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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Neoclassical
Choir
Relative major and minor
Counterpoint
2. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Galliard
Homophony
Concerto
Ligature
3. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
Pentatonic Scale
Notation
Medley
Exposition
4. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Fugue
Quartet
Concert master
Nonet
5. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Cantabile
Ostinato
Cadenza
Sextet
6. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Beat
Octave
Hymn
Tremolo
7. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Relative major and minor
Counterpoint
Tonality
Requiem
8. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Tempo
Twelve-tone music
Chant
Cantata
9. A group singing in unison.
Madrigal
Chorus
Orchestration
Pizzicato
10. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Round
Partita
Reed
Pentatonic Scale
11. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Sonata form
Ornaments
Flat
Castrato
12. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Homophony
Fugue
Etude
Chord
13. Unmusical - without tone.
Tone less
Baroque
Tremolo
Homophony
14. Time signature with three beats to the measure.
Flat
Parody
Consonance
Triple time
15. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Dynamics
Tritone
Hymn
Notation
16. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.
Fifth
Classical
Measure
Flat
17. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Part
Neoclassical
Prelude
Modes
18. A repeated phrase.
Development
Trill
Rigaudon
Ostinato
19. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Concert master
Ligature
Interpretation
20. A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase - either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Ornaments
Pizzicato
Overture
Cadence
21. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.
Opus
Cadenza
Sextet
Galliard
22. A direction to play expressively.
Chant
Polyphony
Espressivo
Fugue
23. A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
Concerto
Medley
Cantabile
Suite
24. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Forte
Timbre
Major
Register
25. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Ensemble
Partita
Adagio
Carol
26. Indicating speed.
Suite
Tempo
Tonal
Round
27. To hold a tone or rest held beyond the written value at the discretion of the performer.
Fermata
Grandioso
Grave
Interpretation
28. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Deceptive cadence
Octave
Presto
Instrumentation
29. A dance written in triple time - where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure.
Cadence
Cantata
Madrigal
Waltz
30. A short or brief sonata.
Nocturne
Serenade
Medley
Sonatina
31. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Serenade
Relative major and minor
Classical
Pentatonic Scale
32. To shift to another key.
Timbre
Modulation
Symphony
Temperament
33. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Energico
Tablature
Whole note
Pizzicato
34. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.
Cantata
Clef
Minor
Glissando
35. A canon where the melody is sung in two or more voices. After the first voice begins - the next voice starts singing after a couple of measures are played in the preceding voice. All parts repeat continuously.
Round
Monotone
Pastoral
Courante
36. Combination of two or more keys being played at the same time.
Slide
Libretto
Polytonality
Nonet
37. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Tessitura
Vibrato
Impromptu
Development
38. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Dissonance
Opera
Grazioso
Tutti
39. 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.
Fermata
Klangfarbenmelodie
Whole note
Suite
40. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Motif
Musette
Legato
Triplet
41. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Major
Quintet
Rhythm
Duet
42. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Ensemble
Chamber music
Dynamics
Tablature
43. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.
Espressivo
Intonation
Coda
Opus
44. Vocal composition written for three or more solo parts - usually without instrumental accompaniment.
Part
Glee
Natural
Classical
45. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Theme
Gavotte
Fugue
Classicism
46. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Prelude
Legato
Pastoral
Round
47. 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
Movement
Scale
Interval
48. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Pastoral
Ricercar
Libretto
Operetta
49. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Virtuoso
Whole-tone scale
Tone less
Deceptive cadence
50. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Romantic
Chromatic scale
Grandioso
Phrase