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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Tone
Scherzo
EnharmonicInterval
Tone less
2. To hold a tone or rest held beyond the written value at the discretion of the performer.
Natural
Introduction
Refrain
Fermata
3. A short light musical drama.
Slide
Maestro
Operetta
Canon
4. Primary theme or subject that is developed.
Motif
Duet
Atonal
Tonic
5. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Tremolo
Ricercar
Glissando
Grave
6. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Tone less
Rubato
Polyphony
Clef
7. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Fugue
Time Signature
Fifth
Hymn
8. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Nocturne
Partita
Sonatina
Refrain
9. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Neoclassical
Chord
Sharp
Sonata form
10. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Clavier
Trio
Musette
Recapitulation
11. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Rondo
Musette
Cadenza
Natural
12. A musical style characterized as excessive - ornamental - and trivial.
Fugue
Rococo
Baroque
Timbre
13. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Falsetto
Introduction
Libretto
Trill
14. Unmusical - without tone.
Tone less
Root
Root
Round
15. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Presto
Carol
Neoclassical
Reed
16. The piece of cane in wind instruments. The players cause vibrations by blowing through it in order to produce sound.
Symphony
Dissonance
Reed
Orchestra
17. Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.
Rococo
Intermezzo
Whole-tone scale
Forte
18. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Madrigal
Mezzo
Dissonance
Tone
19. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.
Slur
Scordatura
Minor
Nonet
20. Closing section of a movement.
Recital
Coda
Tuning
Chord
21. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Forte
Etude
Da Capo
Concerto
22. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Tempo
Fugue
Conductor
Sonata form
23. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Relative pitch
EnharmonicInterval
Adagio
Quadrille
24. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Ornaments
Grandioso
Reed
Homophony
25. Suite of Baroque dances.
Tutti
Partita
Theme
Capriccio
26. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Grandioso
Opus
Interlude
Intonation
27. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.
Recapitulation
Tablature
Tutti
EnharmonicInterval
28. An instruction in sheet music to play softly. Abbreviated by a 'p'.
Piano
Form
Adagio
Finale
29. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Cadenza
Progression
Serenade
Rococo
30. The first violin in an orchestra.
Concert master
Staff
Homophony
Tempo
31. A direction to play lively and fast.
Allegro
Tuning
Pentatonic Scale
Opera
32. Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.
Overture
Natural
Minuet
Mezzo
33. Combination of two or more keys being played at the same time.
Register
Grave
Polytonality
Concerto
34. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
Intonation
Chant
Tablature
Refrain
35. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Quartet
Beat
Tuning
Maestro
36. 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.
Tremolo
Clef
Round
Accelerando
37. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.
Choir
Relative major and minor
Tremolo
Slur
38. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
EnharmonicInterval
Interlude
Triad
Accelerando
39. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Minor
Hymn
Chorale
Tessitura
40. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Twelve-tone music
Ligature
Scale
Portamento
41. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.
Tuning
Cadenza
Leitmotif
Whole-tone scale
42. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.
Key signature
Round
Notation
Galliard
43. Lowest female singing voice.
Mezzo
EnharmonicInterval
Contralto
Tablature
44. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Cantabile
Instrumentation
System
Minuet
45. A separate section of a larger composition.
Reed
Chromatic scale
Tempo
Movement
46. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Prelude
Stretto
Sonata form
Atonal
47. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Libretto
Oratorio
Octave
Expressionism
48. A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase - either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Tremolo
Tonality
Cadence
Sonata form
49. The highest female voice.
Nonet
Cadenza
Soprano
Notation
50. The movement of chords in succession.
Progression
Cadenza
Gregorian Chant
Dissonance