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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Overture
Phrase
Septet
Carol
2. Indicating speed.
Ensemble
Progression
Tempo
Adagio
3. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.
Triad
Renaissance
Temperament
Opera
4. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Forte
Dynamics
Resonance
Motif
5. 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.
Espressivo
Classical
Ensemble
Orchestration
6. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Theme
Notation
Parody
Reed
7. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
Tessitura
Key signature
Clavier
Relative pitch
8. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Recapitulation
Pitch
Instrumentation
Trill
9. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Falsetto
Vivace
Hymn
Major
10. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Phrase
Carol
Tritone
Elegy
11. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Energico
Scale
Relative pitch
A cappella
12. 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.
Vibrato
Rondo
Tritone
Register
13. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.
Tessitura
Da Capo
Recitative
Reprise
14. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
March
Cadenza
Klangfarbenmelodie
Movement
15. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Ornaments
Sextet
Portamento
Adagio
16. A melodic or - sometimes a harmonic idea presented in a musical form.
Theme
Temperament
Courante
Resonance
17. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Partial
Chromatic scale
Piano
Quartet
18. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Portamento
Register
Sharp
Accessible
19. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Neoclassical
Triple time
System
Dissonance
20. 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.
Classicism
Beat
Expressionism
Interpretation
21. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Maestro
Octave
Chromatic scale
Recital
22. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Septet
Courante
Nocturne
Temperament
23. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Concerto
Minuet
Tremolo
Tempo
24. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.
Modes
Cavatina
Chorus
Duet
25. The movement of chords in succession.
Progression
Key signature
Grave
Concert master
26. Closing section of a movement.
Twelve-tone music
Cavatina
Coda
Flat
27. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Fermata
Development
Grazioso
Atonal
28. The element of music pertaining to time - played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.
Minuet
Tone less
Rhythm
Operetta
29. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Accessible
Neoclassical
Root
Pizzicato
30. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.
Drone
Overture
Conductor
Waltz
31. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.
Introduction
Quartet
Twelve-tone music
Modes
32. A composition whose style is simple and idyllic; suggestive of rural scenes.
Pastoral
Development
Polyphony
Chorus
33. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Cavatina
Presto
Romantic
Relative major and minor
34. Eight full tones above the key note where the scale begins and ends.
Etude
Root
Octave
Homophony
35. 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.
Fugue
Concert master
Staccato
Romantic
36. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Tonality
Leading note
Tonal
Nocturne
37. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Gavotte
Interpretation
Presto
Expressionism
38. A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts.
Classical
March
Septet
Ornaments
39. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.
Ornaments
Modes
Fourth
Rigaudon
40. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.
Triad
Encore
Modulation
Cantata
41. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Interlude
Part
Key
Elegy
42. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Scherzo
Natural
Song cycle
Ensemble
43. The distance in pitch between two notes.
Recapitulation
Interval
Consonance
Staff
44. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
Gavotte
Modulation
Introduction
Fugue
45. The structure of a piece of music.
Leitmotif
Form
Concert master
Glissando
46. The highest female voice.
Chamber music
Soprano
Stretto
Tessitura
47. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Tuning
Romantic
Sonata form
Interval
48. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Recapitulation
Ricercar
Tune
Cadence
49. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
Grave
Trill
Musicology
Interpretation
50. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Tune
Orchestration
Triple time
Courante