1. Sr. Band Final / Post-Assessment Review Packet – Part 1 Mr. Doherty

2. Dynamics – how loudly or softly you should play
Piano= Soft
Mezzopiano =
Medium Soft
Mezzoforte =
Medium Loud
Forte=Loud
Crescendo (cresc.)
Means to get louder
Diminuendo (dim)
means to get softer
Pianissimo= Very Soft
Fortissimo= Very Loud

3. Tempo – how fast or slow a piece is to be played, measured in bpm or beats per minute
Grave = Extremely Slow
Largo = Very Slow
Adagio = Slow
Moderato = Moderate Speed
Andante = Walking Speed
Allegro = Fast and joyful
Vivo / Vivace = Very Fast
Accelerando means to get faster
Ritardando means to get slower

4. Rhythm = Four beats in = one beat in = Two beats in = half a beat in
= Three beats in =
The “dot of prolongation adds half of the note value
to the primary note

5. Sixteenth Notes Counted One-e-and-a Counted One-e-a Counted One-and-a

6. Tuplets – a certain number of notes in one beat.
Triplet = 3 notes in one beat in
Quintuplet = 5 notes in one beat in
Septuplet = 7 notes in one beat in

7. Rests – a silence takes the place of a note
Quarter rest = 1 beat
Eighth rest = ½ beat
Half rest = 2 beats
16 rest = ¼ beat
Whole rest = 4 beats
Multiple measure rest (15)

8. Syncopation – when the offbeats (off-beats are accented)
The Entertainer – Ragtime music features many accented offbeats.

9. Simple Meter = the number of beats in a measure which note gets one beat
Cut time means there
are two beats per
measure and a half
note gets a beat
Marches are often in
cut time
4 beats per measure
a quarter note gets
one beat
Common time = 4/4
Three beats per measure
a quarter notes gets a beat
A Waltz is in ¾ time
Five beats per measure
a quarter note gets a beat

10. Compound Meter = the number of beats in a measure which note gets one beat
6 beats per measure
an eighth note
gets a beat

11. Musical Symbols Coda – an added ending on a piece of music Repeat sign
Accent – emphasize this note
Segno, or Italian for sign
D.S. – Dal Segno = back to the sign
D.C. – Da Capo = back to the beginning
Fermata – hold this note until the conductor cuts you off
Caesura – a complete stop in a piece of music

12. Treble and Bass Clef Treble Clef (G Clef) tells you where the note
G is.
Bass Clef (F Clef) tells you where the note F is.

13. Musical Symbols A natural means to play the
Regular note, it gets rid of
A sharp or a flat
Staccato notes are played short and
detatched
Ex.
A sharp raises a note a
half step
Ex.
A flat lowers a note a
half step

14. Musical Terms Tutti – everyone plays Unison – many instruments playing
the same notes
Enharmonic – two different names
for the same note
Interval – the distance between two
notes
Half step – the distance from a note to
it’s “sharp” (Ex. C to C#).
Whole step – two half steps
Ostinato – a repeated musical passage
Ledger lines – notes played outside
the staff
Chromatic Scale – a scale with all half steps
Ritardando – slowing down
Simile – play the notes the same as before
Sforzando – a type of harsh accent
Scale – an ascending series of seven notes
in the pattern WWHWWWH
Divisi – divided parts.
Arpeggio – notes of a chord played seperately.

15. Enharmonics – two different names for the same pitch
Db = ? A# = ?
G# = ? Gb = ?
Bb = ? F# = ?

16. Key Signatures – look at this first when sight reading!
Key of _____
Key of _____
Key of _____
Key of _____
Key of _____
Key of _____

17. Rules – Flats and Sharps
Once a note is flat or sharp in a measure it stays flat or sharp.
A natural will cancel out a previous flat or sharp in a measure.
The bar line cancels out any sharps or flats from the previous measure.
What is the name of the last note?
What is the name of the last note?
What is the name of the last note?