Indexer
This quiz asks you to identify the meaning of Italian words that are more familiar as terms used in musical notation. Some of these have “escaped” into general usage and – as often as not – been misused! The correct answers here are their meanings as understood by musicians.
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Question of
Piano
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Very quiet
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Softly
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Moderately
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Neither loud nor soft
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Question of
Crescendo
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Loud
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Very loud
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Getting louder
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Not too loud
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Question of
Largo
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Slowly and broadly
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Expressively
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Emphatically
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Rapidly
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Question of
Adagio
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Getting faster
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Slowly
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Quickly
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Getting slower
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Question of
Lento
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Quite slowly
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Quite quickly
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Very slowly
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Very quickly
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Question of
Ritardando
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Gradually slower
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Rapidly slower
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Gradually faster
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Rapidly faster
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Question of
Forte
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Strongly
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Forcefully
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Graciously
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Loudly
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Question of
Vivace
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In a lively manner
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Getting faster
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With emotion
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Loudly
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Question of
A cappella
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Plucking the strings
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Jerkily
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Without instrumental accompaniment
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All together
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Question of
Da Capo
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From the beginning
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In strict tempo
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Repeat three times
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In your own time
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7 out of 10. And I got the toad correct. ? Great quiz! ?
7 out of 10 but my husband helped lol
4 out of 10. Could be better!
Very nice quiz, John. I got 6 correct. Two minor-ish points: I’m not sure there’s any difference between ‘strong’ and ‘loud’; and ‘lento’ is surely a direction to play slowly, rather than very slowly. Compare https://musicterms.artopium.com/l/Lento.htm and http://www.musictheory.org.uk/res-musical-terms/italian-musical-terms.php .
You may have a point! Various sources seem to have different opinions on ‘lento’, although all seem to agree that it is slower than adagio. ‘Lentissimo’ is sometimes used for ‘very slowly’. I suppose we cannot be absolutely sure that different composers used the terms consistently.
wow this is stunning music quiz
I got 6 out of 10…great quiz!
7 out of 10. I would have done better about 10 years ago but I haven’t done much with my limited musical talents.
Interesting to learn more about these terms.
got 8 out of 10 right!
You got 3 out of 10 right!
Could be better
Well, I suppose this is the sort of quiz where you either know the answers or you don’t!
No problem at all, my friend. It’s been a long time since I no longer joined the choir group! I almost forgot all those terms!
Only got 4 correct, used to be familiar with these terms but it has been awhile.
Nice Quiz! I got 7 out of 10 Right!
This is an interesting quiz, not only for I got 9 out of 10, but the topic is one of my favorite 🙂
Congratulations – but where did you slip up?
I made mistake about “lento”. 🙂
Yes – I suppose it is not far from “adagio” – just a question of degree.