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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. An extended solo - often accompanying the vocal part of an aria.
Obbligato
Stretto
Verismo
Voice
2. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Minor
Vivace
Octet
Orchestration
3. Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.
Tritone
Atonal
Natural
Round
4. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Homophony
Staff
Minuet
Exposition
5. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Sextet
Operetta
Expressionism
Adagio
6. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Portamento
Soprano
Interpretation
Drone
7. Repetition of a single tone.
Monotone
Galliard
Sonata form
Refrain
8. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.
Whole note
Leading note
Serenade
String Quartet
9. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Grandioso
Polytonality
Coda
A cappella
10. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Consonance
Quadrille
Requiem
Classical
11. A quick 20th century dance written in double time.
Staccato
Refrain
Consonance
Rigaudon
12. A short light musical drama.
Tempo
Operetta
Measure
Cadenza
13. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Waltz
Fugue
Unison
Deceptive cadence
14. To shift to another key.
Staff
Modulation
Forte
A cappella
15. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Virtuoso
Triple time
Expressionism
Time Signature
16. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Chorus
Fugue
Sonatina
Presto
17. Pertains to tone or tones.
Hymn
Development
Sequence
Tonal
18. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.
Notation
Drone
Flat
Pentatonic Scale
19. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.
Orchestration
Stretto
Clavier
Energico
20. Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Chamber music
Time Signature
Coda
A cappella
21. Lowest female singing voice.
Hymn
Glissando
Tritone
Contralto
22. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Dissonance
Sharp
Beat
Relative pitch
23. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Grave
Sharp
Scherzo
Clavier
24. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Voice
Pizzicato
Medley
Polyphony
25. A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
Cantabile
Stretto
Partita
Elegy
26. To hold a tone or rest held beyond the written value at the discretion of the performer.
Whole note
Prelude
Quintet
Fermata
27. Pertains to tone or tones.
Tonal
Clef
Canon
Symphony
28. The unit of musical rhythm.
Trio
Energico
Beat
Homophony
29. A composition whose style is simple and idyllic; suggestive of rural scenes.
Orchestration
Staccato
Musicology
Pastoral
30. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Major
Time Signature
Nonet
Timbre
31. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Tutti
Duet
Resonance
Rondo
32. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Oratorio
Stretto
Grazioso
March
33. A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase - either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Prelude
Cadence
Obbligato
Romantic
34. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Pizzicato
Libretto
Symphony
Chromatic scale
35. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Verismo
Fourth
Harmony
Castrato
36. Singing or chanting in unison without strict rhythm. Collected during the Reign of Pope Gregory VIII for psalms and other other parts of the church service.
Recapitulation
Gregorian Chant
Flat
Pitch
37. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Intonation
Glissando
Clef
Scherzo
38. Singing or chanting in unison without strict rhythm. Collected during the Reign of Pope Gregory VIII for psalms and other other parts of the church service.
Gregorian Chant
Contralto
Recital
Pitch
39. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Maestro
Tablature
Energico
Impromptu
40. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Chord
Cadence
Part
Dynamics
41. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.
Sharp
Cavatina
Slide
Choir
42. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Consonance
Whole-tone scale
Chord progression
Partial
43. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Reed
Modes
Quartet
Classical
44. To hold a tone or rest held beyond the written value at the discretion of the performer.
Duet
Major
Fermata
Overture
45. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Energico
Madrigal
Progression
Musicology
46. 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.
Scordatura
Tone
Elegy
String Quartet
47. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Minuet
Romantic
Sonatina
Relative pitch
48. A composition written for eight instruments.
Tablature
Relative major and minor
Vivace
Octet
49. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Staccato
Scordatura
Measure
Clef
50. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Energico
Serenade
Fifth
Motif