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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. An instruction in sheet music to play softly. Abbreviated by a 'p'.
Piano
Minuet
Tremolo
Virtuoso
2. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Neoclassical
Tuning
Finale
Nocturne
3. A dance written in triple time - where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure.
Intonation
Renaissance
Grandioso
Waltz
4. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Fifth
Relative pitch
Tritone
Gregorian Chant
5. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Suite
Cadenza
Falsetto
Slur
6. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.
Flat
Fugue
Clavier
Virtuoso
7. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Tonal
Intonation
Clavier
Sextet
8. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Tritone
Modulation
Minor
Virtuoso
9. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Medley
Cadenza
Tone
Scale
10. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Tremolo
Duet
Obbligato
Obbligato
11. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Fifth
Staccato
Ligature
Minuet
12. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Accessible
Carol
Slur
Homophony
13. The unit of musical rhythm.
Beat
Nocturne
Round
Minuet
14. The structure of a piece of music.
Form
Grazioso
Key
Elegy
15. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Pentatonic Scale
Cantabile
Grandioso
Legato
16. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Partita
Measure
Key
Timbre
17. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Tutti
Dynamics
Orchestra
Classical
18. Short detached notes - as opposed to legato.
Baroque
Glissando
Staccato
Chromatic scale
19. An extended solo - often accompanying the vocal part of an aria.
Orchestration
Obbligato
Ligature
Quintet
20. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Concert master
Slide
Maestro
Impromptu
21. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Sonata form
Tune
Adagio
Timbre
22. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Gavotte
Libretto
Trill
Ensemble
23. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Scale
Courante
Energico
Chorus
24. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Stretto
Cadence
Orchestration
Chant
25. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Timbre
Orchestra
Register
Medley
26. Unmusical - without tone.
Motif
Tone less
Tonality
Accessible
27. To shift to another key.
Tonal
Whole note
Modulation
Neoclassical
28. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Tritone
Baroque
Expressionism
Tuning
29. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
Drone
Tonic
Classicism
System
30. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Fermata
Romantic
Carol
Chromatic scale
31. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Tone
String Quartet
Interlude
Gregorian Chant
32. Eight full tones above the key note where the scale begins and ends.
Classicism
Octave
Fourth
Piano
33. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
Rondo
A cappella
Movement
Neoclassical
34. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Key
Cantata
Chant
Refrain
35. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Mezzo
Operetta
Cavatina
Tritone
36. A string of chords played in succession.
Finale
Chord progression
Triple time
Relative pitch
37. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.
Reed
Septet
Slur
Opera
38. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Clavier
Theme
Glissando
Scale
39. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
Chord
String Quartet
Tuning
Pizzicato
40. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
Renaissance
Trill
String Quartet
Capriccio
41. A form of writing for vocals that is close to the manner of speech and is rhythmically free.
Expressionism
Cadenza
Sonata
Recitative
42. The element of music pertaining to time - played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.
Sextet
Minuet
Accelerando
Rhythm
43. The distance in pitch between two notes.
Interval
Virtuoso
Flat
Octet
44. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Key
Sharp
Root
Quadrille
45. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Grandioso
Tonality
Refrain
Round
46. A period in history during the 18th and early 19th centuries where the focus shifted from the neoclassical style to an emotional - expressive - and imaginative style.
Romantic
Pizzicato
Notation
Serenade
47. Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.
Ligature
Oratorio
Medley
Atonal
48. The movement of chords in succession.
Hymn
Staccato
Progression
Courante
49. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Theme
Musette
Twelve-tone music
Pentatonic Scale
50. 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
Triad
Deceptive cadence
Operetta