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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Virtuoso
Unison
Fifth
Quadrille
2. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.
Galliard
Cadenza
Chord progression
Trill
3. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Relative major and minor
Chorale
Tremolo
Rubato
4. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Tutti
Cavatina
Triple time
Madrigal
5. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
Capriccio
Polytonality
Sequence
Cadenza
6. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.
Temperament
Pizzicato
Madrigal
Pentatonic Scale
7. Closing section of a movement.
Coda
Stretto
Castrato
Interpretation
8. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.
Tune
Glee
Recitative
Whole note
9. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.
Concerto
Impromptu
Opus
Atonal
10. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Chromatic scale
Partita
Pitch
Deceptive cadence
11. A repeated phrase.
Glee
Baroque
Medley
Ostinato
12. The principal note of a triad.
Portamento
Soprano
Root
Time Signature
13. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Adagio
Clef
Espressivo
Phrase
14. 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
Orchestration
Rococo
Polytonality
15. Repetition of a single tone.
Monotone
Ricercar
Interpretation
Scherzo
16. Sliding between two notes.
Glissando
Slide
Duet
Cantata
17. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Overture
Rubato
Trill
Cadenza
18. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Quintet
Capriccio
Scherzo
Chorale
19. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Glee
Scordatura
Recapitulation
Portamento
20. Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.
Reed
Atonal
Chant
Triplet
21. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Neoclassical
Orchestra
Orchestration
Sextet
22. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Oratorio
Temperament
Cantabile
Contralto
23. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Choir
Orchestration
Accessible
Polyphony
24. Repetition of a single tone.
Octave
Trio
Monotone
Tonal
25. Time signature with three beats to the measure.
Rondo
Triple time
Expressionism
Ligature
26. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Portamento
Maestro
Leading note
Triple time
27. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Finale
Major
Grandioso
Triplet
28. Music of a particular form consisting of four movements. Each of the movements differ in tempo - rhythm - and melody; but are held together by subject and style.
Minuet
Counterpoint
Sonata
Staff
29. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Scale
Instrumentation
Whole-tone scale
Oratorio
30. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Tonality
Da Capo
Unison
Ligature
31. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Unison
Falsetto
Motif
Song cycle
32. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Pizzicato
Key
A cappella
Serenade
33. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Progression
Legato
Major
Grandioso
34. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Etude
Da Capo
Fermata
Expressionism
35. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Atonal
Quintet
Vivace
Interlude
36. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Castrato
Key
Round
Scordatura
37. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Deceptive cadence
Slide
Voice
Key signature
38. The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.
Staccato
Atonal
Relative major and minor
Leading note
39. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
Modes
Presto
Whole-tone scale
Key signature
40. A reprise.
Unison
Cadence
Recapitulation
Duet
41. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Chromatic scale
Intermezzo
Sharp
Unison
42. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Sonata
Leading note
Renaissance
Root
43. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Forte
Medley
Motif
Scale
44. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Rhythm
Polyphony
Chant
Register
45. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Minuet
Triad
Scale
Forte
46. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Grandioso
Key
Recital
Falsetto
47. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Medley
Notation
Natural
Fourth
48. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Vivace
Ligature
Tone
Interlude
49. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
Leitmotif
Refrain
Tonic
Sharp
50. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Fugue
Rondo
String Quartet
Obbligato