What is the term for the speed at which a piece of music is played?

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What is the term for the speed at which a piece of music is played?

A. Rhythm

B. Tempo

C. Melody

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B. Tempo

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Answer 1

D. Harmony

Answer 2

A. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Answer 3

B. Giuseppe Verdi

Answer 4

C. Richard Wagner

Answer 5

D. Johann Sebastian Bach

Answer 6

C. Calypso

Answer 7

C. Arpeggio

Answer 8

D. Cadence

Answer 9

A. Diminution

Answer 10

B. Augmentation

Answer 11

C. Retrograde

Answer 12

D. Transposition

Answer 13

A. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Answer 14

B. Johannes Brahms

Answer 15

C. Richard Strauss

Answer 16

D. Franz Liszt

Answer 17

A. Four beats per measure, quarter note gets the beat

Answer 18

B. Three beats per measure, quarter note gets the beat

Answer 19

C. Two beats per measure, half note gets the beat

Answer 20

D. Four beats per measure, half note gets the beat

Answer 21

A. Portugal

Answer 22

D. Argentina

Answer 23

B. Trumpet

Answer 24

A. Xylophone

Answer 25

B. Tambourine

Answer 26

C. Maracas

Answer 27

D. Triangle

Answer 28

B. Staccato

Answer 29

C. Pizzicato

Answer 30

D. Sforzando

Answer 31

A. They are played with a bow

Answer 32

B. They have keys and holes

Answer 33

C. They are made of brass

Answer 34

D. They use a mouthpiece to produce sound

Answer 35

B. Kapa Haka

Answer 36

C. Polynesian

Answer 37

D. Taonga puoro

Answer 38

A. Ternary

Answer 39

D. Sonata-Allegro

Answer 40

B. Hip Hop

Answer 41

D. Country

Answer 42

A. Ludwig van Beethoven

Answer 43

B. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Answer 44

C. Johann Sebastian Bach

Answer 45

D. Franz Schubert

Answer 46

A. Anton�n Dvor�k

Answer 47

B. Franz Schubert

Answer 48

C. Richard Strauss

Answer 49

D. Gustav Mahler

Answer 50

A. Richard Wagner

Answer 51

B. Johann Sebastian Bach

Answer 52

C. Giuseppe Verdi

Answer 53

D. Claude Debussy

Answer 54

A. Baile Funk

Answer 55

B. Forr�

Answer 56

A. Staccato

Answer 57

C. Crescendo

Answer 58

D. Fortissimo

Answer 59

B. Ternary

Answer 60

D. Sonata-Allegro

Answer 61

A. Interval

Answer 62

D. Harmony

Answer 63

A. Ludwig van Beethoven

Answer 64

B. Franz Schubert

Answer 65

C. Franz Joseph Haydn

Answer 66

D. Johannes Brahms

Answer 67

A. George Frideric Handel

Answer 68

B. Franz Joseph Haydn

Answer 69

C. Johann Sebastian Bach

Answer 70

D. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Answer 71

A. Dancehall

Answer 72

C. Calypso

Answer 73

D. Dubstep

Answer 74

A. Crescendo

Answer 75

B. Diminuendo

Answer 76

C. Fortissimo

Answer 77

D. Decrescendo

Answer 78

A. Double Bass

Answer 79

A. Sonata-Allegro

Answer 80

D. Ternary

Answer 81

C. Symphony

Answer 82

D. Concerto

Answer 83

B. Allegro

Answer 84

A. Ludwig van Beethoven

Answer 85

B. Johannes Brahms

Answer 86

C. Richard Wagner

Answer 87

D. Franz Schubert

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