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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Tone
Expressionism
Klangfarbenmelodie
Beat
2. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Mezzo
Key
Modulation
Minuet
3. A separate section of a larger composition.
String Quartet
Movement
Sequence
Notation
4. Repetition of a single tone.
Sonatina
Twelve-tone music
Tuning
Monotone
5. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Fifth
Requiem
Opus
Contralto
6. Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.
Mezzo
Tutti
Opera
Adagio
7. To shift to another key.
Leading note
Stretto
Energico
Modulation
8. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Time Signature
Cavatina
Flat
Gregorian Chant
9. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Pentatonic Scale
Soprano
Choir
Suite
10. 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.
Development
Classical
Introduction
Refrain
11. Sliding between two notes.
String Quartet
Glissando
Vivace
Whole-tone scale
12. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.
Glissando
Vivace
Twelve-tone music
Root
13. The distance in pitch between two notes.
Movement
Classical
Interval
Tritone
14. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Tone
Instrumentation
Dissonance
Dynamics
15. A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
Cantabile
Theme
Minuet
Modes
16. Short detached notes - as opposed to legato.
Minor
Partita
Staccato
Etude
17. An extended solo - often accompanying the vocal part of an aria.
Choir
Part
Virtuoso
Obbligato
18. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.
Symphony
Ostinato
Opus
Clavier
19. The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.
Form
Duet
Leading note
Sonatina
20. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Development
Serenade
Leading note
Pizzicato
21. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Instrumentation
Reprise
Dynamics
Intermezzo
22. The piece of cane in wind instruments. The players cause vibrations by blowing through it in order to produce sound.
Reed
Maestro
Da Capo
Recital
23. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.
Parody
Modulation
Tessitura
Motif
24. Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.
Scale
Overture
Octet
Chorus
25. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.
Minor
Staff
Measure
Mezzo
26. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Interlude
Tone less
Finale
Pitch
27. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Recitative
Triad
Tonic
Sextet
28. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Portamento
Harmony
Measure
Register
29. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Movement
Canon
Polyphony
Elegy
30. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Interlude
Leading note
Parody
Whole-tone scale
31. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Instrumentation
Interpretation
Vibrato
Orchestra
32. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Gregorian Chant
Carol
Courante
Portamento
33. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Rubato
Unison
Grandioso
Pitch
34. A composition written for eight instruments.
Prelude
Octet
Orchestration
Da Capo
35. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Verismo
Operetta
Part
Progression
36. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Neoclassical
Musicology
Relative pitch
Chorale
37. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Ligature
Time Signature
Grave
Tone less
38. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.
Stretto
String Quartet
Voice
Interval
39. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Hymn
Minor
Baroque
Presto
40. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.
Gregorian Chant
Drone
Madrigal
Tempo
41. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Minor
Chorale
Concerto
Chromatic scale
42. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Notation
Suite
Clef
Reed
43. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Monotone
Triplet
Dynamics
A cappella
44. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Drone
Counterpoint
Consonance
Harmony
45. The movement of chords in succession.
Encore
Progression
Oratorio
Energico
46. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.
Cantata
Voice
Octet
Modes
47. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Interlude
Ostinato
Interpretation
Grazioso
48. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Mezzo
Minuet
Pizzicato
Renaissance
49. Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.
Tablature
Quintet
Twelve-tone music
Atonal
50. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Adagio
Flat
Renaissance
Slide