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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Primary theme or subject that is developed.
Prelude
Motif
Instrumentation
Ostinato
2. Eight full tones above the key note where the scale begins and ends.
Dissonance
Reed
Octave
Sextet
3. The piece of cane in wind instruments. The players cause vibrations by blowing through it in order to produce sound.
Reprise
Reed
Requiem
Tutti
4. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Accelerando
Octet
Etude
Tremolo
5. Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most often religious in nature.
Rigaudon
Flat
Ornaments
Cantata
6. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Resonance
Opus
Forte
Waltz
7. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Etude
Ensemble
Trio
Octet
8. Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.
Pentatonic Scale
Dissonance
Impromptu
Overture
9. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Rhythm
Key signature
Energico
Ornaments
10. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Waltz
Reprise
Vivace
Oratorio
11. A composition written for eight instruments.
Espressivo
Minor
Key
Octet
12. The structure of a piece of music.
Pizzicato
Form
Slur
Movement
13. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
Allegro
A cappella
Recital
Pentatonic Scale
14. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Partial
Fourth
Relative major and minor
Tablature
15. A direction to play lively and fast.
Serenade
Conductor
Sequence
Allegro
16. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Grandioso
Key
Concerto
Whole note
17. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.
Sharp
Slur
Polytonality
Scordatura
18. A melodic or - sometimes a harmonic idea presented in a musical form.
Nocturne
Fermata
Theme
Voice
19. Two or three melodic lines played at the same time.
Accelerando
Counterpoint
Root
Leitmotif
20. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Leading note
Cadence
Cadenza
Clef
21. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Hymn
Ostinato
March
22. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Romantic
Dissonance
Cadenza
Suite
23. The highest female voice.
Presto
Obbligato
Forte
Soprano
24. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Tempo
Sequence
Concerto
Piano
25. A dance written in triple time - where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure.
Movement
Romantic
Waltz
Concerto
26. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Tablature
Libretto
Slide
Development
27. One of two or more parts in polyphonic music. Voice refers to instrumental parts as well as the singing voice.
Voice
Recital
Intermezzo
Hymn
28. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Motif
Exposition
Minuet
Consonance
29. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Intermezzo
Song cycle
Motif
Presto
30. A reprise.
Falsetto
Development
Recapitulation
Resonance
31. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Time Signature
Leading note
Septet
Romantic
32. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Orchestra
Stretto
Medley
Expressionism
33. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Triad
Tutti
Cantabile
Temperament
34. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Courante
Tune
Accelerando
Intermezzo
35. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Homophony
Octave
Consonance
Partial
36. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Partita
Madrigal
Cadence
Intonation
37. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Key
Tone less
Quartet
Canon
38. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Rhythm
Cavatina
Polyphony
Movement
39. 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.
Opus
Romantic
Trio
Fifth
40. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Flat
Ligature
Renaissance
Hymn
41. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Leitmotif
Resonance
Vivace
Grazioso
42. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.
Choir
Tessitura
Triple time
Rondo
43. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Chant
Round
Clef
Staccato
44. To shift to another key.
Modulation
Energico
Sonata form
Form
45. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Partial
Allegro
Orchestra
Intonation
46. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.
Sonata form
Octave
Beat
Temperament
47. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Movement
Interlude
Requiem
Chorale
48. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.
Development
Whole note
Concerto
Quintet
49. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
March
Chord progression
Slur
Progression
50. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
March
Pizzicato
Octave
Octet
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