Grade 4 Theory: Italian Terms and Signs

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What is the meaning of 'Scherzando'?

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A joke
Jokingly
Playfully
Joyful

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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

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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

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The meaning of 'arco' is:

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To play with the bow
To play on the bridge
To pluck the strings
To strum the strings

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'Grazioso' means to play:

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Graciously
With grandeur
Gratefully
Gracefully

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'Cantando' means to play in a:

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Joyful style
Calm manner
Contempt manner
Singing style

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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

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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

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Which TWO terms mean 'sadly, plaintively':

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Dolce
Dolente
Dal segno
Doloroso

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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

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What does 'Piacevole' mean?

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Peaceful
Pleasant

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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

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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

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What is the meaning of 'Perdendosi'? Choose the best answer

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Dying away
Fading away

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To play 'softly in an undertone' in Italian is:

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Sotto voce
Sotte voci
Sotte voce
Sotto voci

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'Sul tasto' means to bow near or on the:

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F-holes
Bridge
Neck
Fingerboard

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Pick the upper mordent:

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Lower Mordent (image/png)
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Upper Mordent (image/png)

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Pick the appoggiatura:

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Acciaccatura (image/png)
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Appoggiatura (image/png)

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Spell this symbol correctly:

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Acciaccatura (image/png)

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Acciacatura
Aciaccatura
Acceaccatura
Acciaccatura

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What is this symbol called?

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Turn (image/png)

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Dal Segno
Turn
Infinity
Round

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Choose the best meaning. The meaning of a tenuto is:

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Prolong the note
Make the note twice as long
Hold for full value of note
Make note sound round

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Match this definition with the correct term: A compositional technique in which two or more independent melodies are combined.

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Counterpointer
Counterpont
Counterpoint
Contrapuntal

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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

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

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True
False

Question 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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