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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Tablature
Nocturne
Ensemble
Coda
2. Primary theme or subject that is developed.
Register
Tritone
Grandioso
Motif
3. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Quintet
Dissonance
Mezzo
Triplet
4. Pertains to tone or tones.
Tonal
Interpretation
Harmony
Trill
5. Singing or chanting in unison without strict rhythm. Collected during the Reign of Pope Gregory VIII for psalms and other other parts of the church service.
Coda
Root
Gregorian Chant
Courante
6. The movement of chords in succession.
March
Serenade
Exposition
Progression
7. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Whole-tone scale
Legato
Atonal
Ligature
8. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Overture
Dissonance
Courante
Classical
9. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Intonation
Instrumentation
Orchestra
Theme
10. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
Waltz
March
Tonality
Opus
11. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.
Polytonality
Prelude
Resonance
Sharp
12. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Intonation
Castrato
Neoclassical
Sequence
13. A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
Cantabile
Septet
Prelude
Twelve-tone music
14. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Quintet
Renaissance
Cavatina
Scale
15. A direction to play expressively.
Opus
Accessible
Espressivo
Deceptive cadence
16. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Grandioso
Deceptive cadence
Romantic
Relative major and minor
17. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Renaissance
System
Concerto
Piano
18. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Atonal
Finale
Intonation
Carol
19. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Slide
Trio
Cadenza
Recapitulation
20. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.
Progression
Round
Da Capo
Tremolo
21. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Serenade
Development
Modulation
Tonal
22. Pleasing combination of two or three tones played together in the background while a melody is being played. Harmony also refers to the study of chord progressions.
Tune
Harmony
Glee
Temperament
23. Time signature with three beats to the measure.
Obbligato
Romantic
Rhythm
Triple time
24. 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.
Treble
Energico
Classicism
Hymn
25. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.
Temperament
Phrase
Sequence
Sharp
26. A short or brief sonata.
Major
Septet
Sonatina
Espressivo
27. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Chorale
Ligature
Measure
Quartet
28. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Courante
Dynamics
Overture
Vibrato
29. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.
Encore
Fermata
Da Capo
Interpretation
30. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Counterpoint
Grave
Trill
Suite
31. The element of music pertaining to time - played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.
Obbligato
Chromatic scale
Recital
Rhythm
32. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Development
Relative pitch
Oratorio
Polytonality
33. 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.
Grave
Whole-tone scale
Verismo
Scale
34. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Falsetto
Galliard
Neoclassical
Quadrille
35. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Notation
Rococo
Intonation
Minuet
36. A composition written for nine instruments.
Cantata
Development
Tuning
Nonet
37. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Scale
Fifth
Treble
Tablature
38. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Introduction
Duet
Ensemble
Pentatonic Scale
39. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Ostinato
Scale
Cadenza
Soprano
40. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Modes
Orchestration
Musette
Root
41. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Tritone
Scale
Presto
Soprano
42. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Tuning
Quartet
Recitative
Orchestration
43. A musical form where the principal theme is repeated several times. The rondo was often used for the final movements of classical sonata form works.
Oratorio
Rondo
Modes
Carol
44. A short piece originally preceded by a more substantial work - also an orchestral introduction to opera - however not lengthy enough to be considered an overture.
Prelude
Polytonality
Renaissance
Progression
45. 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.
Sonatina
Classicism
Sextet
Time Signature
46. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Quadrille
Baroque
Scherzo
Fourth
47. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Refrain
Oratorio
Major
Dissonance
48. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Soprano
Round
Sonata form
Staccato
49. A repeated phrase.
Quintet
Nocturne
Slide
Ostinato
50. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
Relative major and minor
Intermezzo
Unison
A cappella