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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. The keyboard of a stringed instrument.
Clavier
Recapitulation
Verismo
Gregorian Chant
2. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Minor
Cavatina
Fourth
Chant
3. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Verismo
Deceptive cadence
Leitmotif
Tremolo
4. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Dissonance
System
Dynamics
Measure
5. A repeated phrase.
Trill
Soprano
Grazioso
Ostinato
6. An instrumental lament with praise for the dead.
Polyphony
Impromptu
Tuning
Elegy
7. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Concerto
Parody
Legato
Ensemble
8. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Sonata form
Ligature
Klangfarbenmelodie
Vibrato
9. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.
Da Capo
Presto
March
Baroque
10. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Monotone
Waltz
Time Signature
Triplet
11. A musical theme given to a particular idea or main character of an opera.
Temperament
Tablature
Leitmotif
Trill
12. The interval between two notes. Two whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Hymn
Fourth
Recitative
Whole-tone scale
13. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Opus
Slide
Ornaments
Cavatina
14. Two or three melodic lines played at the same time.
Stretto
Song cycle
Orchestra
Counterpoint
15. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1800's and lasted about sixty years. There was a strong regard for order and balance.
Octet
Prelude
Voice
Classicism
16. A short light musical drama.
Operetta
Modes
Staff
Fugue
17. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Glissando
Whole-tone scale
Forte
Fourth
18. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.
Song cycle
Contralto
Tessitura
Musicology
19. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.
Interlude
Recital
Accelerando
Polytonality
20. A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase - either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Cadence
Major
Quintet
Relative pitch
21. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.
Notation
Concerto
Opus
Scherzo
22. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Tutti
Minor
Chant
Tritone
23. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Interlude
Legato
Grandioso
Orchestra
24. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Pitch
Romantic
Madrigal
Courante
25. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Rigaudon
Tremolo
Refrain
Polytonality
26. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Adagio
Recitative
Staff
Sextet
27. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Impromptu
Sharp
Beat
Orchestra
28. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Major
Interlude
Contralto
Da Capo
29. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Prelude
Cavatina
Finale
Operetta
30. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Trio
Scordatura
Homophony
Modes
31. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Expressionism
Sextet
Quintet
Form
32. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Sequence
Tutti
Romantic
Virtuoso
33. The highest female voice.
Galliard
Soprano
Chord
Canon
34. 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.
Deceptive cadence
Scherzo
Mezzo
Scordatura
35. One of two or more parts in polyphonic music. Voice refers to instrumental parts as well as the singing voice.
Voice
Ensemble
Leitmotif
Interpretation
36. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Leading note
Reprise
Quadrille
Mezzo
37. A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts.
Chorale
Septet
Stretto
Renaissance
38. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Forte
Quintet
Reed
Expressionism
39. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Refrain
Clef
Tempo
Orchestration
40. Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.
Quadrille
Intermezzo
Chromatic scale
Libretto
41. The highest female voice.
Octave
Soprano
Unison
Coda
42. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Modes
Development
Measure
Triad
43. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Harmony
Register
Octet
Concerto
44. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Dynamics
Quintet
Relative major and minor
Key signature
45. The movement of chords in succession.
Progression
Obbligato
Quartet
Baroque
46. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.
Espressivo
Modulation
Pitch
Tessitura
47. A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer's own time - and the characters are modeled after every day life.
Leitmotif
Suite
Verismo
Energico
48. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Form
Virtuoso
Renaissance
Legato
49. Unmusical - without tone.
Grave
Development
Tone less
Introduction
50. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Quintet
Quartet
Whole-tone scale
Register