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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.
Neoclassical
Sonata
Modes
Sonata form
2. An extended solo - often accompanying the vocal part of an aria.
Suite
Unison
Dissonance
Obbligato
3. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.
Quadrille
Polyphony
Twelve-tone music
Falsetto
4. Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.
Intermezzo
Form
Introduction
Triad
5. Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional - flowery music; written in strict form.
Baroque
Tonic
Phrase
Elegy
6. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.
Scordatura
Rigaudon
Encore
Quintet
7. Suite of Baroque dances.
Partita
Voice
Grave
Pastoral
8. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Clavier
Instrumentation
Symphony
Homophony
9. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Cavatina
Rococo
Chant
Counterpoint
10. The expression the performer brings when playing his instrument.
Interpretation
Minuet
Rondo
Opera
11. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Conductor
Phrase
Slide
Intonation
12. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Movement
Grandioso
Phrase
Piano
13. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.
Parody
Duet
Cantabile
Pizzicato
14. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Requiem
Modulation
Elegy
Mezzo
15. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Interval
Ligature
Song cycle
Recapitulation
16. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Musette
Time Signature
Recitative
Sequence
17. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Courante
Capriccio
Vibrato
Tone
18. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Opera
Trill
Cadenza
Major
19. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Chant
Modes
Symphony
Chromatic scale
20. A combination of two or more staves on which all the notes are vertically aligned and performed simultaneously in differing registers and instruments.
System
Sonata form
Etude
Conductor
21. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
Musicology
Symphony
Serenade
Sequence
22. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Measure
Maestro
Orchestration
Time Signature
23. 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.
Key signature
Form
Register
Prelude
24. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
Sonata form
Triad
Minuet
Musicology
25. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Polyphony
Serenade
Obbligato
Sonata form
26. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Tempo
Parody
Pizzicato
Orchestra
27. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Theme
Interlude
Refrain
Quintet
28. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Finale
Orchestra
Libretto
Refrain
29. An instruction in sheet music to play softly. Abbreviated by a 'p'.
Piano
Prelude
Fourth
Reed
30. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.
Recapitulation
Rococo
Libretto
Recital
31. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Triad
Notation
A cappella
Encore
32. A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts.
Tune
Fugue
Cadenza
Septet
33. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Polyphony
Counterpoint
Ligature
Nonet
34. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Development
Pastoral
Sextet
Reed
35. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Accelerando
Sonata form
Finale
Impromptu
36. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
Octet
Cantata
Carol
Tablature
37. Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.
Vibrato
Trio
Atonal
Suite
38. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Trill
Key signature
Notation
Interpretation
39. The distance in pitch between two notes.
Sonata
A cappella
Interval
Quartet
40. Music of a particular form consisting of four movements. Each of the movements differ in tempo - rhythm - and melody; but are held together by subject and style.
Sonata
Oratorio
Relative major and minor
Madrigal
41. The piece of cane in wind instruments. The players cause vibrations by blowing through it in order to produce sound.
Tuning
Renaissance
Reed
Tempo
42. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.
Drone
Galliard
Partial
Refrain
43. A short or brief sonata.
Triplet
Sonatina
Consonance
Orchestra
44. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Theme
Gregorian Chant
Minor
Key
45. Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional - flowery music; written in strict form.
Fifth
Baroque
Slide
Glissando
46. A musical style characterized as excessive - ornamental - and trivial.
Rococo
Pitch
Opera
Part
47. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Chorale
Orchestration
Key signature
Homophony
48. Closing section of a movement.
Gavotte
Drone
Slide
Coda
49. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.
Neoclassical
Modulation
Etude
Recapitulation
50. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Rondo
Relative major and minor
Register
Capriccio