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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. To shift to another key.
Musette
Modulation
Rondo
Concerto
2. A direction to play lively and fast.
Requiem
A cappella
Allegro
Obbligato
3. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Pizzicato
Tonal
Interpretation
Notation
4. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Resonance
Prelude
Forte
Maestro
5. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Register
Quadrille
Homophony
Time Signature
6. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.
Hymn
Polytonality
Modes
March
7. 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.
Harmony
Encore
Trill
Operetta
8. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Flat
Consonance
Obbligato
Pizzicato
9. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Monotone
Cavatina
Triplet
Musette
10. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Rhythm
Resonance
Beat
Chromatic scale
11. A repeated phrase.
Ostinato
Recitative
Chromatic scale
Overture
12. The technique of altering the tone color of a single note or musical line by changing from one instrument to another in the middle of a note or line.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Harmony
Tremolo
Homophony
13. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.
Tuning
Reed
Twelve-tone music
Whole note
14. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Intonation
Classical
Requiem
Rhythm
15. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.
Tuning
Polytonality
Rhythm
Cadenza
16. A musical theme given to a particular idea or main character of an opera.
Leitmotif
Nocturne
Presto
Maestro
17. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Notation
Partial
March
Octet
18. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Symphony
Monotone
Whole-tone scale
Intermezzo
19. To hold a tone or rest held beyond the written value at the discretion of the performer.
Courante
Fermata
Tablature
Symphony
20. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Conductor
Sequence
Movement
March
21. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Mezzo
Trill
Courante
Glissando
22. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Recitative
Ligature
Pitch
Finale
23. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Tablature
Fermata
Chromatic scale
Verismo
24. The highest female voice.
Soprano
Polyphony
Phrase
Tessitura
25. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Oratorio
Counterpoint
Cantata
Triad
26. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Scherzo
Neoclassical
Triad
Rhythm
27. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Minuet
Presto
Refrain
Form
28. The expression the performer brings when playing his instrument.
Staff
Slur
Pastoral
Interpretation
29. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Chord
Whole-tone scale
Tone
Sextet
30. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Register
Tablature
Recitative
Waltz
31. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Ensemble
Key signature
Adagio
Tonality
32. The movement of chords in succession.
Relative pitch
Progression
Stretto
Sharp
33. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Concerto
Chorus
Measure
Refrain
34. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Libretto
Counterpoint
Dissonance
Sequence
35. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.
Temperament
Octet
Allegro
Galliard
36. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.
Pastoral
Da Capo
Natural
Modes
37. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Tone
Consonance
Scherzo
Operetta
38. A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.
Tritone
Measure
Opera
Canon
39. A sequence of songs - perhaps on a single theme - or with texts by one poet - or having continuos narrative.
Conductor
Gregorian Chant
Song cycle
Tritone
40. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Song cycle
Waltz
Symphony
41. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.
Reprise
Tonal
Key signature
Staff
42. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Portamento
Cadenza
Harmony
Chromatic scale
43. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Cantabile
Vibrato
Unison
Duet
44. The piece of cane in wind instruments. The players cause vibrations by blowing through it in order to produce sound.
Musette
Reed
Libretto
Energico
45. A musical form where the melody or tune is imitated by individual parts at regular intervals. The individual parts may enter at different measures and pitches. The tune may also be played at different speeds - backwards - or inverted.
Pentatonic Scale
Canon
Concerto
Classical
46. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Key
Operetta
Scordatura
Cadenza
47. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
Renaissance
Musicology
Galliard
Klangfarbenmelodie
48. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Measure
Gavotte
Piano
Tritone
49. 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.
Quartet
Chord progression
Staccato
Rondo
50. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Portamento
Modulation
Klangfarbenmelodie
Chromatic scale