Grade 4 Theory: Italian Terms and Signs

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Use this quiz as revision as many times you like before the grade 4 theory exam :)
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Frage 1

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What is the meaning of 'Scherzando'?
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  • A joke
  • Jokingly
  • Playfully
  • Joyful

Frage 2

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What is the meaning of the tempo marking 'Grave'?
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  • At a walking pace
  • At a slow walking pace
  • Slow and solemn
  • Slow and slovenly

Frage 3

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What is the meaning of 'Pesante'?
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  • Play like a pesant
  • Play heavily
  • Play clumsily
  • Play with heavy hands

Frage 4

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The meaning of 'arco' is:
Antworten
  • To play with the bow
  • To play on the bridge
  • To pluck the strings
  • To strum the strings

Frage 5

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'Grazioso' means to play:
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  • Graciously
  • With grandeur
  • Gratefully
  • Gracefully

Frage 6

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'Cantando' means to play in a:
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  • Joyful style
  • Calm manner
  • Contempt manner
  • Singing style

Frage 7

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Which part of a stringed instrument would you play on for 'Sul ponticello'?
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  • Bow between the bridge and fine tuners
  • Bow near the bridge and F-holes
  • Bow between the bridge and fingerboard
  • Bow on or near the bridge

Frage 8

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What is the meaning of 'Rinforzando'?
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  • Play with a ringing tone
  • Play with a reinforcing tone
  • Play rigidly
  • Play roughly what the music says

Frage 9

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Which TWO terms mean 'sadly, plaintively':
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  • Dolce
  • Dolente
  • Dal segno
  • Doloroso

Frage 10

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What is the meaning of 'Smorzando'? Choose the best answer
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  • Dying away
  • Fading away
  • Getting quieter
  • To watch a smouldering fire

Frage 11

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What does 'Piacevole' mean?
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  • Peaceful
  • Pleasant

Frage 12

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Which TWO terms mean almost the same thing:
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  • A tempo
  • Tempo commodo
  • Tempo giusto
  • L'istesso tempo

Frage 13

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How should a musician play when they see a 'tremolo' sign?
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  • Bowing slowly to create a warping sound
  • Bowing rapidly to sound like a bee
  • Bowing rapidly to produce a shimmering or wavering effect
  • Bowing rapidly to produce a shimmering or wave-like effect

Frage 14

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What is the meaning of 'Perdendosi'? Choose the best answer
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  • Dying away
  • Fading away

Frage 15

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To play 'softly in an undertone' in Italian is:
Antworten
  • Sotto voce
  • Sotte voci
  • Sotte voce
  • Sotto voci

Frage 16

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'Sul tasto' means to bow near or on the:
Antworten
  • F-holes
  • Bridge
  • Neck
  • Fingerboard

Frage 17

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Pick the upper mordent:

Frage 18

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Pick the appoggiatura:

Frage 19

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Spell this symbol correctly:
Antworten
  • Acciacatura
  • Aciaccatura
  • Acceaccatura
  • Acciaccatura

Frage 20

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What is this symbol called?
Antworten
  • Dal Segno
  • Turn
  • Infinity
  • Round

Frage 21

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Choose the best meaning. The meaning of a tenuto is:
Antworten
  • Prolong the note
  • Make the note twice as long
  • Hold for full value of note
  • Make note sound round

Frage 22

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Match this definition with the correct term: A compositional technique in which two or more independent melodies are combined.
Antworten
  • Counterpointer
  • Counterpont
  • Counterpoint
  • Contrapuntal

Frage 23

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Match this definition with the correct term: The ADJECTIVE used to describe music which combines two or more independent melodies.
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  • Counterpointal
  • Contrapuntal
  • Counterpoint
  • Conterpuntal

Frage 24

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Chromatic notes are two notes a semitone apart with different letter names.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 25

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Which of the following intervals are diatonic? Hint: there may be more than one correct answer.
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  • C-C#
  • C-Db
  • B#-C
  • D-E
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