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Definition	Term	% Correct
Loud	Forte	87%
Soft	Piano	87%
The clef that cellos and basses play	Bass	82%
A beat in music held for two beats	{Half} Note	82%
Played by just one person	Solo	82%
A beat in music held for one beat	{Quarter} Note	80%
A beat in music held for four beats	{Whole} Note	77%
A beat in music held for 1/8 beat	{Eighth} Note	75%
Very loud	Fortissimo	75%
The clef that violins play	Treble	75%
Getting louder	Crescendo	73%
Getting softer	Diminuendo	73%
A beat in music held for 1/16 beat	{Sixteenth} Note	73%
Somewhat loud	Mezzo Forte	72%
Very soft	Pianissimo	72%
Somewhat soft	Mezzo Piano	70%
A singing range between baritone and alto	Tenor	70%
Fast, quick, and bright	Allegro	68%
The clef that violas play	Alto	67%
At a walking pace	Andante	67%
Notes should be smooth and connected	Legato	67%
A singing range between tenor and bass	Baritone	65%
A period of silence between notes	Rest	65%
Dot that indicates notes should be detached	Staccato	65%
Very fast	Presto	63%
A term marked by two lines and two dots implicating that you have to play the given measure again	Repeat	63%
Moderately	Moderato	62%
Words sang by a vocalist.	Lyrics	60%
Slowing down	Ritardando	58%
Sharps or flats on a staff indicating what key the piece should be played in	Key Signature	55%
Two notes of the same pitch connected by a curve indicating that they are to be played for the combined duration of their time values	Tie	53%
Two numbers divided by a bar after a clef noting what rhythm the piece is played in	Time Signature	53%
A set of five parallel lines and the spaces between them, on which notes are written to indicate their pitch	Staff	52%
Very slow	Largo	50%
For strings, plucked rather than bowed	Pizzicato	50%
Any of several symbols placed at the left-hand end of a staff, indicating the pitch of the notes written on it	Clef	48%
Birdseye that means a note should be held	Fermata	48%
To perform two different notes in one bowing (legato)	Slur	48%
Speeding up	Accelerando	47%
Slow and stately	Adagio	45%
A quavering or vibratory sound, especially a rapid alternation of sung or played notes	Trill	43%
Continuous slide upward or downward between two notes (especially harp)	Glissando	42%
Sweetly	Dolce	40%
Played by all together	Tutti	40%
An extra note added as an embellishment and not essential to the harmony or melody	Grace Note	38%
Chord played in series like a harp	Arpeggio	37%
A time signature indicating 2 or 4 half-note beats in a bar; alla breve	Cut Time	35%
Any of the sections, typically of equal time value, into which a musical composition is divided, shown on a score by vertical lines across the staff; bar	Measure	35%
To be played with the bow, usually after plucking	Arco	25%
Two players reading the same musical staff to divide into two or more voice parts	Divisi	20%
Two notes played on two different strings at the same time	Double Stop	15%
Played with the wood of the bow	Col Legno	10%
Bowing term played louder or more forcefully than the surrounding music	Marcato	10%
Play only on the G string	Sul G	10%
Play with the mute (string instruments)	Con Sord	8%