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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. An instrumental lament with praise for the dead.
Octave
Tutti
Polytonality
Elegy
2. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Prelude
Suite
Deceptive cadence
Requiem
3. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Chord progression
Recapitulation
Deceptive cadence
Symphony
4. The highest female voice.
Rhythm
Dissonance
Soprano
Consonance
5. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Operetta
Accessible
Part
Instrumentation
6. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Natural
Development
Octave
Time Signature
7. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Treble
Vivace
Hymn
Conductor
8. Sliding between two notes.
Reed
Prelude
Glissando
Oratorio
9. 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.
Interlude
Glissando
Classicism
Sonata
10. A melodic or - sometimes a harmonic idea presented in a musical form.
Theme
Progression
Romantic
Drone
11. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
Musette
Treble
Soprano
Homophony
12. The highest female voice.
Soprano
Staff
Elegy
Quartet
13. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Maestro
Legato
Overture
Verismo
14. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Homophony
Scordatura
Relative pitch
Sharp
15. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Adagio
Form
Prelude
Slide
16. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.
Temperament
Clavier
Orchestra
Opus
17. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
Da Capo
Cadenza
Medley
Introduction
18. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Quartet
Libretto
Quintet
Adagio
19. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Relative major and minor
Expressionism
Flat
Opera
20. A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts.
Septet
EnharmonicInterval
Polyphony
Glissando
21. An extended solo - often accompanying the vocal part of an aria.
Triplet
Prelude
Tone
Obbligato
22. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Gavotte
Relative pitch
Concerto
Chord
23. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Register
Tonality
Gregorian Chant
Natural
24. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Timbre
Notation
Choir
Chorus
25. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.
Major
Reed
Octet
Minor
26. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Ornaments
Minuet
Medley
Unison
27. A string of chords played in succession.
Chord progression
Chord
Classical
Tone less
28. One of two or more parts in polyphonic music. Voice refers to instrumental parts as well as the singing voice.
Voice
Pastoral
EnharmonicInterval
Reprise
29. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
String Quartet
Dissonance
Grazioso
Notation
30. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
Whole-tone scale
Tablature
Scale
Medley
31. Eight full tones above the key note where the scale begins and ends.
String Quartet
Opera
Octave
Tonic
32. A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.
Chorale
Tritone
Introduction
Legato
33. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Introduction
Scale
Septet
Glissando
34. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
Beat
Drone
Adagio
Tonic
35. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Requiem
Tablature
Ligature
Parody
36. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Requiem
Natural
Encore
Staff
37. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Key signature
Relative pitch
Allegro
Development
38. A direction to play expressively.
Natural
Chromatic scale
Vibrato
Espressivo
39. Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.
Mezzo
Ligature
Tutti
Chord
40. The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.
Rhythm
Dynamics
Canon
Leading note
41. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Presto
Fermata
Requiem
Symphony
42. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.
Refrain
Serenade
Allegro
Parody
43. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Fifth
Grandioso
Deceptive cadence
Staff
44. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Elegy
Natural
Ornaments
Harmony
45. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.
Rhythm
Flat
Unison
Duet
46. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Parody
Flat
Intonation
Falsetto
47. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Fugue
Form
Treble
Monotone
48. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.
Timbre
Glee
Interpretation
Stretto
49. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Tonic
Ensemble
Tone
Musicology
50. An important characteristic of the Romantic period. It is a style where the strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone.
Prelude
Rubato
Tremolo
Stretto