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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Pertains to tone or tones.
Choir
Triple time
Tonal
Opera
2. An instrumental lament with praise for the dead.
Progression
Reprise
Renaissance
Elegy
3. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.
Temperament
Modulation
Intonation
Mezzo
4. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Carol
Hymn
Temperament
Tone less
5. 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.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Tone
Gavotte
Pastoral
6. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.
Stretto
Expressionism
Octave
Sharp
7. Repetition of a single tone.
Medley
Fermata
Monotone
Parody
8. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.
Interlude
Notation
Whole note
Coda
9. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Exposition
Motif
Dynamics
Whole note
10. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Accessible
Pizzicato
Waltz
Conductor
11. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Tonic
Scale
Opera
Pitch
12. 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.
Homophony
Rubato
Romantic
Theme
13. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Temperament
Galliard
Requiem
Expressionism
14. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Cadenza
Fifth
Tremolo
Relative major and minor
15. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Temperament
Fugue
Notation
Capriccio
16. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Tritone
Vivace
Medley
Duet
17. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Ricercar
Scherzo
Castrato
Recital
18. Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.
Tritone
Modulation
Tritone
Tutti
19. The highest female voice.
Soprano
Phrase
Glee
Sonatina
20. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Finale
Gavotte
Reed
Hymn
21. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Falsetto
Tonal
Trill
Cavatina
22. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Partial
Consonance
Cavatina
Drone
23. The first violin in an orchestra.
Concert master
Pizzicato
Consonance
Quadrille
24. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
String Quartet
Tonality
Chamber music
Finale
25. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Intonation
Modulation
Fermata
Tone less
26. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
Nonet
Tremolo
Exposition
Partita
27. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Progression
Time Signature
Expressionism
Ostinato
28. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Classical
Theme
EnharmonicInterval
Virtuoso
29. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Suite
Orchestration
Presto
Neoclassical
30. Group of singers in a chorus.
Pentatonic Scale
Choir
Orchestration
Temperament
31. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
Introduction
Interval
Orchestra
Galliard
32. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Suite
Piano
Intonation
Sharp
33. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Ligature
Grandioso
Interval
Serenade
34. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.
Finale
Twelve-tone music
Vivace
Introduction
35. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Fourth
Finale
Neoclassical
Chord
36. 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
Quartet
Modulation
Nocturne
37. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Grandioso
Requiem
Castrato
Prelude
38. A melodic or - sometimes a harmonic idea presented in a musical form.
Sharp
Tune
Theme
Accessible
39. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.
Stretto
Contralto
Courante
Grave
40. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Sharp
Partita
Tuning
Vivace
41. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Trill
Octet
Tuning
Sequence
42. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Grave
Cadenza
Atonal
Cantata
43. The keyboard of a stringed instrument.
Energico
Clavier
Cadenza
Serenade
44. 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.
Octet
Classicism
Form
Cadenza
45. A short light musical drama.
Grave
Operetta
Tune
Symphony
46. Short detached notes - as opposed to legato.
Atonal
Tessitura
Staccato
Parody
47. 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.
Ricercar
A cappella
Verismo
Tonal
48. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
Treble
Resonance
Scherzo
Galliard
49. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Orchestra
Triad
Pizzicato
Intonation
50. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
Tablature
Voice
Tremolo
Ornaments
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