Grade 1 Music Theory, Unit 6, Lesson 3 of 6

How to play

About 2 min to read, then 5 practice questions

Smooth or short

Smoothly, then short and detached

Legato means smoothly. Staccato (stacc.) means short and detached.

Quick check

Which word means short and detached?

Singing and sweet

Cantabile: play it as if singing

Cantabile means in a singing style. Dolce means sweetly.

Quick check

Cantabile means:

Remember

  • Style words: legato, staccato, cantabile, dolce.
  • legato smoothly, staccato short and detached.
  • cantabile in a singing style, dolce sweetly.

Practise this: 5 questions, about 3 min

Answering from memory soon after reading is what makes it stick, so now is a good time.

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