Click on the play button below to listen to an excerpt from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Festival Overture "The Year 1812" in E-flat Major, op. 49.

What is a possible dynamic marking for this excerpt?
(1 point)
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fortissimo
fortissimo

mezzo forte
mezzo forte

mezzo piano
mezzo piano

pianissimo

13 answers

fortissimo
Click on the play button below to listen to an excerpt from Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty.

What is the time signature?
(1 point)
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The two-two time signature is written as the numeral two over the numeral two.
Image with alt text: The two-two time signature is written as the numeral two over the numeral two.

The symbol for three-four time is the numeral three over the numeral four.
Image with alt text: The symbol for three-four time is the numeral three over the numeral four.

four-four time
Image with alt text: four-four time

The symbol for two-four time is the numeral two over the numeral four.
The symbol for three-four time is the numeral three over the numeral four.
Click on the play button below to listen to an excerpt from Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty.

What dynamic concept is used in the performance excerpt?
(1 point)
Responses

decresendo
decresendo

crescendo
crescendo

slur
slur

ritardando
ritardando
crescendo
In The symbol for three-four time is the numeral three over the numeral four. time, how many beats are in one measure?
(1 point)
Responses

3
3

4
4

7
7

12
The correct answer is 3.
A half note is tied to a quarter note. How many beats are they worth?
(1 point)
Responses

1
1

2
2

3
3

4
4
A half note tied to a quarter note is worth 3 beats.
Two notes of the same pitch in two adjoining measures can be joined together by which symbol?
(1 point)
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a dot
a dot

a slur
a slur

a tempo
a tempo

a tie
Two notes of the same pitch in two adjoining measures can be joined together by a tie.
empo refers to what aspect of a piece of music?
(1 point)
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the volume
the volume

the instrumentation
the instrumentation

the speed
the speed

the time signature
Tempo refers to the speed of a piece of music.