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Sheet 1 1st Grade Multiple Choice QuizContents Sheet 2 1st Grade Wordsearch Sheet 3 1st Grade Crossword Puzzle Sheet 4 1st Grade Scrambled Words Sheet 5 2nd Grade Multiple Choice Quiz Sheet 6 2nd Grade Wordsearch Sheet 7 2nd Grade Crossword Puzzle Sheet 8 2nd Grade Scrambled Words Sheet 9 Fallen Letters Easy Level Sheet 10 Wordsearch and Puzzle Sheet 11 Double Puzzles 1 Sheet 12 3rd Grade Multiple Choice Quiz Sheet 13 3rd Grade Wordsearch Sheet 14 3rd Grade Crossword Puzzle Sheet 15 3rd Grade Scrambled Words Sheet 16 4th Grade Multiple Choice Quiz Sheet 17 4th Grade Crossword Puzzle Sheet 18 4th Grade Wordsearch Sheet 19 4th Grade Scrambled Words Sheet 20 Trivia Quiz Sheet 21 Crossword and Puzzle Sheet 22 Double Puzzles 2 Sheet 23 Fallen Letters Difficult Level Sheet 24 Word lists with English meanings

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Fine Staccato Crescendo At an easy Slowly Adagio walking Andante Short, Staccato pace detached Allegro A tempo Presto

Forte Ritenuto Rallentando Gradually Gradually Loud Presto becoming Accelerando becoming Ritenuto slower A tempo louder Crescendo Diminuendo

Forte Allegro Gradually Andante The end Fine Moderately Allegretto becoming Ritardando fast slower Da capo Adagio Dal segno

Andante Diminuendo Adagio Gradually Soft Piano Moderato Lively Andante becoming and fast Fine softer Rallentando Allegro

Adagio Presto Allegro At a Very fast Lento Immediately Ritenuto slower moderate Moderato speed Presto Staccato Piano

Staccato Allegro Pianissimo Fine Gradually Smoothly Crescendo Moderately Piu mosso becoming soft Legato faster Accelerando Mezzo piano

Adagio Decrescendo Moderato Gradually Return to Moderately former Da capo becoming Crescendo Rallentando softer loud speed A tempo Presto Mezzo forte

Copyright © Beatrice Wilder 1996 Descriptive Words Name ...... Sheet 2 1st Grade Wordsearch Find music terms reading across, up, down or diagonally for each of the English meanings and draw circles around them. Write the music terms on the dotted lines. A C C E L E R A N D O B O E O O O N A I P Z U B D I L N T A D T A O D N A T N E L L A R Z N A L L E G R E T T O G I O B E R C A B P C Y M P E T P F Z U E P R E S T O M L A P O O O N D D O E O W E F R R O Z Z D I O B R I S T U D I I C Z Z N M M C G Y A C A T W D O E E E I E A E S V N E C W N H M M C D D B L C D N E N C H B E A S A Q K L O U F A N D A N T E E P O J A T X K M T I O T G S R S N D O L U E T R O F X S I C

Gradually becoming faster ...... Moderately soft ......

Return to former speed ...... Very fast ......

Gradually becoming slower ...... Slowly ......

Gradually becoming slower ...... Lively and fast ......

At an easy walking pace ...... Immediately slower......

Gradually becoming louder ...... Short, detached......

Gradually becoming softer ...... Moderately fast ......

Gradually becoming softer ...... Moderately loud ......

The end ...... Soft ......

At a moderate speed ...... Loud ......

Smoothly, well connected ...... A little ......

3 ACROSS 4 4. Gradually becoming softer 5 6 5. Gradually becoming slower 7 8 9. Gradually becoming softer 9 10 10. Low female voice

11 11. Short for diminuendo 12 12. Gradually becoming louder 13 14. Smoothly, well connected 14 15 16 15. At a moderate speed 17

18 19 18. Slowly 20 20. Short, detached

DOWN 1. Lively and fast 8. Return to former speed 2. The end 10. At an easy walking pace 3. Gradually becoming faster 13. Short for `crescendo' 4. Another word for `duet' 16. Two musicians performing together 6. Each bar is separated by a bar _ _ _ _ 17. Short for `ritenuto' 7. Gradually becoming slower 19. Loud

Name two words that both mean `Gradually becoming softer'

______Name two similar sounding words that both mean `Gradually becoming slower'

______

Unscramble the words and draw lines joining the words to their meanings.

a o r c n t d a o l c e a a n e l g e a l r e d n

slowly o a d r u l a t at an easy walking pace t e n t n rnl e i o at a moderate speed lively and fast very fast o a d o m d t g a i gradually becoming r e faster a o gradually becoming slower immediately slower, or o held back c s d r o c e t s a t e c n gradually becoming a c louder gradually becoming softer

r loud s f t r p o e o e soft t smoothly, well connected detached, short u g p m e t l i a o o i n n a o n i d d e

Sempre Allegretto Moderately Giocoso Always Vivace short and Pianissimo Lively, Leggiero detached spirited Piu Mezzo staccato Vivace

Giocoso al fine Senza A little Poco The Sempre beginning Dal segno Without Leggiero Da capo Sostenuto

Cantabile Fortissimo Vivace Very loud Lightly Molto Piu mosso Slower Meno mosso Leggiero Mezzo forte Cantabile

Senza Vivace Molto Sustained Maestoso From the Piu mosso Moderately Meno mosso sign Sostenuto Dal segno Mezzo

Largo Piu mosso Allegro Broadly Vivo Becoming Vivace broader Movement Mosso Mezzo Allargando Vivo

Allegro Fortissimo Mezzo Slowly Lento Very soft Pianissimo Lively, Piu mosso spirited Vivace Piu mosso Vivo

Leggiero Molto Leggiero

Majestic Molto Very Mezzo Quicker Piu mosso Maestoso Vivo Vivo

Copyright © Beatrice Wilder 1996 Descriptive Words Name ...... Sheet 6 2nd Grade Wordsearch Find music terms reading across, up, down or diagonally for each of the English meanings and draw circles around them. Write the music terms on the dotted lines. A H E C T P K G C F N B T X J L M A E S T O S O C O P T P E L E K H K A S R A M O L T O V A R C C A N T A B I L E F L A R P I A N I S S I M O G M E U G M R P S L R T E D T G S C O A E B S M L X N T N U I Q A T N S I H I Q O D L W N E N V P D M D N R M A X A M E R T I Y O O N P O C Z S R L T O U V Q Z R G S A B N L G Z S M I A S Z P S P V V E E O L O E Q R E E O O P D I S N Y S S Q G H S M S E Z H A V T S Z F I J N C I U N B P C R O O U L N M J O

The beginning...... Moderately......

From the sign...... Quicker......

Slowly ...... Very soft ......

Becoming broader...... A little......

In a singing style...... Very......

Very loud...... Always......

Broadly...... Without......

Lightly...... Sustained......

Majestic...... Lively, spirited......

Slower...... Lively, spirited......

Some of these are words that you should remember from First Grade

1 2 3 DOWN

4 5 6 2. Sign 7 8 3. Less 9 10 4. In a singing style 11 5. _ _ _ _ notes have a deep sound 12 13 6. A little 14 8. Movement 15 16 17 10. Moderately fast 18 13. Very soft 19 20 15. Smoothly, well connected 21 16. Immediately slower 22 23 24 25 18. Lively, spirited

26 27 19. Slowly 21. More 23. To write music we use _ _ _ _ _ 25. Fine

ACROSS

1. Sempre 15. Broadly 4. Da _ _ _ _ , the beginning 17. Becoming broader 7. Without 20. Lively, spirited 8. Very 21. Very fast 9. Majestic 22. Soft 11. Dal _ _ _ _ _ , from the sign 24. A musical work 12. Count beats in each _ _ _ of music 26. Forte 14. Lightly 27. Sustained

Which words mean `From the beginning to the word Fine'

______

Unscramble the words and draw lines joining the words to their meanings.

a l c i s n a p o o m o c tb o su p e i

m p a g s e rl o always e r a little becoming broader broadly g n r d l g l i o from the sign s oe e e g a in a singing style lightly lively, spirited nl a v i a r e majestic a g o c v a d l quicker sustained very loud i m s s a p ea o very soft i i s s o o t n m without

u e s i s n s f t e s o t s r i o z a o t o m n

All the letters have fallen out of this puzzle and become mixed up. They need to be put back. Place the descriptive word(s) in the top line and the correct meanings in the lines below. Use each letter only once.

a a n e a t e a l y n c e o r a l d a t a w n k i d n s y g u c e l a b e t e m i p a l g a c n e n g f a c o r a d s r

l o e t h l y o m a g e o w e l s t l c o a n n t f s d h g o n e m o c d e t n i r s g l e

d a o r e r o t m o g i d a n e r s m a p e d e u b o r g a y l d t e a d e a t l r s n o c a d o r m a w l t i

O E O T A M I N A G O O O O E Choose Wordjust one letter Puzzle from each C T A Z N E S Z A U J B E I R of the words to make a new word which means O N J B E N M A R C A T O W P “reinforcing the tone” L E O T O M N O C P C V F R M f o r t e O M I S S I T S E R P A M E E s s a R A O L L I U Q N A R T T O S a i R G D R R O E C A V I V D T R l e n t o R R N R I Y T M O R E N D O A f o r t e D A E O S T T T D P A R I F R m o l t o I L G T O E I H E Z E C L O D g r a v e O D N A L A C V R H O M D I E s e n z a A K I T U T I O S O G T O T V q u a s i J G R I T V F U C S X R L M R p i a n o P T T G O S P O A G B X A O B d o l c e C D S A Q O P I A N O T T L M l a r g o

1. With agitation ...... 13. Very ......

2. Soft ...... 14. Dying away ......

3. With animation ...... 15. A work or group of works ......

4. Go on at once ...... 16. A little ......

5. Well marked ...... 17. Extremely fast ......

6. Getting softer and slower ...... 18. With resolution ......

7. With movement ...... 19. Always ......

8. Soft and sweet ...... 20. Without ......

9. Lively, spirited ...... 21. A strong accent ......

10. Broadly ...... 22. Pressing on faster ......

11. Rather broadly ...... 23. Calmly ......

Unscramble each of the clue words. Unscramble the letters in the circled squares to find another word.

t e u t o n c o o l s s i a a n a z e s o m l o t s p o r t e p i n o a s a s i a f r o t e u b o a r t

“with animation” “in a singing style”

p o m e t g a v e r n i f e c o o p t u b o i s c a n d o l a c o d l e g r o a l p r e e m s c a v v i e

“very loud” “lightly”

Morendo Allegretto Animato Release Broadly Largamente the soft Tre corde With Attacca pedal agitation Risoluto Sforzando Agitato

Tranquillo Una Corda Con forza Calmly Calando Soft and Con anima sweet Ad libitum With feeling Dolce Dolce Con brio

Con forza Risoluto Animato With With force Ad libitum With Con anima Con moto resolution animation Con anima Agitato Opus

Main gauche Una corda Opus Right hand Main droite Well Prestissimo At normal Loco marked pitch Ben marcato Ben marcato Una corda

Con brio Animato Attacca Go on With grace Con moto At pleasure Ad libitum at once Risoluto Con grazia Con brio Calando

Agitato Prestissimo Con brio Rather Animato Extremely Con moto With Tranquillo broadly fast movement Larghetto Agitato Con moto

Morendo Sforzando Una corda With the Dying Dolce away A strong Calando soft pedal Opus accent Risoluto Con moto Fortepiano

Copyright © Beatrice Wilder 1996 Descriptive Words Name ...... Sheet 13 3rd Grade Wordsearch Find music terms reading across, up, down or diagonally for each of the English meanings and draw circles around them. Write the music terms on the dotted lines. P U M O R E N D O T A M I N A O R F C O O T U L O S I R O X P X E K T V L N L B C Y L L I P L A S A E L B E B O M K L U J Z Z O T A C R A M N E B I Y G A R T I I P L U Q A T L U O E A O Y G B S T O O N G A Q D C T F D A L I S W D I Y R N N D T N O N B L O I W M E G A A M A O X I A R O T M A E H R L R C C L F H Z O C O O I E T A I C D C O N B R I O M Y T I C J A I Z A R G N O C R N T X N H B W C C C J Q E F G T O J J M A Z R Y Q C O P U S R J C J

Calmly...... With movement......

At pleasure, quite freely...... Soft and sweet......

With agitation...... Broadly......

With animation...... Rather broadly......

Go on at once...... At normal pitch......

Well marked...... Dying away......

Getting softer & slower...... A work or group of works......

With feeling...... Extremely fast......

With spirit...... With resolution......

With force...... A strong accent......

Some of these are words that you should remember from previous grades.

2 3 ACROSS 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3. _ _ _ _ droite, Right hand 11 6. A strong accent 12 7. Calmly 13 14

15 11. Rather broadly 16 17 14. Extremely fast 18 19 16. Go on at once 20 21

22 17. Sustained 23 20. Majestic 24 25 22. With movement 26 27 23. With spirit 24. part of a horn opposite the mouthpiece 26. Slowly 27. Slowly DOWN

1. Music is written on this 12. With resolution 2. Broadly 13. Used to join two staves together 3. Very 15. A little 4.Two musicians playing together 18. Always 5. Becoming broader 19. At normal pitch 8. With agitation 21. Without 9. A work or group of works 22. Getting softer and slower 10. Soft and sweet 25. A violin is played with one of these

Which words mean `Release the soft pedal' ______

Which words mean `With feeling' ______

Unscramble the words and draw lines joining the words to their meanings.

o p o t d n t s m l s o i i o c a a c s e n o r m

rather broadly d m g a o t i o n e t extremely fast, as fast r o a as possible with movement getting softer and g t o slower t c l h t a a a r t e dying away c a a strong accent with agitation f s e b n go on at once c o t o z o n a a d a m r r with animation calmly with grace z f m a o n a a c o with force i n t r o soft and sweet well marked

r t c o z n u l a o a n i e d c l o g r i q l a

Doloroso Assai Ad libitum Pleasant, Gracefully Subito agreeable Non troppo Quite Attacca freely Grazioso Piacevole Assai

Cantando Scherzando Perdendosi In a Suddenly Subito Cantando Dying Smorzando singing away Dolente style Sotto voce Calando

Sotto voce Piacevole Dolente Sadly, Heavily Rubato Reinforcing Rubato Tenuto the tone plaintively Pesante Rinforzando Risoluto

Tenuto Tempo commodo Piacevole At a Held Quasi Tempo giusto Playfully Loco comfortable Grave speed Tenuto Scherzando

Assai Doloroso Smorzando Slow and Very Assai Not too Non troppo Grave much solemn Giocoso Portamento Quasi

Cantando Sotto voce Pianissimo Gay, merry Giocoso Softly, in an Con moto Lightly Piacevole undertone Stringendo Tenuto Leggiero

Perdendosi Gracioso Cantando A smooth In a Fading Non troppo Portamento Giocoso away gliding from singing style Risoluto note to note Smorzando Sotto voce

Copyright © Beatrice Wilder 1996 Descriptive Words Name ...... Sheet 17 4th Grade Wordsearch Find music terms reading across, up, down or diagonally for each of the English meanings and draw circles around them. Write the music terms on the dotted lines. O Y O S O C O I G O P B P N Z E D K Q C P I U D Q F S O L G K R N D N H I N N B T M R T U O H C A X W E D O E I O T C Q G K D A Z G E R M O S R A X Q E R P Q N R R P Z O O Z M K Q Q E A I W T O A E A D A E G O U N R Z A G A F V X N N N M H A T T U I C V N N E E D T Z U S L T U M O E E D I D O O Y E I A S S A C S V O O R T T B E E T N A S E P O O D E A I Y F O S O R O L O D P L P B B F G R J P Q D O L E N T E U U M R T E N U T O T S W M C R S O S

Very...... Reinforcing the tone......

In a singing style...... With some freedom in the time......

Dying away...... Slow and solemn......

Gracefully...... Pressing on faster......

Gay, merry...... As if, as it were......

Suddenly...... At a consistent speed......

Fading away...... Pleasant, agreeable......

Heavily...... Sadly, plaintively......

Playfully...... Sadly, plaintively......

Held...... A smooth gliding from note to note......

Some of these are words that you should remember from previous grades. 1 2

3 ACROSS 4 1. A smooth gliding from 5 6 7 note to note.

8 9 4. Gracefully 10 7. As if, as it were 11 10. Reinforcing the tone 12 13 12. In a singing style 14 14. Playfully 17. Without 15 16 17

18 19 19. Sadly, plaintively 20 21 20. Gay, merry 22 23 22. Beats in a bar in simple duple time

24 23. Heavily

25 24. Less 25. Go on at once 26 26. Forte

DOWN

1. Fading away 11. Dying away 2. Held 13. Sadly, plaintively 3. Very 15. At normal pitch 5. With some freedom in the time 16. A little 6. Pressing on faster 18. Pleasant, agreeable 8. Slow and solemn 21. Suddenly 9. With animation

Which words mean `Release the soft pedal' ______

Which words mean `With feeling' ______

Unscramble the words and draw lines joining the words to their meanings.

p a m r n n d n s o z o i p e t d e e o e a s r s d

e slow and solemn t o g r u a t e v fading away n dying away heavily a o n t a a c t p e in a singing style o t n o r m n d held pleasant, agreeable a smooth gliding from e c p i note to note c o o s o a l v e i g o sadly, plaintively gay, merry gracefully i n d b s t very t e u o o l e playfully suddenly

z e o a g s s s r s o o c a i c n d a h r i a

1. This word means ‘at an easy A. Allegro B. Allegretto walking pace’: C. Andante D. A tempo

2. Go back to the beginning and play until A. piu mosso B. da capo al fine you come to a word that means ‘the end’: C. dal segno D. mezzo staccato

3. Reinforcing the tone: A. Rinforzando B. Smorzando C. Maestozo D. Non troppo

4. To play extremely fast, or as fast as you A. Allegro B. Prestissimo possibly can: C. Presto D. Stringendo

5. This really means ‘stolen time’ or that you A. Rubato B. Morendo can use a little freedom with the time: C. Accelerando D. Decrescendo

6. Play loudly and then immediately get A. Tempo giusto B. Loco soft again: C. Fortepiano D. Agitato

7. ‘Dolente’ and ‘doloroso’ both mean: A. Dying away B. Fading away C. Slow and solemn D. Sadly, plaintively

8. ‘Rallentando’ and ‘ritardando’ both mean: A. gradually get faster B. gradually get louder C. Gradually get slower D. gradually get softer

9. Words that mean ‘to play at a A. Tempo commodo B. Tempo giusto comfortable speed’: C. A tempo D. L’istesso tempo

10. A smooth gliding from note to note: A. Pesante B. Pianissimo C. Portamento D. Piacevole

11. Release the soft pedal: A. Una corda B. Tre corde C. Con anima D. Sotto voce

12. To return to the former speed: A. Con brio B. Tempo giusto C. Dal segno D. A tempo

1 DOWN

2 3 1. Very fast 2. Soft 4 5 3. Becoming broader 6 5. Very loud 7 9. From the sign 8 10. Quicker

9 10 12. Always 11 15. Broadly 12 16. A little 13

14 15

17 18

ACROSS Word Puzzle 4. In a singing style Choose just one letter from each of the words to make 6. Sustained a new word which means “sadly, plaintively” 7. Lively, spirited d o l c e 8. Moderately fast m o l t o 10. Very soft l a r g o 11. Without 13. Majestic f o r t e 14. Lightly s e n z a 15. Slowly l e n t o 17. Very g r a v e 18. Moderately

Unscramble each of the clue words. Unscramble the letters in the circled squares to find another word.

t a n n a d e s c o o g i o

s t u b i o p o s t e r

s p e n a t e t a n n a d o c

a i d o g a t e n o s t o u s

g l o a t e p i e c l o a v e

“from the sign” “short and detached”

r a t m o d e o c o l e d c a t a c a t c o o l t o l e n e d e m p e r s m o z e z g o l a r s o u p o n a p i

“the beginning” “gradually becoming faster”

s o r u t e h m t t s p o c p a s g t o o w t h e f b a t d m e o a m i t e s t i i m n e t r e i e n e i u s e o n d

t o m n a o t e m r o o l i g a s m o n o r t d i b i a i e a m e l f e t o n t h p o n g t e a t p i t d l l s e y q u r u e f u e r t

a s t o v t y i n e e m e r n o s o l n o t n o c i t e y l e c s l o d n u e t o f r e w e d i h a r a o k u t r l m i t d b

First Grade Words Second Grade Words

Adagio slowly Lento slowly Andante at an easy walking pace Largo broadly Moderato at a moderate speed Allegretto moderately fast Allegro lively and fast Vivace lively, spirited Presto very fast Vivo lively, spirited Accelerando gradually becoming faster Allargando becoming broader Rallentando gradually becoming slower Piu mosso quicker Ritardando gradually becoming slower Meno mosso slower Ritenuto immediately slower, or held back Pianissimo very soft A tempo return to former speed Fortissimo very loud Crescendo gradually becoming louder Mezzo forte moderately loud Decrescendo gradually becoming softer Mezzo piano moderately soft Diminuendo gradually becoming softer Maestoso majestic Fine the end Sostenuto sustained Da Capo the beginning Sempre always Forte loud Poco a little Piano soft Molto very Legato smoothly, well connected Senza without Staccato detached, short Cantabile in a singing style Leggiero lightly Dal segno from the sign Da capo al fine from the beginning to the word fine Mezzo staccato moderately short and detached

Third Grade Words Fourth Grade Words Largamente broadly Tempo commodo at a comfortable speed Larghetto rather broadly Tempo giusto at a consistent speed Prestissimo extremely fast, as fast as possible L’istesso tempo at the same speed Con moto with movement Non troppo not too much Calando getting softer and slower Grave slow and solemn Morendo dying away Rubato with some freedom in the time Fortepiano loud then immediately soft Stringendo pressing on faster Sforzando a strong accent Perdendosi fading away Agitato with agitation Smorzando dying away Attacca go on at once Rinforzando reinforcing the tone Animato with animation Pesante heavily Tranquillo calmly Cantando in a singing style Con anima with feeling Tenuto held Con brio with spirit Piacevole pleasant, agreeable Con grazia with grace Portamento a smooth gliding from note to note Con forza with force Dolente sadly, plaintively Dolce soft and sweet Doloroso sadly, plaintively Risoluto with resolution Sotto voce softly, in an undertone Ben marcato well marked Giocoso gay, merry Main droite right hand Grazioso gracefully Main gauche left hand Assai very Una corda with the soft pedal Quasi as if, as it were Tre corde release the soft pedal Scherzando playfully Ad libitum at pleasure, quite freely Subito suddenly Opus a work or group of works Loco at normal pitch (after 8va sign)