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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. To hold a tone or rest held beyond the written value at the discretion of the performer.
Tone less
Gregorian Chant
Fermata
Galliard
2. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Tune
Gavotte
Grazioso
Pentatonic Scale
3. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Modulation
Triad
Polytonality
Chorus
4. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Tonality
Cavatina
Contralto
Cadence
5. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Flat
Virtuoso
Homophony
Major
6. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.
Suite
Chorale
Galliard
Maestro
7. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Suite
Vibrato
Quartet
Carol
8. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Glee
Elegy
Interval
Dissonance
9. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Orchestration
Renaissance
Pastoral
Rondo
10. Repetition of a single tone.
Da Capo
Scherzo
Development
Monotone
11. Closing section of a movement.
Capriccio
Glissando
Dissonance
Coda
12. 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.
Song cycle
Quadrille
Harmony
Resonance
13. Lowest female singing voice.
Chamber music
Nonet
Soprano
Contralto
14. Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most often religious in nature.
Cantata
Suite
Opera
Pastoral
15. Time signature with three beats to the measure.
Reed
Contralto
Voice
Triple time
16. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Contralto
Whole-tone scale
Encore
Opera
17. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.
Oratorio
Leading note
Canon
Minor
18. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Espressivo
Coda
Carol
Choir
19. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Concert master
Time Signature
Impromptu
Sonatina
20. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Ostinato
Interval
Slur
Cavatina
21. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Conductor
Major
Pizzicato
Whole-tone scale
22. The principal note of a triad.
Overture
Root
Homophony
Septet
23. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Unison
Suite
Portamento
Natural
24. 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.
Concerto
Rondo
Expressionism
Piano
25. A short or brief sonata.
Cadenza
Sonatina
System
Deceptive cadence
26. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Tonic
Gavotte
Rococo
Dissonance
27. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.
Homophony
Exposition
Tessitura
Energico
28. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Interlude
Stretto
Unison
Chord
29. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Triad
Orchestra
Cadenza
30. A composition written for eight instruments.
Development
Staff
Octet
Requiem
31. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Septet
Adagio
Partita
Part
32. Vocal composition written for three or more solo parts - usually without instrumental accompaniment.
Glee
Sonata form
March
Musette
33. Sliding between two notes.
Clef
Interpretation
Intermezzo
Glissando
34. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Nocturne
Quartet
Tablature
Scale
35. Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.
Concert master
Tutti
Romantic
Quartet
36. An important characteristic of the Romantic period. It is a style where the strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone.
Partita
Finale
Twelve-tone music
Rubato
37. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.
Whole note
Recital
Medley
Concert master
38. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Homophony
Ensemble
Gavotte
Elegy
39. An extended solo - often accompanying the vocal part of an aria.
Suite
Sextet
Obbligato
Introduction
40. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Register
Conductor
Capriccio
Stretto
41. A form of writing for vocals that is close to the manner of speech and is rhythmically free.
A cappella
Prelude
Recitative
Phrase
42. 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
Obbligato
Musicology
Trill
43. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.
Musicology
Sonata
Staff
Leading note
44. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.
Part
Waltz
Drone
Staccato
45. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Orchestra
Vivace
Adagio
Scordatura
46. A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.
Fourth
Interval
Tritone
Introduction
47. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Adagio
Ricercar
Movement
Musette
48. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
Staff
Galliard
String Quartet
Counterpoint
49. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Castrato
Motif
Reprise
Major
50. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.
Presto
Medley
Tessitura
Sharp