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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Drone
Flat
Twelve-tone music
Vibrato
2. A combination of two or more staves on which all the notes are vertically aligned and performed simultaneously in differing registers and instruments.
Temperament
Carol
System
Theme
3. A repeated phrase.
Homophony
Recital
Verismo
Ostinato
4. Pertains to tone or tones.
Verismo
March
Tonal
Part
5. An instrumental lament with praise for the dead.
String Quartet
Elegy
Sharp
Octet
6. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
Tablature
Septet
Harmony
Soprano
7. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Vibrato
Cantata
Allegro
Cadence
8. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Accessible
Expressionism
Pentatonic Scale
Interlude
9. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Counterpoint
Gavotte
Falsetto
Orchestra
10. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Scale
Monotone
Piano
Recapitulation
11. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Scale
Scherzo
Sextet
Expressionism
12. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Scherzo
Part
Soprano
Modes
13. To hold a tone or rest held beyond the written value at the discretion of the performer.
Development
Fermata
Voice
Romantic
14. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Phrase
Serenade
Waltz
Scale
15. A short light musical drama.
Operetta
Trio
Quintet
Interpretation
16. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.
Encore
Interpretation
Cadenza
Temperament
17. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Orchestration
Choir
Carol
Opera
18. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.
Phrase
Sequence
EnharmonicInterval
Tremolo
19. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.
Progression
Madrigal
Twelve-tone music
Octave
20. A group singing in unison.
Fugue
Falsetto
Chorus
Maestro
21. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Cavatina
Voice
Klangfarbenmelodie
Castrato
22. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.
Symphony
Quintet
Mezzo
Staccato
23. A musical theme given to a particular idea or main character of an opera.
Encore
Renaissance
Triplet
Leitmotif
24. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Chant
Pizzicato
Fifth
Refrain
25. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Tablature
Requiem
Madrigal
Fifth
26. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Nonet
Grazioso
Gavotte
Opera
27. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
Key signature
Cantata
Triple time
Minuet
28. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Relative pitch
Sonata
Chorale
Cadenza
29. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Trill
Modes
Instrumentation
Finale
30. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Falsetto
Deceptive cadence
EnharmonicInterval
Rubato
31. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Scherzo
Musette
Phrase
Legato
32. A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts.
Septet
Virtuoso
Staff
Clavier
33. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Overture
Maestro
Progression
Quartet
34. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Octave
Opera
Fugue
Accessible
35. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Dissonance
Chord
Modes
Ligature
36. Lowest female singing voice.
Key
Vibrato
Finale
Contralto
37. A group singing in unison.
Interpretation
Natural
Chorus
Resonance
38. An instrumental lament with praise for the dead.
Elegy
Quintet
Nonet
Round
39. The expression the performer brings when playing his instrument.
Interpretation
Staccato
Treble
Hymn
40. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Chromatic scale
Klangfarbenmelodie
Symphony
Orchestration
41. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Polyphony
Octet
Round
Castrato
42. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Contralto
Quadrille
Whole-tone scale
Triad
43. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
A cappella
Mezzo
Libretto
Treble
44. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
Introduction
Relative major and minor
Staccato
Progression
45. The unit of musical rhythm.
Consonance
Beat
Allegro
Sonata
46. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.
Canon
Flat
Dynamics
Triplet
47. An instruction in sheet music to play softly. Abbreviated by a 'p'.
Round
Legato
Cantata
Piano
48. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Operetta
Unison
Falsetto
Reprise
49. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Renaissance
Octave
Suite
Interval
50. Group of singers in a chorus.
Choir
Recitative
Clavier
Falsetto