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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.
Whole note
Cadence
Exposition
Pentatonic Scale
2. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Tone less
Partita
Grandioso
Renaissance
3. 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
Measure
Introduction
Gregorian Chant
4. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.
Octave
Minor
Neoclassical
Castrato
5. Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional - flowery music; written in strict form.
Partial
Slide
Recapitulation
Baroque
6. A separate section of a larger composition.
Movement
Dynamics
Cavatina
Time Signature
7. 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.
Timbre
Polyphony
Romantic
Glissando
8. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.
Drone
Refrain
Scale
Chorus
9. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Maestro
Carol
Cavatina
Musicology
10. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.
Interpretation
Galliard
Rondo
Modes
11. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Fourth
Ornaments
Dynamics
Flat
12. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Partita
Partial
Harmony
Requiem
13. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Rondo
Chorale
Unison
Chord progression
14. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
Nocturne
Quintet
Reprise
Sequence
15. The expression the performer brings when playing his instrument.
Interpretation
Exposition
Sequence
Tonal
16. The principal note of a triad.
Falsetto
Root
Serenade
Stretto
17. To hold a tone or rest held beyond the written value at the discretion of the performer.
Measure
Fermata
Choir
March
18. The interval between two notes. Two whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Fourth
EnharmonicInterval
Elegy
Chorale
19. A dance written in triple time - where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure.
Trill
Instrumentation
Maestro
Waltz
20. Sliding between two notes.
Glissando
Medley
Twelve-tone music
Clavier
21. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.
Fourth
Relative pitch
EnharmonicInterval
Encore
22. A group singing in unison.
Deceptive cadence
Notation
Introduction
Chorus
23. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Capriccio
Clavier
Energico
Sequence
24. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.
March
Temperament
Suite
Triplet
25. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Courante
Recital
Neoclassical
Prelude
26. Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Staff
Chamber music
Parody
Development
27. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.
EnharmonicInterval
Serenade
Adagio
Movement
28. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Minuet
Scale
Interval
Staff
29. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Slur
Octave
Chant
Cadenza
30. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Portamento
Staccato
Adagio
Part
31. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Exposition
Scale
Duet
Grandioso
32. A musical style characterized as excessive - ornamental - and trivial.
Quintet
Finale
Fugue
Rococo
33. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Fermata
Relative major and minor
Elegy
Modulation
34. The first violin in an orchestra.
String Quartet
Concert master
Triplet
Vivace
35. Eight full tones above the key note where the scale begins and ends.
Concert master
Octave
Requiem
Form
36. A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase - either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Galliard
Carol
Root
Cadence
37. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Soprano
Neoclassical
Recital
Counterpoint
38. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Concert master
Scherzo
Tune
Sextet
39. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Elegy
Renaissance
Interpretation
Minor
40. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Encore
Grazioso
Quartet
Suite
41. A repeated phrase.
Conductor
Carol
Ostinato
Clavier
42. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Tritone
Deceptive cadence
Relative pitch
Interlude
43. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Chord progression
Carol
Reprise
Expressionism
44. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Cavatina
Triad
Contralto
Etude
45. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Waltz
Temperament
Gavotte
Quadrille
46. To hold a tone or rest held beyond the written value at the discretion of the performer.
Fermata
Polyphony
Coda
Maestro
47. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Development
Oratorio
Atonal
Deceptive cadence
48. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Pizzicato
Portamento
Prelude
Minuet
49. Two or three melodic lines played at the same time.
Galliard
Tutti
Counterpoint
Staccato
50. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Movement
Concerto
Falsetto
Contralto