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Trivia: Musical Terms

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1. Unmusical - without tone.






2. A musical style characterized as excessive - ornamental - and trivial.






3. The interval between two notes. Two whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.






4. Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.






5. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.






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






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






8. Pertains to tone or tones.






9. Primary theme or subject that is developed.






10. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.






11. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.






12. The keyboard of a stringed instrument.






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






14. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.






15. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.






16. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.






17. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people






18. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.






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






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






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






22. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.






23. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.






24. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.






25. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.






26. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.






27. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.






28. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.






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






30. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.






31. A composition whose style is simple and idyllic; suggestive of rural scenes.






32. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.






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






34. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.






35. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.






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






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






38. A canon where the melody is sung in two or more voices. After the first voice begins - the next voice starts singing after a couple of measures are played in the preceding voice. All parts repeat continuously.






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






40. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.






41. Pleasing combination of two or three tones played together in the background while a melody is being played. Harmony also refers to the study of chord progressions.






42. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.






43. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.






44. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.






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






46. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.






47. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.






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






49. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.






50. 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.







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