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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. To shift to another key.
Modulation
Ligature
Chamber music
Rhythm
2. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.
Legato
Madrigal
Da Capo
Musette
3. A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase - either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Key
Interpretation
Cadence
Relative pitch
4. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Register
Sequence
Nonet
Presto
5. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.
Modes
Adagio
Reed
Twelve-tone music
6. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Capriccio
Leitmotif
Homophony
Clef
7. Closing section of a movement.
Homophony
Cantabile
Coda
Overture
8. Lowest female singing voice.
Contralto
Fugue
Refrain
Partial
9. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Nonet
Scherzo
Trio
Stretto
10. 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.
Partita
Operetta
Classicism
Sequence
11. Short detached notes - as opposed to legato.
Part
Staccato
Conductor
Movement
12. A repeated phrase.
Ostinato
EnharmonicInterval
Deceptive cadence
Falsetto
13. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Tremolo
Serenade
Concerto
A cappella
14. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Whole note
Tone
Whole-tone scale
Counterpoint
15. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Gregorian Chant
Progression
Tonic
Slide
16. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.
Neoclassical
Contralto
Instrumentation
Stretto
17. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Key signature
Polyphony
Scale
Sonata form
18. A composition whose style is simple and idyllic; suggestive of rural scenes.
Polytonality
Tremolo
Pastoral
Neoclassical
19. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Deceptive cadence
Tempo
Classical
Ligature
20. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.
Serenade
Chant
Glissando
Rubato
21. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Vivace
Fermata
Unison
Phrase
22. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Unison
Triplet
Staccato
Instrumentation
23. The expression the performer brings when playing his instrument.
Interpretation
Notation
Stretto
Musette
24. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Timbre
Courante
Choir
Serenade
25. A period in history during the 18th and early 19th centuries where the focus shifted from the neoclassical style to an emotional - expressive - and imaginative style.
Romantic
Trill
Intonation
Legato
26. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Galliard
Classical
Form
Relative pitch
27. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.
Encore
Parody
Tonic
Sonata
28. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
Treble
Clavier
Cadenza
Fermata
29. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Staff
Ricercar
Ligature
Root
30. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.
Fourth
System
Quintet
Presto
31. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.
Beat
Sonata
Serenade
Measure
32. A short light musical drama.
Reed
Modes
Ostinato
Operetta
33. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.
Round
Sonatina
Slur
Ostinato
34. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Dissonance
Part
Reprise
Orchestra
35. A musical theme given to a particular idea or main character of an opera.
Vibrato
Relative pitch
Vivace
Leitmotif
36. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.
Whole-tone scale
Temperament
Trill
Parody
37. Two or three melodic lines played at the same time.
Reprise
Counterpoint
Accelerando
Neoclassical
38. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Monotone
EnharmonicInterval
Slide
Libretto
39. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Sextet
Operetta
Fifth
Motif
40. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Major
Adagio
Romantic
Opera
41. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Vivace
Dynamics
Coda
Reprise
42. A harmonic given off by a note when it is played.
Homophony
Klangfarbenmelodie
Sequence
Partial
43. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Fourth
Measure
Triad
Triplet
44. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
Canon
Soprano
Tablature
Tonic
45. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Baroque
Interlude
Treble
Quartet
46. An instrumental lament with praise for the dead.
Elegy
Soprano
Notation
Musicology
47. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Dynamics
Rococo
Fermata
Legato
48. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Medley
Intermezzo
Unison
Recitative
49. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
Trill
Capriccio
Prelude
Notation
50. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Relative major and minor
Development
Sequence
Introduction
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