For Grade Three Music Theory, you have to know all the foreign musical terms and symbols which are listed for Grades One and Two, plus the new terms listed on this page.
| agitato | agitated |
| andantino | faster or slower than andante (at a walking pace) |
| animato | animated, lively |
| ben | well |
| con | with |
| energico | energetic |
| forza | force |
| giocoso | merry |
| leggiero | light or nimble |
| maestoso | majestically |
| marcato, marc. | emphatic, accented |
| pesante | heavy |
| prestissimo | as fast as possible |
| prima, primo | first |
| risoluto | bold, strong |
| scherzando, scherzoso | playful, joking |
| semplice | simple, plain |
| sempre | always |
| sforzando/sforzato (sf, sfz) | forced/accented |
| simile (sim.) | in the same way |
| sostenuto | sustained |
| subito | suddenly |
| tranquillo | calm |
| triste, tristamente | sad, sorrowful |
Musical Terms Quiz
Test yourself with this ABRSM Grade 3 Musical terms quiz, which includes a few terms from grades 1 and 2 as well.
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