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Trivia: Musical Terms

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1. 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.






2. To shift to another key.






3. Repetition of a single tone.






4. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.






5. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.






6. A dance written in triple time - where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure.






7. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.






8. A direction to play lively and fast.






9. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.






10. The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.






11. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.






12. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.






13. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.






14. Vocal composition written for three or more solo parts - usually without instrumental accompaniment.






15. A musical form where the melody or tune is imitated by individual parts at regular intervals. The individual parts may enter at different measures and pitches. The tune may also be played at different speeds - backwards - or inverted.






16. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.






17. 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.






18. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.






19. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.






20. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.






21. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.






22. Time signature with three beats to the measure.






23. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.






24. A group singing in unison.






25. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.






26. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.






27. The distance in pitch between two notes.






28. A composition written for eight instruments.






29. Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.






30. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.






31. One of two or more parts in polyphonic music. Voice refers to instrumental parts as well as the singing voice.






32. The movement of chords in succession.






33. 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.






34. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.






35. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.






36. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.






37. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.






38. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.






39. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.






40. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.






41. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.






42. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.






43. A short piano piece - often improvisational and intimate in character.






44. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.






45. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.






46. Combination of two or more keys being played at the same time.






47. 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.






48. The element of music pertaining to time - played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.






49. A melodic or - sometimes a harmonic idea presented in a musical form.






50. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.







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