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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Adagio
Theme
Partial
Tremolo
2. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Triplet
Quintet
Neoclassical
Da Capo
3. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
Staff
String Quartet
Musicology
Flat
4. A reprise.
Tonal
Tonality
Recapitulation
Fourth
5. Sliding between two notes.
Tuning
Refrain
Glissando
Ostinato
6. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Partita
Clef
Tuning
Ensemble
7. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Timbre
Tremolo
Orchestration
Fourth
8. 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.
Atonal
Classical
Stretto
Polytonality
9. The structure of a piece of music.
Form
Glee
Register
Accelerando
10. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Relative major and minor
Triple time
Tablature
Whole-tone scale
11. A musical form where the melody or tune is imitated by individual parts at regular intervals. The individual parts may enter at different measures and pitches. The tune may also be played at different speeds - backwards - or inverted.
Pizzicato
Rondo
Canon
Relative pitch
12. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Reprise
Chant
Octave
Overture
13. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Staccato
Capriccio
Vivace
Sonata form
14. A short piano piece - often improvisational and intimate in character.
Sharp
Impromptu
Song cycle
Part
15. Time signature with three beats to the measure.
Development
Grazioso
Time Signature
Triple time
16. The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.
Leading note
Piano
Quadrille
Classical
17. The highest female voice.
System
Accelerando
Trio
Soprano
18. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Staff
Drone
Tritone
Vibrato
19. Vocal composition written for three or more solo parts - usually without instrumental accompaniment.
Temperament
Concerto
Glee
Fourth
20. Pleasing combination of two or three tones played together in the background while a melody is being played. Harmony also refers to the study of chord progressions.
Tutti
Obbligato
Virtuoso
Harmony
21. Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.
A cappella
Whole-tone scale
Baroque
Overture
22. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Orchestra
Notation
Cadenza
Musette
23. Indicating speed.
Staff
Tempo
Minor
Fermata
24. Sliding between two notes.
Libretto
Gavotte
Leitmotif
Glissando
25. 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.
Gregorian Chant
Presto
Polyphony
Timbre
26. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Grandioso
Nonet
Scale
Scherzo
27. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Castrato
Ligature
Pizzicato
Ricercar
28. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
Chant
Drone
Baroque
A cappella
29. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Vibrato
Presto
Beat
Renaissance
30. Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.
Dissonance
Rigaudon
Overture
Part
31. A string of chords played in succession.
Chord progression
Scordatura
Sharp
Presto
32. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Relative major and minor
Grave
Instrumentation
Baroque
33. A harmonic given off by a note when it is played.
Sharp
Partial
Leading note
Portamento
34. Closing section of a movement.
Progression
Coda
Rococo
Quartet
35. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Tonality
EnharmonicInterval
Orchestration
Grazioso
36. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Development
Canon
Staccato
Tonality
37. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Concerto
Major
Unison
Pitch
38. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Chorale
Fifth
Measure
Parody
39. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Concerto
Reed
Carol
Grazioso
40. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Prelude
Resonance
Neoclassical
Fermata
41. A group singing in unison.
Chorus
Reprise
Fermata
A cappella
42. Combination of two or more keys being played at the same time.
Polytonality
Prelude
Musette
Deceptive cadence
43. 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.
Cadenza
Clavier
Requiem
Opus
44. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
March
Tonality
Madrigal
Portamento
45. Lowest female singing voice.
Ensemble
Homophony
Sonata
Contralto
46. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Nocturne
Refrain
Accessible
Allegro
47. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Song cycle
Leitmotif
Cadenza
Chord
48. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Concert master
Interval
Chord progression
Relative pitch
49. An extended solo - often accompanying the vocal part of an aria.
Ricercar
Natural
Musicology
Obbligato
50. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Opera
Cantabile
Song cycle
Mezzo