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Trivia: Musical Terms

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1. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.






2. A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.






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






4. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.






5. Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.






6. The retuning of a stringed instrument in order to play notes below the ordinary range of the instrument or to produce an usual tone color.






7. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.






8. The highest female voice.






9. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.






10. A short light musical drama.






11. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.






12. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.






13. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.






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






15. Sliding between two notes.






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






17. An instruction in sheet music to play softly. Abbreviated by a 'p'.






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






19. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.






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






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






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






23. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.






24. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.






25. 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.






26. An important characteristic of the Romantic period. It is a style where the strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone.






27. A reprise.






28. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.






29. 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.






30. 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.






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






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






33. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.






34. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.






35. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.






36. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.






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






38. Primary theme or subject that is developed.






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






40. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.






41. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.






42. A separate section of a larger composition.






43. A string of chords played in succession.






44. A direction to play expressively.






45. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






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






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







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