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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
Part
Prelude
March
Capriccio
2. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Register
Renaissance
Libretto
Portamento
3. A repeated phrase.
Time Signature
Fifth
Development
Ostinato
4. A reprise.
Recapitulation
Encore
Refrain
Quintet
5. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.
Minor
Overture
Introduction
Intonation
6. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.
Slur
Introduction
Intonation
Sharp
7. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Energico
Minuet
Monotone
Courante
8. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.
Temperament
Opus
Recapitulation
Encore
9. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Consonance
Motif
Falsetto
Grazioso
10. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.
Capriccio
Glissando
Symphony
Stretto
11. A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer's own time - and the characters are modeled after every day life.
Verismo
Voice
Gregorian Chant
Mezzo
12. A sequence of songs - perhaps on a single theme - or with texts by one poet - or having continuos narrative.
Time Signature
Medley
Cadenza
Song cycle
13. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Interlude
Neoclassical
Register
Obbligato
14. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.
Chamber music
Sharp
Drone
Tremolo
15. The principal note of a triad.
Deceptive cadence
Tutti
Root
String Quartet
16. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Measure
Requiem
Sonatina
Courante
17. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Duet
Slur
Presto
Clef
18. The keyboard of a stringed instrument.
Movement
Clavier
Scale
Deceptive cadence
19. The distance in pitch between two notes.
Orchestration
Tone
Interval
Classical
20. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.
Sonata
Root
Unison
Parody
21. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Tonal
Resonance
Measure
String Quartet
22. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Accessible
Unison
Tone
Tuning
23. A quick 20th century dance written in double time.
Choir
Gregorian Chant
Rigaudon
Virtuoso
24. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Key
Tutti
Dissonance
Impromptu
25. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.
Song cycle
Symphony
Staff
Tutti
26. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Triad
Verismo
Timbre
Grave
27. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Ornaments
Orchestration
Classicism
Da Capo
28. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.
Chord
Neoclassical
Key
Drone
29. A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer's own time - and the characters are modeled after every day life.
Octet
Sonata form
Verismo
Slide
30. A musical theme given to a particular idea or main character of an opera.
Partita
Leitmotif
Opus
Hymn
31. The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.
Tempo
Chord progression
Orchestra
Leading note
32. Lowest female singing voice.
Scherzo
Counterpoint
Contralto
Sonata
33. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Suite
Cadenza
Quadrille
Tremolo
34. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Libretto
Accelerando
Recitative
Oratorio
35. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Cavatina
Overture
Trio
Sonata
36. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Interlude
Vivace
Piano
Fugue
37. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Etude
Ensemble
Sextet
Opus
38. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Triad
Recapitulation
Opus
Chant
39. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Clef
Leitmotif
Allegro
Scherzo
40. A composition whose style is simple and idyllic; suggestive of rural scenes.
Pastoral
Baroque
Ostinato
Nonet
41. An extended solo - often accompanying the vocal part of an aria.
Obbligato
Virtuoso
Octet
Castrato
42. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Interpretation
Register
Concert master
Musette
43. A direction to play expressively.
Polyphony
Phrase
Espressivo
Time Signature
44. The interval between two notes. Two whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Energico
Fourth
Maestro
Waltz
45. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Parody
Song cycle
Mezzo
Elegy
46. The first violin in an orchestra.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Stretto
Concert master
Ornaments
47. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.
Cadenza
Prelude
Modes
Galliard
48. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.
Waltz
Sextet
Tone
Sharp
49. Sliding between two notes.
Finale
Triple time
Monotone
Glissando
50. Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.
Intermezzo
Medley
Falsetto
Baroque
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