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Trivia: Musical Terms

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1. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.






2. The first violin in an orchestra.






3. A quick 20th century dance written in double time.






4. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.






5. Indicating speed.






6. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.






7. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.






8. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.






9. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.






10. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.






11. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.






12. 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.






13. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.






14. An instrumental lament with praise for the dead.






15. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.






16. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.






17. Sliding between two notes.






18. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.






19. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.






20. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.






21. Suite of Baroque dances.






22. A group singing in unison.






23. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.






24. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.






25. An extended solo - often accompanying the vocal part of an aria.






26. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.






27. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.






28. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.






29. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.






30. The keyboard of a stringed instrument.






31. A short piano piece - often improvisational and intimate in character.






32. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.






33. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.






34. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.






35. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.






36. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.






37. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.






38. The interval between two notes. Two whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.






39. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.






40. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.






41. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.






42. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.






43. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.






44. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.






45. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.






46. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.






47. A symbol indicating to play loud.






48. Repetition of a single tone.






49. To shift to another key.






50. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.







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