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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Musette
Temperament
Castrato
Trio
2. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Chromatic scale
Accessible
Relative major and minor
Gavotte
3. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.
Madrigal
Sequence
Staff
Opus
4. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Opera
Relative major and minor
Castrato
Unison
5. An important characteristic of the Romantic period. It is a style where the strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone.
Rubato
Nocturne
Recital
Sonata
6. Lowest female singing voice.
Tonality
Octave
Contralto
Round
7. A string of chords played in succession.
Time Signature
Modes
Reprise
Chord progression
8. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Mezzo
Whole-tone scale
Elegy
Neoclassical
9. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Castrato
Da Capo
Tutti
Musette
10. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
Capriccio
Twelve-tone music
Pitch
A cappella
11. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Glee
Leitmotif
Time Signature
Gavotte
12. A sequence of songs - perhaps on a single theme - or with texts by one poet - or having continuos narrative.
March
Scherzo
Accessible
Song cycle
13. Primary theme or subject that is developed.
Ligature
Instrumentation
Motif
Sonata form
14. The piece of cane in wind instruments. The players cause vibrations by blowing through it in order to produce sound.
System
Portamento
Reed
Renaissance
15. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Staccato
Duet
Tone
Notation
16. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Refrain
Dynamics
Tremolo
Form
17. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.
Baroque
Flat
Polytonality
Temperament
18. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Rondo
Adagio
Scale
Theme
19. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Chorus
Grave
Treble
Opus
20. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Twelve-tone music
Parody
Vibrato
Mezzo
21. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Sonata
Interlude
Notation
Espressivo
22. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Fifth
Octave
Intermezzo
Recitative
23. 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.
Allegro
Presto
Grazioso
Cadenza
24. A composition written for nine instruments.
Prelude
Falsetto
Castrato
Nonet
25. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Modulation
Gregorian Chant
Timbre
Musicology
26. The interval between two notes. Two whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Libretto
Da Capo
Reprise
Fourth
27. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Polyphony
Harmony
Clef
Phrase
28. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Accelerando
Sonatina
Pitch
Vivace
29. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Rhythm
Dissonance
Temperament
Choir
30. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Oratorio
Cadenza
Courante
Tune
31. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Libretto
Duet
Sequence
Counterpoint
32. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
A cappella
Unison
Polyphony
Slide
33. The technique of altering the tone color of a single note or musical line by changing from one instrument to another in the middle of a note or line.
Tonic
Klangfarbenmelodie
Treble
Forte
34. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Dynamics
Hymn
Drone
Quartet
35. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
System
Oratorio
Partial
Time Signature
36. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Pizzicato
Twelve-tone music
Gregorian Chant
Chord
37. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.
Sharp
Waltz
Intermezzo
Triplet
38. A direction to play lively and fast.
Allegro
Slide
Presto
Tritone
39. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.
Measure
Polytonality
Slur
Polyphony
40. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Twelve-tone music
Sequence
Scordatura
Dissonance
41. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
Tablature
Tessitura
Elegy
Hymn
42. An extended solo - often accompanying the vocal part of an aria.
Trill
Obbligato
Modulation
Musette
43. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Counterpoint
Encore
Sextet
Rubato
44. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Tessitura
Sextet
Requiem
Harmony
45. A composition whose style is simple and idyllic; suggestive of rural scenes.
Gregorian Chant
Pastoral
Cadence
Tone
46. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Chorale
Espressivo
Cavatina
Ornaments
47. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Round
Orchestration
Canon
Temperament
48. The principal note of a triad.
Root
Orchestra
Pastoral
Polyphony
49. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
Overture
Key signature
Tonic
Triad
50. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Interval
Tone
Suite
Dissonance