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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Measure
Recital
Renaissance
Relative pitch
2. A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase - either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Cadence
Overture
Interval
Progression
3. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Rhythm
Chord
Rococo
Romantic
4. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Suite
Sextet
Fifth
Slide
5. A separate section of a larger composition.
Grazioso
Tessitura
Polyphony
Movement
6. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Trill
Measure
Quintet
Chant
7. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Octet
Intermezzo
Sharp
Fugue
8. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Dissonance
Reprise
Quintet
Glee
9. 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.
Cadenza
Stretto
Sextet
Gregorian Chant
10. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Rhythm
Rococo
Conductor
Parody
11. An instruction in sheet music to play softly. Abbreviated by a 'p'.
Ensemble
Minor
Piano
Consonance
12. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
String Quartet
Elegy
Cadenza
Progression
13. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Symphony
Romantic
Accelerando
Resonance
14. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Fermata
Coda
Slide
Portamento
15. A combination of two or more staves on which all the notes are vertically aligned and performed simultaneously in differing registers and instruments.
System
Counterpoint
Cadenza
Key signature
16. A combination of two or more staves on which all the notes are vertically aligned and performed simultaneously in differing registers and instruments.
Intermezzo
System
Whole note
Musette
17. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.
Slur
Soprano
Root
Key
18. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Whole-tone scale
Cavatina
Medley
Minuet
19. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Accessible
Counterpoint
Overture
Pitch
20. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Renaissance
Orchestra
Natural
Suite
21. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Movement
Hymn
Renaissance
Phrase
22. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Castrato
Theme
Staccato
Tritone
23. A composition whose style is simple and idyllic; suggestive of rural scenes.
Pastoral
Fermata
Rigaudon
Scherzo
24. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.
EnharmonicInterval
Progression
Modulation
Temperament
25. A harmonic given off by a note when it is played.
Staff
Partial
Monotone
Medley
26. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Triad
Trill
Grandioso
Notation
27. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Requiem
Cadenza
Tuning
Recitative
28. Suite of Baroque dances.
Partita
Pitch
Scale
Stretto
29. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.
Chord progression
Tessitura
Serenade
Fourth
30. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
Falsetto
Musicology
Intonation
Quadrille
31. Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most often religious in nature.
Cantata
Staff
Nocturne
Triad
32. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Neoclassical
Flat
Orchestration
Tone
33. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Whole-tone scale
Portamento
Phrase
Relative major and minor
34. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Madrigal
Gavotte
Interlude
Allegro
35. To shift to another key.
Classical
Grandioso
Modulation
Recitative
36. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
Chorale
March
Glee
Drone
37. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Vibrato
EnharmonicInterval
Musette
Neoclassical
38. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
String Quartet
Whole note
Tonic
Sonata form
39. 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.
Round
Cadenza
Suite
Drone
40. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Rococo
Pastoral
Falsetto
Grazioso
41. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Gavotte
Musette
Chorus
Interval
42. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Minuet
Operetta
Pitch
Ligature
43. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Tritone
Voice
Dissonance
Adagio
44. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Phrase
Tessitura
Romantic
Castrato
45. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
Suite
Nocturne
Impromptu
Tutti
46. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Slide
Glee
Tuning
Quartet
47. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Form
Chamber music
Obbligato
Instrumentation
48. A short or brief sonata.
Quadrille
Sonatina
Treble
Baroque
49. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Conductor
Legato
Etude
Fourth
50. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.
Obbligato
Da Capo
Polyphony
Encore