Music Appreciation 101 Test 1 Tempo Marking

Question	Answer
Tempo marking for fast	Allegro
Tempo marking for moderately slow; a walking pace	Andante
Sounding the individual tones of a chord one after another, instead of together; broken chord	Arpeggio
Gradual increase in loudness	Crescendo
Texture in which one main melody predominates over a subordinate chordal accompaniment	Homophobic
Smooth, connected style of playing or singing a melody	Legato
Texture of a single melodic line without accompainment	Monophonic
Plucking the strings of a string instrument instead of using a bow	Pizzicato
Texture in which two or more melodies of equal interest are preformed at the same time	Polyphonic
Short, detached style of playing or singing a melody	Staccato

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