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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A composition written for eight instruments.
Octet
Temperament
Overture
Medley
2. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Carol
Musette
Quintet
Ensemble
3. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Conductor
Sextet
Tone
Carol
4. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Scherzo
Whole-tone scale
Chorale
Modulation
5. Group of singers in a chorus.
Choir
Chorale
Cantata
Theme
6. The movement of chords in succession.
Ligature
Tremolo
Key signature
Progression
7. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Tremolo
Twelve-tone music
Modulation
Baroque
8. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Presto
Staccato
Septet
Relative major and minor
9. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Interlude
Slur
Rococo
Scordatura
10. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.
Serenade
Impromptu
Form
Quintet
11. Indicating speed.
Minor
Coda
Sequence
Tempo
12. 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.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Serenade
Interlude
Tablature
13. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.
Tuning
System
Beat
Scordatura
14. The expression the performer brings when playing his instrument.
Atonal
Grazioso
Interpretation
Consonance
15. 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.
Theme
Modes
Rondo
Polytonality
16. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Libretto
Verismo
Cadenza
Voice
17. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Progression
Accelerando
Oratorio
Hymn
18. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Major
Polyphony
Rondo
Sharp
19. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Temperament
Chord
Resonance
Sextet
20. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.
Tone
Staff
Vivace
Quartet
21. The piece of cane in wind instruments. The players cause vibrations by blowing through it in order to produce sound.
Reed
Clavier
Soprano
Etude
22. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Fifth
Portamento
Capriccio
Romantic
23. An instrumental lament with praise for the dead.
Rococo
Intonation
Elegy
Musette
24. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Round
Root
Mezzo
Relative pitch
25. A reprise.
Tonality
Oratorio
Progression
Recapitulation
26. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Minuet
Gregorian Chant
Nocturne
Encore
27. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Libretto
Notation
Concert master
Castrato
28. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Presto
Intermezzo
Song cycle
Timbre
29. 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
Classicism
Concert master
Staccato
30. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Staccato
Register
Rigaudon
Major
31. The structure of a piece of music.
Form
Sharp
Pentatonic Scale
EnharmonicInterval
32. The element of music pertaining to time - played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.
Concerto
Overture
Scale
Rhythm
33. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.
Reprise
Encore
Phrase
Tuning
34. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Pentatonic Scale
Tonality
Measure
Interlude
35. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Baroque
Piano
Grazioso
Virtuoso
36. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Musette
A cappella
Cavatina
Motif
37. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Falsetto
Espressivo
Trill
Medley
38. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Key signature
Homophony
Triad
Modulation
39. A combination of two or more staves on which all the notes are vertically aligned and performed simultaneously in differing registers and instruments.
Scherzo
Drone
System
Instrumentation
40. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Accessible
Triplet
Exposition
Flat
41. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.
Serenade
Tuning
Minuet
Monotone
42. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Pitch
Libretto
Ensemble
Presto
43. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1700's to mid 1800's. The music was spare and emotionally reserved - especially when compared to Romantic and Boroque music.
Triple time
Trill
Register
Classical
44. The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.
Leading note
Song cycle
Trill
Rondo
45. A reprise.
Recapitulation
Portamento
A cappella
Modulation
46. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.
Slur
Gavotte
Parody
Canon
47. One of two or more parts in polyphonic music. Voice refers to instrumental parts as well as the singing voice.
Fugue
Ligature
Voice
Romantic
48. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Modes
Virtuoso
Renaissance
Medley
49. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Grandioso
Atonal
Galliard
Classicism
50. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Slide
Tone less
Pizzicato
Virtuoso
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