1. Year 9 - Starter Activity
Please place your homework clearly on your desk ready to be looked at.
Now match the word to its correct meaning using the paper provided:
Pitch - the speed of the music – fast/slow
Tempo - the length of the sounds – long/short
Dynamics - the number of sounds playing at once thick/thin
Duration - how high or low the music is
Texture - the sound of the music – tinny, reedy, strings, brass etc.
Timbre - the volume of the music – loud/quiet
Can you remember what the following mean?
pp ff f crescendo p
diminuendo mf mp