ABDSM UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS FULL SOLUTION
GRADED A+
◉ attacca. Answer: go straight on to the next section of music
◉ dolente. Answer: sad, mournful
◉ dolore. Answer: grief (doloroso; sorrowful)
◉ doppio movimento. Answer: twice as fast
◉ estinto. Answer: as soft as possible, lifeless
◉ incalzando. Answer: getting quicker
◉ lacrimoso. Answer: sad
◉ loco. Answer: at the normal pitch (used often to cancel on 8va
direction)
◉ lunga. Answer: long (lunga pausa : long pause)
, ◉ lusingando. Answer: coaxing, in a sweet and persuasive style
◉ misura. Answer: measure (all misura: in strict time; senza misura;
in free time)
◉ ossia. Answer: or, alternatively
◉ piacevole. Answer: pleasant
◉ piangevole. Answer: plaintive, in the style of a lament
◉ pochettino, poch.. Answer: rather little
◉ rinforzando, rf, rfz. Answer: reinforcing
◉ segue. Answer: go straight on
◉ smorzando, smorz.. Answer: dying away in tone and speed
◉ teneramente, tenerezza. Answer: tenderly, tenderness
◉ tosto. Answer: swift, rapid (but often used in the same sense as
troppo)
AND CORRECT ANSWERS FULL SOLUTION
GRADED A+
◉ attacca. Answer: go straight on to the next section of music
◉ dolente. Answer: sad, mournful
◉ dolore. Answer: grief (doloroso; sorrowful)
◉ doppio movimento. Answer: twice as fast
◉ estinto. Answer: as soft as possible, lifeless
◉ incalzando. Answer: getting quicker
◉ lacrimoso. Answer: sad
◉ loco. Answer: at the normal pitch (used often to cancel on 8va
direction)
◉ lunga. Answer: long (lunga pausa : long pause)
, ◉ lusingando. Answer: coaxing, in a sweet and persuasive style
◉ misura. Answer: measure (all misura: in strict time; senza misura;
in free time)
◉ ossia. Answer: or, alternatively
◉ piacevole. Answer: pleasant
◉ piangevole. Answer: plaintive, in the style of a lament
◉ pochettino, poch.. Answer: rather little
◉ rinforzando, rf, rfz. Answer: reinforcing
◉ segue. Answer: go straight on
◉ smorzando, smorz.. Answer: dying away in tone and speed
◉ teneramente, tenerezza. Answer: tenderly, tenderness
◉ tosto. Answer: swift, rapid (but often used in the same sense as
troppo)