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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. The movement of chords in succession.
Drone
Reprise
Clef
Progression
2. Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Sonata
Tritone
Chamber music
Madrigal
3. Unmusical - without tone.
Introduction
Tone less
Trio
Drone
4. A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
Modes
Grandioso
Cantabile
Introduction
5. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Clef
Tessitura
Da Capo
Pitch
6. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Grave
Staff
Concerto
Madrigal
7. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Beat
Instrumentation
Quadrille
Scale
8. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
Consonance
Key signature
String Quartet
Tune
9. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
Voice
Adagio
Exposition
Sharp
10. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.
Tuning
Tonality
Concert master
Vivace
11. A repeated phrase.
Ostinato
Baroque
Expressionism
Relative pitch
12. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.
Recital
Chant
Tritone
Intermezzo
13. A dance written in triple time - where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure.
Sequence
Hymn
Fourth
Waltz
14. Music of a particular form consisting of four movements. Each of the movements differ in tempo - rhythm - and melody; but are held together by subject and style.
Ricercar
Orchestra
Contralto
Sonata
15. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Sharp
Forte
Falsetto
Relative major and minor
16. Music of a particular form consisting of four movements. Each of the movements differ in tempo - rhythm - and melody; but are held together by subject and style.
Rondo
Sonata
Parody
Relative major and minor
17. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.
Presto
Capriccio
Maestro
Stretto
18. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Grazioso
Quadrille
Motif
Scherzo
19. Pertains to tone or tones.
Chord progression
Tonal
Espressivo
Forte
20. Vocal composition written for three or more solo parts - usually without instrumental accompaniment.
Falsetto
Quintet
Chromatic scale
Glee
21. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Maestro
Etude
Adagio
Octave
22. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Tonal
Sonata form
Tutti
Neoclassical
23. 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.
Octave
Serenade
Voice
Rondo
24. Time signature with three beats to the measure.
Triple time
Legato
Pizzicato
Rococo
25. The principal note of a triad.
Accessible
Capriccio
Scale
Root
26. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Stretto
Dissonance
Dynamics
Sextet
27. Primary theme or subject that is developed.
Canon
Energico
Motif
Staccato
28. A musical theme given to a particular idea or main character of an opera.
Encore
Trio
Leitmotif
Fugue
29. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.
Energico
Consonance
Staccato
Dynamics
30. The principal note of a triad.
Fugue
Espressivo
Galliard
Root
31. A form of writing for vocals that is close to the manner of speech and is rhythmically free.
Recitative
Resonance
Allegro
Coda
32. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Falsetto
Classical
Expressionism
Harmony
33. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Fugue
Accessible
Serenade
Rococo
34. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Grandioso
Nocturne
Scale
Chant
35. 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.
Coda
Cadenza
Tonal
Neoclassical
36. A short or brief sonata.
Verismo
Sonatina
Major
Tonic
37. Vocal composition written for three or more solo parts - usually without instrumental accompaniment.
Glee
Natural
Glissando
Dynamics
38. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Relative major and minor
Timbre
Notation
Cadenza
39. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Cantabile
String Quartet
Renaissance
March
40. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Rondo
Key signature
Slide
Instrumentation
41. To shift to another key.
Modulation
Accelerando
Prelude
Concert master
42. A quick 20th century dance written in double time.
Rondo
Chamber music
Rigaudon
Chorale
43. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.
Coda
Temperament
Recapitulation
Gavotte
44. Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most often religious in nature.
Gavotte
Piano
Cantata
Octave
45. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.
Slur
Serenade
Interval
Orchestration
46. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Part
Partial
Sextet
Partita
47. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Septet
Accessible
Sonatina
Timbre
48. The expression the performer brings when playing his instrument.
Sonata form
Chamber music
Theme
Interpretation
49. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Courante
Scherzo
Prelude
Pentatonic Scale
50. An instrumental lament with praise for the dead.
Elegy
Symphony
Oratorio
Whole-tone scale