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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Pitch
Cadenza
Tonic
Interpretation
2. A musical form where the melody or tune is imitated by individual parts at regular intervals. The individual parts may enter at different measures and pitches. The tune may also be played at different speeds - backwards - or inverted.
Canon
Exposition
Musicology
Allegro
3. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.
Sharp
Pizzicato
Conductor
Da Capo
4. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Presto
Beat
Unison
Vibrato
5. A short piece originally preceded by a more substantial work - also an orchestral introduction to opera - however not lengthy enough to be considered an overture.
Root
Octave
Fugue
Prelude
6. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Vivace
Octet
Dissonance
Tritone
7. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Grandioso
Relative pitch
Slur
Recapitulation
8. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Energico
Chromatic scale
Development
Tremolo
9. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Accelerando
Etude
Klangfarbenmelodie
Cadenza
10. Time signature with three beats to the measure.
Triple time
Mezzo
Finale
Tessitura
11. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
Modes
Encore
Courante
A cappella
12. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.
Rondo
EnharmonicInterval
Sonatina
Sharp
13. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Grandioso
Accelerando
Klangfarbenmelodie
Reed
14. Singing or chanting in unison without strict rhythm. Collected during the Reign of Pope Gregory VIII for psalms and other other parts of the church service.
Allegro
Mezzo
Accessible
Gregorian Chant
15. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.
Suite
Sequence
Sharp
Piano
16. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.
Stretto
Orchestra
Sonata
Ricercar
17. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Pitch
Oratorio
Legato
Stretto
18. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.
Recitative
Falsetto
Tessitura
Beat
19. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
Soprano
Key signature
Song cycle
System
20. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Glee
Key
Quadrille
Tablature
21. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Ligature
Duet
Maestro
Time Signature
22. Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Sonatina
Chamber music
Tritone
Cavatina
23. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Key
Instrumentation
Major
Whole-tone scale
24. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Rhythm
Homophony
Tonic
Leading note
25. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
Polytonality
Neoclassical
Exposition
Romantic
26. Vocal composition written for three or more solo parts - usually without instrumental accompaniment.
Slide
Accessible
Glee
Reed
27. The movement of chords in succession.
Fermata
Octave
Progression
Fermata
28. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Maestro
Tremolo
Part
Quartet
29. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
Rigaudon
Major
Treble
Impromptu
30. A quick 20th century dance written in double time.
Rigaudon
Register
Rococo
Minuet
31. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Energico
Concert master
Expressionism
Renaissance
32. A short light musical drama.
Carol
Operetta
Canon
Tessitura
33. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Suite
Twelve-tone music
Sharp
Relative major and minor
34. A period in history during the 18th and early 19th centuries where the focus shifted from the neoclassical style to an emotional - expressive - and imaginative style.
Romantic
Consonance
Accelerando
Chorus
35. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Scherzo
Allegro
Tritone
Energico
36. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Chromatic scale
Tune
Round
Finale
37. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Chromatic scale
Reprise
Fermata
Triplet
38. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Classical
Dissonance
Chord
Mezzo
39. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Vivace
Pizzicato
Resonance
Concert master
40. The distance in pitch between two notes.
Staccato
Octet
Interval
Gavotte
41. Closing section of a movement.
Coda
Unison
Refrain
Voice
42. Pertains to tone or tones.
Overture
Tonal
Natural
Tritone
43. Repetition of a single tone.
Time Signature
Castrato
Twelve-tone music
Monotone
44. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Partial
Da Capo
Piano
Duet
45. Lowest female singing voice.
Leading note
Contralto
Recitative
Accelerando
46. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.
Polytonality
Ligature
Monotone
Tuning
47. A repeated phrase.
Ostinato
Waltz
Obbligato
Quartet
48. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.
Grazioso
Recital
Classicism
Nocturne
49. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Natural
Twelve-tone music
Accessible
Finale
50. The element of music pertaining to time - played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.
Glee
Accelerando
Chorale
Rhythm