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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Baroque
Chromatic scale
March
Pizzicato
2. A reprise.
Resonance
Recapitulation
Leading note
Ostinato
3. 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
Tonality
Tremolo
Baroque
4. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Classicism
Pentatonic Scale
Quadrille
Tritone
5. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Part
Minor
Triad
Triad
6. One of two or more parts in polyphonic music. Voice refers to instrumental parts as well as the singing voice.
Quintet
Voice
Major
Cantabile
7. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Intermezzo
Modes
Triad
Refrain
8. A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase - either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Cadence
Hymn
Rigaudon
Nocturne
9. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Presto
Renaissance
Pizzicato
Partita
10. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Nocturne
Accessible
Opus
Clavier
11. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
Exposition
Musicology
Coda
Key
12. A short piano piece - often improvisational and intimate in character.
Impromptu
Fugue
Sextet
Scordatura
13. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Major
Trio
Staff
Orchestra
14. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Intonation
Conductor
Refrain
Renaissance
15. A harmonic given off by a note when it is played.
Modes
Reed
Partial
Conductor
16. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Tone
Chord
Sonata form
Tremolo
17. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Polyphony
Timbre
Pitch
Leitmotif
18. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Minuet
Concerto
Forte
Impromptu
19. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Tremolo
Legato
Sharp
Oratorio
20. Short detached notes - as opposed to legato.
Scale
Opera
Staccato
Measure
21. Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.
Oratorio
Harmony
Overture
Root
22. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Chant
Capriccio
Gregorian Chant
Libretto
23. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Orchestration
Tutti
Legato
Hymn
24. Vocal composition written for three or more solo parts - usually without instrumental accompaniment.
Round
Recapitulation
Suite
Glee
25. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Piano
Operetta
Neoclassical
Classical
26. A composition written for eight instruments.
Whole-tone scale
Interlude
Song cycle
Octet
27. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Requiem
Triplet
Nocturne
Septet
28. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Gavotte
Interlude
Exposition
Song cycle
29. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
Capriccio
Tutti
Baroque
Staff
30. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Ostinato
Legato
Sonata
Time Signature
31. Repetition of a single tone.
Cavatina
Virtuoso
Monotone
Cadenza
32. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Recital
Tempo
Homophony
Clef
33. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Cavatina
Carol
Ornaments
Symphony
34. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
March
Triplet
Orchestra
Presto
35. The first violin in an orchestra.
Pitch
Concert master
Grazioso
Intonation
36. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Gavotte
Pentatonic Scale
Sequence
Forte
37. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Partita
Consonance
Whole-tone scale
Expressionism
38. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Deceptive cadence
Espressivo
Fourth
Reprise
39. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Minuet
Fourth
Refrain
Accelerando
40. Lowest female singing voice.
Quartet
Falsetto
Hymn
Contralto
41. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Natural
Soprano
Tune
EnharmonicInterval
42. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Adagio
Allegro
Slur
Monotone
43. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Movement
Slide
Time Signature
Interpretation
44. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Root
Slur
Accessible
Quadrille
45. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
Nocturne
Flat
Prelude
Consonance
46. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Classicism
Timbre
Carol
47. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.
Deceptive cadence
Scordatura
Clavier
Tuning
48. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
Virtuoso
Modes
Musicology
Intonation
49. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.
Opera
Whole note
Slide
Concerto
50. Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.
Recapitulation
Reprise
Waltz
Overture