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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. 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.
Interpretation
Canon
Tone less
Key
2. A composition written for nine instruments.
Nonet
Orchestration
Voice
Espressivo
3. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.
Scordatura
Temperament
Interpretation
Canon
4. 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.
Polyphony
Adagio
Cadenza
Tempo
5. Elaborate polyphonic composition of the Boroque and Renaissance periods.
Drone
Ricercar
Grazioso
Leitmotif
6. A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts.
System
Fermata
Septet
Chant
7. The keyboard of a stringed instrument.
String Quartet
Clavier
Expressionism
Rigaudon
8. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.
Fifth
A cappella
Notation
Tuning
9. Suite of Baroque dances.
Fermata
Theme
Partita
Legato
10. A dance written in triple time - where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure.
Waltz
Renaissance
Reed
Symphony
11. The technique of altering the tone color of a single note or musical line by changing from one instrument to another in the middle of a note or line.
Grandioso
Klangfarbenmelodie
Pastoral
Maestro
12. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Recapitulation
Scale
Carol
Resonance
13. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.
Tonic
Vibrato
Carol
Da Capo
14. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Polytonality
Atonal
Triad
Refrain
15. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Vibrato
Form
Fugue
Phrase
16. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Major
Cantata
Key
Fourth
17. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Flat
Mezzo
Staff
Sequence
18. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Grave
Da Capo
Scherzo
Tone
19. The element of music pertaining to time - played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.
Exposition
Mezzo
Rhythm
Unison
20. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Elegy
Chant
Notation
Impromptu
21. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Relative pitch
Drone
Quartet
Operetta
22. Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Grazioso
Major
Chamber music
Clef
23. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Triplet
Drone
Scherzo
Legato
24. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Tune
Falsetto
Quadrille
Grave
25. A short or brief sonata.
Requiem
Sonatina
Renaissance
Leitmotif
26. 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
Tone less
Octet
Romantic
27. A musical theme given to a particular idea or main character of an opera.
Deceptive cadence
Renaissance
Virtuoso
Leitmotif
28. A quick 20th century dance written in double time.
Piano
Rigaudon
Accelerando
Cadence
29. The first violin in an orchestra.
Tremolo
Interpretation
Concert master
Renaissance
30. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Adagio
Cantabile
Consonance
Intermezzo
31. A short piece originally preceded by a more substantial work - also an orchestral introduction to opera - however not lengthy enough to be considered an overture.
Prelude
Renaissance
Deceptive cadence
Classicism
32. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
Choir
Key signature
Rubato
Triple time
33. To shift to another key.
Tuning
Modulation
Requiem
Register
34. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.
Scale
Progression
Tuning
Sonatina
35. A string of chords played in succession.
Chord progression
Slur
Timbre
Leitmotif
36. A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase - either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Triplet
Part
Cantata
Cadence
37. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Resonance
Maestro
Orchestration
Cadence
38. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Espressivo
Counterpoint
Opus
Major
39. An important characteristic of the Romantic period. It is a style where the strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone.
Quartet
Rubato
Medley
Capriccio
40. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Operetta
Chorale
Interlude
Tessitura
41. A musical style characterized as excessive - ornamental - and trivial.
Presto
Rococo
Relative major and minor
Tonality
42. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Grandioso
Tablature
Grave
EnharmonicInterval
43. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.
Trio
Minor
Homophony
Serenade
44. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
Classical
Slide
Treble
Theme
45. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Monotone
Ensemble
Consonance
Duet
46. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Allegro
Suite
Conductor
Development
47. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Baroque
Harmony
Falsetto
Impromptu
48. A short light musical drama.
Grave
Fermata
Operetta
String Quartet
49. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Scordatura
Expressionism
Tritone
Staff
50. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Libretto
Voice
Cadenza
Voice