ABRSM Music Theory Grade 1-5 Performance Directions Questions and Answers

ABRSM Music Theory Grade 1-5
Performance Directions

crescendo (cresc.) - answer gradually getting louder

diminuendo (dim.) - answer gradually getting quieter

slur - answer perform notes legato-ly

octave - answer

play an octave higher - answer

play an octave lower - answer

staccato (stacc.) - answer short, detached

> - answeraccent

repeat signs - answer

accelerando (accel.) - answergradually getting quicker

allegretto - answerfairly quick

allegro - answerquick (cheerful)

andante - answermedium, walking speed

da capo (D.C) - answerrepeat from the beginning

decrescendo (decresc.) - answergradually getting quieter

fine - answerthe end

legato - answersmooth

lento - answerslow

fortissimo (ff) - answervery loud

mezzo forte (mf) - answermoderately loud

, forte (f) - answerloud

mezzo - answerhalf

moderato - answermoderately

allegro moderato - answermoderately quick

pianissimo (pp) - answervery quiet

piano - answerquiet

mezzo piano (mp) - answermoderately quiet

poco - answera little

rallentando (rall.) - answergradually getting slower

ritardando (ritard. or rit.) - answergradually getting slower

ritenuto (riten. or rit.) - answerheld back

a tempo - answerin time

M.M - answerMaelzel's Metrenome

a - answerat, to, for, by, in (the style of)

al, alla - answerto the, in the manner of

alla marcia - answerin the style of marching

allargando - answerbroadening

andantino - answerslightly slower

assai - answervery

con, col - answerwith

dolce - answersweet, soft

e, ed - answerand

espressivo (espress. or espr.) - answerespressive