gets one-half beat of sound

• quarter

• eighth

• half

• whole

To gradually speed up the tempo

• accelerando

• ritardando

• staccato

• legato

The five lines and four spaces on which notes are placed

• staff

• clef

• scale

• measure

The speed of the beat

• tempo

• rhythm

• pitch

• dynamics