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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Chorale
Prelude
Expressionism
Tune
2. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Interval
Tutti
Duet
Pizzicato
3. 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.
Conductor
Cavatina
Ornaments
Cadenza
4. A form of writing for vocals that is close to the manner of speech and is rhythmically free.
Finale
Expressionism
Classical
Recitative
5. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Slide
Sharp
Cadenza
Unison
6. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Natural
Pastoral
Choir
Tone
7. To shift to another key.
Modulation
Falsetto
Clavier
Recapitulation
8. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Timbre
Relative major and minor
Instrumentation
Castrato
9. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Legato
Octave
Portamento
Courante
10. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.
Pentatonic Scale
Tuning
Rubato
Tonic
11. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Carol
Requiem
Chord
Measure
12. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
Major
Verismo
Key signature
Triplet
13. A sequence of songs - perhaps on a single theme - or with texts by one poet - or having continuos narrative.
Song cycle
Symphony
Medley
Scherzo
14. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.
Slur
Galliard
Verismo
Clavier
15. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Contralto
Ensemble
Intermezzo
Trill
16. 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.
March
Tonic
Rondo
Movement
17. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Madrigal
Tempo
Exposition
Forte
18. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Musette
Development
A cappella
Accessible
19. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.
Hymn
Legato
Accessible
Etude
20. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Expressionism
Madrigal
Whole-tone scale
Octet
21. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Vibrato
Grave
Libretto
Triplet
22. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Ostinato
Capriccio
Intermezzo
Reprise
23. A group singing in unison.
Chamber music
Chorus
Motif
Slide
24. The interval between two notes. Two whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Classicism
Fourth
Development
Encore
25. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Recital
Twelve-tone music
System
Chromatic scale
26. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Classicism
Chorus
Part
Temperament
27. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.
Opus
Ensemble
Nonet
Atonal
28. The piece of cane in wind instruments. The players cause vibrations by blowing through it in order to produce sound.
Impromptu
String Quartet
Rhythm
Reed
29. The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.
Counterpoint
Suite
Leading note
Partial
30. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
Interval
Rubato
Tone
Tonic
31. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Adagio
Interval
Part
Chant
32. A sequence of songs - perhaps on a single theme - or with texts by one poet - or having continuos narrative.
Tone
Elegy
Song cycle
Octave
33. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Requiem
Measure
Rigaudon
Homophony
34. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Sextet
Requiem
Sequence
Soprano
35. The movement of chords in succession.
Quartet
Contralto
Progression
Atonal
36. A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts.
Pastoral
Septet
Round
Vivace
37. Time signature with three beats to the measure.
Quintet
Triple time
Measure
Staff
38. Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.
Intonation
Atonal
Rhythm
Slide
39. Elaborate polyphonic composition of the Boroque and Renaissance periods.
Ricercar
Dynamics
Instrumentation
Root
40. A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
Modes
Virtuoso
Tempo
Cantabile
41. A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.
Tritone
Quadrille
Triple time
Cavatina
42. 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.
Chorale
Interpretation
Romantic
Soprano
43. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.
Maestro
Partial
Reprise
Encore
44. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Quartet
Fugue
Chorus
Atonal
45. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Major
Suite
Key
Introduction
46. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.
Scordatura
Encore
Chorale
Staff
47. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
Accessible
Sextet
Glee
Treble
48. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Orchestration
Phrase
Maestro
Quintet
49. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Renaissance
Virtuoso
Tune
Movement
50. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.
Recitative
Maestro
Recital
Neoclassical
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