Semester Exam
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. Forte
A. Position ___ in a countable series of things
2. Piano
B. A pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
3. Dynamics
C. A commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines
4. Phrasing
D. A musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
5. Quarter
E. Muscles between the ribs
6. Eighth
F. The accent in a metrical foot of verse
7. Rest
G. Something left after other parts have been taken away
8. Stem
H. A formation of people or things one beside another
9. Line
I. A musical composition or musical passage to be performed loudly
10. Space
J. A shallow box in which seedlings are started
11. Intercostal
K. An efficient incentive (plural)
12. Tone
L. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
13. Sharp
M. A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
14. Flat
N. Keyboard instrument with black and white keys
15. Cadence
O. The vast area beyond Earth's atmosphere
16. Major
P. A district of a city having some distinguishing character
17. Triad
Q. The grouping of musical ___ in a melodic line
18. Scale
R. The property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
19. Pitch
S. Tool for weighing things; also a set of musical notes