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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Elaborate polyphonic composition of the Boroque and Renaissance periods.
Instrumentation
Ricercar
System
Clef
2. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Fugue
Timbre
Part
Grazioso
3. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Soprano
Minuet
Ensemble
Tremolo
4. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Development
Forte
Musicology
Tonality
5. The structure of a piece of music.
Gavotte
Form
Virtuoso
Relative major and minor
6. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.
Vivace
Elegy
Tessitura
Progression
7. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Chord
Duet
Obbligato
Tone
8. To hold a tone or rest held beyond the written value at the discretion of the performer.
Fermata
Whole-tone scale
Movement
Slur
9. 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.
Harmony
Minor
Classical
Hymn
10. Suite of Baroque dances.
Chord progression
Nocturne
Partita
Modulation
11. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Chord progression
Legato
Klangfarbenmelodie
Grave
12. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.
Register
A cappella
Temperament
Cadenza
13. To hold a tone or rest held beyond the written value at the discretion of the performer.
Refrain
Accelerando
Fermata
Glissando
14. Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.
Portamento
Overture
Twelve-tone music
Conductor
15. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Madrigal
Fourth
Duet
Pizzicato
16. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Whole-tone scale
Cadenza
Carol
Tonality
17. The highest female voice.
Cantata
Tonic
Orchestration
Soprano
18. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Pentatonic Scale
Progression
Slide
Operetta
19. An instrumental lament with praise for the dead.
Pitch
Choir
Elegy
Classicism
20. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Intermezzo
Maestro
Tone less
Grave
21. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Root
Presto
Sextet
Part
22. A short light musical drama.
Operetta
Ricercar
Obbligato
Baroque
23. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Interlude
Waltz
Relative major and minor
Pizzicato
24. A reprise.
Sequence
Staff
Ostinato
Recapitulation
25. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Dynamics
Pitch
Tutti
Rubato
26. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
Partita
Suite
Exposition
Monotone
27. A musical style characterized as excessive - ornamental - and trivial.
Instrumentation
Leading note
Rococo
Quintet
28. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Orchestration
Medley
Cantata
Overture
29. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Tessitura
Ostinato
Major
Resonance
30. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
Key signature
Tremolo
Sextet
Sequence
31. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Beat
Ostinato
Intermezzo
Musette
32. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Prelude
Rhythm
Impromptu
Quadrille
33. 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.
Polyphony
Verismo
Serenade
Polyphony
34. An instruction in sheet music to play softly. Abbreviated by a 'p'.
Capriccio
Piano
Rococo
Soprano
35. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Adagio
Baroque
Rhythm
Minuet
36. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Tuning
Tutti
Phrase
Leading note
37. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Ricercar
Grazioso
Natural
Measure
38. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Renaissance
Interlude
Temperament
String Quartet
39. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Development
Clavier
Interlude
Refrain
40. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Movement
Fugue
Sextet
Operetta
41. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.
Minor
Courante
Ensemble
Symphony
42. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Intonation
System
Oratorio
Register
43. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Register
Nonet
Accessible
Parody
44. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Musette
Medley
Cadence
Interpretation
45. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Reed
Opera
Courante
Atonal
46. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
EnharmonicInterval
Polyphony
Time Signature
Cantabile
47. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Cavatina
Virtuoso
Tablature
Trill
48. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Tune
Refrain
Ligature
Unison
49. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
Capriccio
Natural
Etude
Minuet
50. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.
Pentatonic Scale
EnharmonicInterval
Galliard
Sonata