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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A separate section of a larger composition.
Pitch
Dissonance
Leading note
Movement
2. Vocal composition written for three or more solo parts - usually without instrumental accompaniment.
Glee
Baroque
Ligature
Major
3. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Virtuoso
Fugue
Grazioso
Cadenza
4. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
Tremolo
Nocturne
Scale
Development
5. Pertains to tone or tones.
Tonal
Triple time
Interlude
Rubato
6. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.
Dynamics
Recital
Modes
Cadenza
7. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Courante
Maestro
Partita
Stretto
8. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Introduction
Pastoral
Requiem
Recapitulation
9. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1800's and lasted about sixty years. There was a strong regard for order and balance.
Slur
Classicism
Trill
Chord progression
10. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Leitmotif
Impromptu
Refrain
Classicism
11. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Development
Dynamics
Presto
Register
12. The technique of altering the tone color of a single note or musical line by changing from one instrument to another in the middle of a note or line.
Serenade
Klangfarbenmelodie
Oratorio
Register
13. Initially an improvised cadence by a soloist; later becoming an elaborate and written out passage in an aria or concerto - featuring the skills of an instrumentalist or vocalist.
Baroque
Interval
Cadenza
Orchestration
14. Two or three melodic lines played at the same time.
Part
Song cycle
Counterpoint
Accessible
15. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Triplet
Capriccio
Clef
Galliard
16. Indicating speed.
Serenade
Modes
Tablature
Tempo
17. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.
Whole note
Serenade
Maestro
Octet
18. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Consonance
System
Time Signature
Cadence
19. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Reprise
Madrigal
Round
Whole-tone scale
20. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1700's to mid 1800's. The music was spare and emotionally reserved - especially when compared to Romantic and Boroque music.
Monotone
Classical
Partita
Rubato
21. Time signature with three beats to the measure.
Allegro
Triple time
Development
Beat
22. A repeated phrase.
Serenade
Etude
March
Ostinato
23. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Scherzo
Piano
Elegy
Virtuoso
24. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Interpretation
Modes
Major
Finale
25. A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer's own time - and the characters are modeled after every day life.
Stretto
Verismo
Refrain
Piano
26. A direction to play lively and fast.
Allegro
Twelve-tone music
Classicism
Pitch
27. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Hymn
Scale
Grazioso
Fifth
28. A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts.
Septet
Sequence
Concert master
Sharp
29. Indicating speed.
Tempo
Minuet
Fugue
Whole note
30. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
Rondo
Tablature
Virtuoso
Trio
31. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Soprano
Fermata
Measure
Timbre
32. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
March
Treble
Quintet
Duet
33. Group of singers in a chorus.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Staff
Accelerando
Choir
34. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Trio
Octet
Suite
Concerto
35. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Baroque
Leading note
Grazioso
Rhythm
36. 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.
Requiem
Scordatura
Chord progression
Accessible
37. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Hymn
Natural
Beat
Part
38. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Unison
Refrain
Virtuoso
Intonation
39. The element of music pertaining to time - played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.
Rhythm
Whole-tone scale
Septet
Consonance
40. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Elegy
Tonality
Choir
Measure
41. A group singing in unison.
Slide
Vibrato
Chorus
Rococo
42. The principal note of a triad.
Root
Phrase
Unison
Key signature
43. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Orchestra
Legato
Classicism
Tremolo
44. To shift to another key.
Recapitulation
Modulation
Minuet
Madrigal
45. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
String Quartet
Minuet
Minuet
Whole-tone scale
46. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
Resonance
Staccato
Instrumentation
Treble
47. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Refrain
Espressivo
Pitch
Chord progression
48. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Rhythm
Oratorio
Sonata form
Cadenza
49. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Harmony
Temperament
Clef
Clavier
50. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Tutti
Ligature
Recital
Register