Congratulations Maggie on a Distinction for Grade 5 Piano. Maggie learns piano with Alex Kremakova in East Dulwich at the SE22 Piano School.
Category: ABRSM Exams
Grade 4 ABRSM Scales Practice Charts for Harpsichord
We use ABRSM exams for music theory and harpsichord. We have produced practice charts for the scales requirements that are particularly dense at Grade 4 level for harpsichord! Copies of the charts are available from your teacher without the watermark.
Grade 1 Theory Resources
- Practice Test
- Music Terms Wordsearch
- Italian words and musical terms to memorise
- Musical terms: Online Quiz
- General Online Tests. The tests in the left column are free.
| accelerando / accel. | gradually getting quicker |
| adagio | slow |
| allegretto | fairly quick (but not as quick as allegro) |
| allegro | quick |
| andante | at a medium (walking) speed |
| cantabile | in a singing style |
| crescendo / cresc. / | gradually getting louder |
| da capo / D.C. | repeat from the beginning |
| dal segno / D.S. | repeat from the sign |
| decrescendo / decresc. | gradually getting quieter |
| diminuendo / dim. / | gradually getting quieter |
| fine | the end |
| / forte | loud |
| / fortissimo | very loud |
| legato | smoothly |
| lento | slow |
| mezzo | half |
| / mezzo forte | moderately loud |
| / mezzo piano | moderately quiet |
| moderato | moderately |
| / piano | quiet |
| / pianissimo | very quiet |
| poco | a little |
| rallentando / rall. | gradually getting slower |
| ritardando / rit. | gradually getting slower |
| ritenuto / rit. | held back |
| staccato / stacc. | detached |
| tempo | speed, time (a tempo: in time) |
| 8va | octave |
| See this link for the musical symbols and other terms: | http://www.molevalleymusic.co.uk/TheoryGrade1.htm |
