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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Triplet
Sequence
Finale
Accelerando
2. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.
Sharp
Beat
Modes
A cappella
3. An instrumental lament with praise for the dead.
Conductor
Elegy
Minuet
Symphony
4. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.
Accelerando
Minor
Waltz
Root
5. Lowest female singing voice.
String Quartet
Parody
Contralto
Staff
6. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Musicology
Twelve-tone music
Forte
Register
7. 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.
Trill
Cadence
Introduction
Scordatura
8. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Dynamics
Neoclassical
String Quartet
Rubato
9. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Chant
Tutti
Glee
Clef
10. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.
Unison
Trio
Nocturne
Serenade
11. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Maestro
Pizzicato
Beat
Fifth
12. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Serenade
Coda
Development
Duet
13. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Form
Relative pitch
Timbre
Treble
14. 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.
Sonata
Scordatura
Triple time
Nocturne
15. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Notation
Gregorian Chant
Triad
Register
16. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Orchestra
Falsetto
Drone
Rubato
17. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Grandioso
Deceptive cadence
Tablature
Suite
18. Eight full tones above the key note where the scale begins and ends.
Grave
Soprano
Musicology
Octave
19. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Measure
Quartet
Phrase
Tone
20. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Oratorio
Modes
Accelerando
Twelve-tone music
21. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Unison
Serenade
Vibrato
Legato
22. A quick 20th century dance written in double time.
Rigaudon
Round
Choir
Recital
23. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.
Staccato
Drone
Octet
Pizzicato
24. Repetition of a single tone.
Waltz
Leitmotif
Monotone
Cavatina
25. A group singing in unison.
Leading note
Relative pitch
Septet
Chorus
26. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.
Monotone
Pentatonic Scale
Cadence
Recital
27. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.
Unison
Twelve-tone music
Opera
Courante
28. A musical form where the principal theme is repeated several times. The rondo was often used for the final movements of classical sonata form works.
Chord progression
Neoclassical
Rondo
Tuning
29. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Duet
Refrain
Harmony
Carol
30. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
Timbre
Duet
Octet
Introduction
31. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Mezzo
Fugue
Symphony
Portamento
32. 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.
Deceptive cadence
Slur
Harmony
Timbre
33. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Septet
Resonance
Rhythm
Development
34. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Progression
Dissonance
Quadrille
Key
35. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Chromatic scale
Sonata
Ornaments
Trill
36. The first violin in an orchestra.
Relative major and minor
Concert master
Orchestra
Scordatura
37. Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.
Grazioso
Tritone
Tutti
Energico
38. Lowest female singing voice.
Minuet
Resonance
Contralto
Chant
39. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
Musicology
Libretto
Reprise
Sonata form
40. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Madrigal
Fourth
Castrato
Development
41. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Symphony
Polyphony
Coda
Gavotte
42. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Sharp
System
Tutti
Accelerando
43. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Rhythm
Slide
Adagio
Beat
44. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
Relative major and minor
Exposition
Chromatic scale
Root
45. Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.
Relative pitch
Reprise
Refrain
Atonal
46. 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.
Grave
Symphony
Coda
Sonata
47. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Intermezzo
Fifth
Interpretation
Courante
48. Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional - flowery music; written in strict form.
Baroque
Trio
Cadenza
Scordatura
49. A dance written in triple time - where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure.
Waltz
Renaissance
Grazioso
Timbre
50. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Motif
Chorus
Suite
Polyphony