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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Sharp
Nonet
Virtuoso
Serenade
2. Repetition of a single tone.
Canon
Pentatonic Scale
Monotone
Tonal
3. 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.
Canon
Nocturne
Fermata
Quintet
4. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.
Quartet
Staff
Verismo
Dynamics
5. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.
EnharmonicInterval
Stretto
Fourth
Serenade
6. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Reprise
Cadenza
Interval
Slide
7. Elaborate polyphonic composition of the Boroque and Renaissance periods.
Triple time
Ricercar
Chant
Sextet
8. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
Musette
Tonic
Presto
Octet
9. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
Triad
Key signature
Measure
Piano
10. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.
Requiem
Operetta
Twelve-tone music
Ricercar
11. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
Prelude
Suite
String Quartet
Tonality
12. Two or three melodic lines played at the same time.
Pentatonic Scale
Energico
Ligature
Counterpoint
13. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Tremolo
Interpretation
Grandioso
Fourth
14. Lowest female singing voice.
Maestro
Sonata
Nonet
Contralto
15. The structure of a piece of music.
Orchestra
Chamber music
Form
Piano
16. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Counterpoint
Tune
Interlude
Gavotte
17. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.
Cadence
Galliard
Measure
Carol
18. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Conductor
Legato
Pitch
Tonal
19. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Instrumentation
Resonance
Symphony
Tremolo
20. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Concerto
Vivace
Whole-tone scale
Fugue
21. A composition written for eight instruments.
Rondo
Octet
Opera
Forte
22. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Progression
Tremolo
Conductor
Intonation
23. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Movement
Virtuoso
Prelude
Sharp
24. A direction to play lively and fast.
Castrato
Allegro
Trio
Tuning
25. 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
Encore
Twelve-tone music
26. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Tablature
Sonata form
Symphony
Allegro
27. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Modulation
Voice
Falsetto
Tune
28. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
Song cycle
EnharmonicInterval
Ensemble
Treble
29. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Grave
Root
Vivace
Ostinato
30. Indicating speed.
Register
Rondo
Tempo
Vivace
31. A form of writing for vocals that is close to the manner of speech and is rhythmically free.
Key signature
Verismo
Recitative
Maestro
32. A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts.
Tritone
Neoclassical
Treble
Septet
33. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Sonata form
Expressionism
Ricercar
Motif
34. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Form
Key signature
Quartet
Cavatina
35. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Suite
Recital
Introduction
Nocturne
36. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Grandioso
Oratorio
Pitch
Monotone
37. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Finale
Clef
Etude
Minuet
38. A melodic or - sometimes a harmonic idea presented in a musical form.
Accelerando
Theme
Movement
Verismo
39. A form of writing for vocals that is close to the manner of speech and is rhythmically free.
Virtuoso
Leitmotif
Tablature
Recitative
40. A composition whose style is simple and idyllic; suggestive of rural scenes.
Instrumentation
Pastoral
Virtuoso
Register
41. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Encore
Ricercar
Orchestra
Register
42. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Orchestration
Stretto
Sextet
Relative major and minor
43. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.
Intermezzo
Duet
Opus
Homophony
44. 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
Chord
Chorale
Interval
45. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Operetta
Tempo
Quadrille
Vivace
46. Closing section of a movement.
Coda
Tablature
Orchestration
Mezzo
47. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Relative major and minor
Libretto
Root
Staccato
48. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Choir
Sonata form
Tune
Round
49. The expression the performer brings when playing his instrument.
Sharp
Conductor
Interpretation
Reed
50. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Scherzo
Tempo
Portamento
Key signature