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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Sextet
Triad
Intermezzo
Minuet
2. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.
Part
Natural
Modes
Staccato
3. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Tuning
Impromptu
Grazioso
Clavier
4. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Interlude
Symphony
Quadrille
Minor
5. Group of singers in a chorus.
Chant
Root
Choir
Cantabile
6. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Interlude
Leitmotif
Deceptive cadence
Pitch
7. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Tone less
Fugue
Notation
Tuning
8. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Trio
Chamber music
Rhythm
Triplet
9. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Part
Progression
Clef
Chamber music
10. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.
Allegro
Tablature
Drone
Galliard
11. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Verismo
Vivace
Forte
Suite
12. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Opus
Fifth
Virtuoso
Timbre
13. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Baroque
Requiem
Timbre
Whole-tone scale
14. A short light musical drama.
Deceptive cadence
Fifth
Operetta
Partita
15. A short piece originally preceded by a more substantial work - also an orchestral introduction to opera - however not lengthy enough to be considered an overture.
Progression
Counterpoint
Leading note
Prelude
16. 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.
Verismo
Tablature
Romantic
Whole-tone scale
17. 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.
Fermata
Hymn
Scherzo
Sonata
18. A short or brief sonata.
Coda
Quintet
Sonatina
Gregorian Chant
19. Lowest female singing voice.
Contralto
Fermata
Register
Ligature
20. A separate section of a larger composition.
Relative pitch
Movement
Classical
Slur
21. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Staccato
Maestro
Orchestration
Ostinato
22. A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase - either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Fifth
A cappella
Cadence
Leading note
23. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Voice
Slide
Ligature
Resonance
24. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Carol
Interlude
Pizzicato
Scale
25. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.
Interval
Etude
Vivace
Progression
26. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Vivace
Slide
Tablature
27. The retuning of a stringed instrument in order to play notes below the ordinary range of the instrument or to produce an usual tone color.
Allegro
Sequence
Scordatura
Carol
28. A separate section of a larger composition.
Allegro
Prelude
Vibrato
Movement
29. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Fugue
Treble
Chorale
Measure
30. 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.
Espressivo
March
Verismo
Canon
31. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Deceptive cadence
Triad
Development
Orchestra
32. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Motif
Romantic
Dissonance
Chromatic scale
33. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Intermezzo
Pentatonic Scale
Notation
Ornaments
34. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Waltz
Overture
Falsetto
Renaissance
35. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Sequence
Quartet
Elegy
Leading note
36. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Portamento
Reed
March
Mezzo
37. A combination of two or more staves on which all the notes are vertically aligned and performed simultaneously in differing registers and instruments.
System
Atonal
Intonation
Leading note
38. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
Intermezzo
Slur
Recital
Nocturne
39. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Pastoral
Finale
Treble
Interlude
40. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Soprano
Flat
Triad
Recital
41. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Staff
Unison
Measure
Dynamics
42. A musical style characterized as excessive - ornamental - and trivial.
Resonance
Portamento
Madrigal
Rococo
43. 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.
Form
Cadenza
Tonal
Partial
44. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Timbre
EnharmonicInterval
Slide
Septet
45. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Deceptive cadence
Instrumentation
Introduction
Tempo
46. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Presto
Triplet
Twelve-tone music
Operetta
47. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.
Refrain
Ensemble
Flat
Gavotte
48. An important characteristic of the Romantic period. It is a style where the strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone.
Instrumentation
Rubato
Tonic
Virtuoso
49. To hold a tone or rest held beyond the written value at the discretion of the performer.
Fermata
Treble
Classical
Clef
50. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1800's and lasted about sixty years. There was a strong regard for order and balance.
Partial
Atonal
Grave
Classicism