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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.
Leading note
Rondo
EnharmonicInterval
Parody
2. The first violin in an orchestra.
Portamento
Renaissance
Concert master
Presto
3. A quick 20th century dance written in double time.
Encore
Rigaudon
Natural
Rondo
4. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Concerto
Dynamics
Exposition
Key signature
5. Indicating speed.
Portamento
Tempo
Root
Hymn
6. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Tonal
Polyphony
Renaissance
Ligature
7. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Fifth
Refrain
Opus
Rhythm
8. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Reprise
Unison
Unison
Vivace
9. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Introduction
Expressionism
Opera
Accessible
10. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Accessible
Maestro
Orchestration
Scale
11. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Fifth
Drone
Monotone
Gregorian Chant
12. 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
Duet
Scale
Relative pitch
13. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.
Galliard
Polytonality
Beat
Hymn
14. An instrumental lament with praise for the dead.
Phrase
Elegy
Intonation
Parody
15. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
Parody
Introduction
String Quartet
Expressionism
16. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Tutti
Reprise
Dissonance
Legato
17. Sliding between two notes.
Key signature
Glissando
Treble
Tritone
18. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Pizzicato
Pentatonic Scale
Theme
Measure
19. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Pizzicato
Reed
Phrase
Sextet
20. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Falsetto
Interpretation
Sextet
Trill
21. Suite of Baroque dances.
Flat
Octet
Partita
Tablature
22. A group singing in unison.
Sequence
Tonic
Waltz
Chorus
23. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
Consonance
Capriccio
Carol
Interlude
24. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Pentatonic Scale
Major
Part
Scherzo
25. An extended solo - often accompanying the vocal part of an aria.
Clavier
Libretto
Obbligato
Relative pitch
26. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Fifth
Prelude
Chromatic scale
Medley
27. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Gavotte
Beat
Harmony
Refrain
28. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.
Etude
Neoclassical
Chord
Operetta
29. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Legato
Register
Partial
Song cycle
30. The keyboard of a stringed instrument.
Clavier
Chant
Symphony
Deceptive cadence
31. A short piano piece - often improvisational and intimate in character.
Opus
Interlude
Impromptu
Contralto
32. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Temperament
Serenade
Polyphony
Timbre
33. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.
Opus
Leitmotif
Tremolo
System
34. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Forte
Chromatic scale
Finale
Tone less
35. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Polytonality
Oratorio
Musette
Classical
36. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
Capriccio
Polytonality
Tonic
String Quartet
37. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Cadenza
Tonal
Dissonance
Rhythm
38. The interval between two notes. Two whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Atonal
Fourth
Finale
Glee
39. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.
Chord
Legato
Measure
Serenade
40. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
Chord
Neoclassical
Classical
Nocturne
41. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.
Round
Slide
Da Capo
Gregorian Chant
42. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
System
Recapitulation
Chorale
Ligature
43. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Stretto
Obbligato
Motif
Clef
44. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Energico
Reprise
Trio
Pentatonic Scale
45. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Chord progression
Measure
Vibrato
Tonic
46. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
Staff
Courante
Beat
A cappella
47. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Tempo
Natural
Romantic
Forte
48. Repetition of a single tone.
Monotone
Orchestration
Cavatina
Natural
49. To shift to another key.
Chord
Timbre
Modulation
Opus
50. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Maestro
Orchestra
Falsetto
Leitmotif
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