essica is listening to her sister play the piano. In the first section of the piece, the music is at a moderate volume. Suddenly, in the second section, the music becomes loud. If Jessica looked at the score for this piece of music, what notation would she MOST likely see at the beginning of the second section?

Question

Question 6 options:

piano

forte

accelerando

ritardando

Answer 1

In music notation, "piano" indicates a soft volume, while "forte" indicates a loud volume. Given the context of the question where the music suddenly becomes loud in the second section, Jessica would most likely see the term "forte" at the beginning of that section.

The other two options, "accelerando" (which means to gradually increase in speed) and "ritardando" (which means to gradually slow down), relate to tempo rather than volume. Therefore, the correct answer is:

forte