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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Chant
Deceptive cadence
Register
Sharp
2. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Intonation
Rubato
Orchestration
Cantabile
3. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Measure
Rondo
Falsetto
Soprano
4. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.
Staff
Intonation
Ostinato
Classical
5. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Suite
Interlude
Rococo
Carol
6. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Triple time
Conductor
Sextet
Interlude
7. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Interpretation
Dissonance
Castrato
Twelve-tone music
8. 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.
Deceptive cadence
Exposition
Gregorian Chant
Libretto
9. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.
Gavotte
Relative major and minor
Flat
Ornaments
10. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Polyphony
Ornaments
Intermezzo
Concerto
11. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Classical
Scherzo
Pentatonic Scale
Tonality
12. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.
Whole note
Polytonality
Da Capo
Waltz
13. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Phrase
Tonal
Reed
Modulation
14. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
Medley
Stretto
Tonic
Chord
15. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Falsetto
Duet
Polytonality
Legato
16. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.
Conductor
Virtuoso
Romantic
Whole note
17. A composition whose style is simple and idyllic; suggestive of rural scenes.
Pastoral
Vibrato
Part
Homophony
18. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
EnharmonicInterval
Octave
Pizzicato
Exposition
19. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Cadenza
Ostinato
Recapitulation
Reed
20. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Refrain
Tone
Tone
Sequence
21. Short detached notes - as opposed to legato.
Trill
Staccato
Recapitulation
Movement
22. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Tone
Vibrato
Requiem
Stretto
23. Repetition of a single tone.
Slur
Key signature
System
Monotone
24. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Oratorio
Slur
Unison
Grave
25. A short light musical drama.
Operetta
Counterpoint
Timbre
Madrigal
26. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Renaissance
Duet
Tritone
Opera
27. Elaborate polyphonic composition of the Boroque and Renaissance periods.
Reed
Reed
Duet
Ricercar
28. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.
Musicology
Scordatura
Natural
EnharmonicInterval
29. The structure of a piece of music.
Tessitura
Scherzo
Form
Romantic
30. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Dynamics
Polyphony
Orchestration
Pizzicato
31. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.
Falsetto
Tutti
Chant
Stretto
32. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Vibrato
Relative pitch
Musicology
Romantic
33. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Hymn
Rhythm
Musicology
Scale
34. An instruction in sheet music to play softly. Abbreviated by a 'p'.
Etude
Homophony
Leading note
Piano
35. Eight full tones above the key note where the scale begins and ends.
Atonal
Cadenza
Vivace
Octave
36. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Suite
Elegy
Neoclassical
Renaissance
37. A short light musical drama.
Ricercar
Chamber music
Operetta
Clef
38. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Tone
Relative pitch
Mezzo
Pizzicato
39. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Notation
Dynamics
Chorale
Chord progression
40. A short piano piece - often improvisational and intimate in character.
Impromptu
Galliard
Vibrato
Slur
41. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Classicism
Classicism
Minor
Libretto
42. A direction to play expressively.
Round
Triple time
Espressivo
Ornaments
43. The highest female voice.
Tone less
Chamber music
Falsetto
Soprano
44. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Sonata
Hymn
Duet
Vivace
45. The retuning of a stringed instrument in order to play notes below the ordinary range of the instrument or to produce an usual tone color.
Gregorian Chant
Septet
System
Scordatura
46. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
Prelude
Exposition
Minor
Choir
47. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Scale
Development
Intermezzo
Phrase
48. A short or brief sonata.
Modes
Klangfarbenmelodie
Sonatina
Drone
49. A dance written in triple time - where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure.
Fugue
Chord progression
Waltz
Unison
50. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Twelve-tone music
Progression
Chant
Orchestration