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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A repeated phrase.
Energico
Glissando
Reed
Ostinato
2. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Pastoral
Renaissance
Tune
Tonal
3. 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.
Sextet
Clef
Verismo
Polyphony
4. The expression the performer brings when playing his instrument.
Interlude
Interpretation
Choir
Recitative
5. Suite of Baroque dances.
Partita
Orchestration
Root
Soprano
6. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Pitch
Homophony
Chorale
Triplet
7. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Grazioso
Major
Harmony
Recital
8. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Reed
Consonance
Waltz
Vibrato
9. A separate section of a larger composition.
Ligature
Medley
A cappella
Movement
10. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Septet
Glissando
Mezzo
Baroque
11. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Development
Part
Soprano
Tablature
12. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Romantic
Grazioso
Expressionism
Deceptive cadence
13. Sliding between two notes.
Parody
Part
Recitative
Glissando
14. A musical form where the melody or tune is imitated by individual parts at regular intervals. The individual parts may enter at different measures and pitches. The tune may also be played at different speeds - backwards - or inverted.
Cavatina
Canon
Modes
Interpretation
15. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Pentatonic Scale
Galliard
Cadence
Renaissance
16. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Measure
Ensemble
Whole-tone scale
Counterpoint
17. The unit of musical rhythm.
Cantabile
Beat
Chorus
Glee
18. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Chorale
Minuet
Conductor
Pitch
19. 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.
Sonata
Madrigal
Fifth
Song cycle
20. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Reed
Clavier
Key
Chant
21. The principal note of a triad.
Opus
Modes
Root
Major
22. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
Minor
Tablature
Notation
Virtuoso
23. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Instrumentation
Chant
Triplet
Leading note
24. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Modes
Soprano
Carol
Clef
25. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.
Coda
Octave
Minuet
Flat
26. 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.
Development
Ricercar
Romantic
Nocturne
27. To shift to another key.
Rigaudon
Pizzicato
Modulation
Courante
28. The structure of a piece of music.
Ligature
Instrumentation
Form
Chorale
29. Repetition of a single tone.
Monotone
Grave
Duet
Accessible
30. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Progression
Reed
Symphony
Quadrille
31. A quick 20th century dance written in double time.
Measure
Libretto
Resonance
Rigaudon
32. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
Fermata
Galliard
Staccato
March
33. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Rococo
Dynamics
Sonatina
Refrain
34. Unmusical - without tone.
Opera
Tone less
Classicism
Relative pitch
35. Closing section of a movement.
Parody
Scale
Coda
Fermata
36. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Allegro
Recitative
Galliard
Consonance
37. A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.
Major
Tritone
Trill
Overture
38. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Requiem
Medley
Staff
Counterpoint
39. Two or three melodic lines played at the same time.
Septet
Staff
Counterpoint
Gavotte
40. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
Operetta
Opera
Natural
A cappella
41. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.
Temperament
Interpretation
Clef
Staccato
42. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Chorale
Tonic
Grave
Presto
43. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.
Expressionism
Ligature
Parody
Virtuoso
44. A string of chords played in succession.
Time Signature
Key signature
Twelve-tone music
Chord progression
45. Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.
Parody
Tutti
Soprano
Obbligato
46. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Grazioso
Opus
Fifth
Cadenza
47. A canon where the melody is sung in two or more voices. After the first voice begins - the next voice starts singing after a couple of measures are played in the preceding voice. All parts repeat continuously.
Tuning
Relative pitch
Round
Phrase
48. A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.
Tritone
Trill
Triplet
Slide
49. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Concert master
Madrigal
Leitmotif
Intonation
50. A group singing in unison.
Interpretation
Chorus
Grazioso
Temperament