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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Quartet
Nocturne
Falsetto
Carol
2. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Neoclassical
Song cycle
Grandioso
Concerto
3. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Pentatonic Scale
Minuet
Requiem
Refrain
4. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Baroque
Octet
Timbre
Sonatina
5. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Harmony
Neoclassical
Atonal
Cadenza
6. A composition written for nine instruments.
Sharp
Chord
Nonet
Modes
7. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.
Allegro
EnharmonicInterval
Key
Sextet
8. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Stretto
Intermezzo
Treble
Interlude
9. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Gavotte
Cantata
Renaissance
Klangfarbenmelodie
10. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Ornaments
Cadenza
Register
Grave
11. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Tonal
Opera
Tonic
Madrigal
12. A short light musical drama.
Virtuoso
Rhythm
Intermezzo
Operetta
13. The distance in pitch between two notes.
Madrigal
Scordatura
Fermata
Interval
14. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Portamento
Adagio
Prelude
Scale
15. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Madrigal
Soprano
Interlude
Grandioso
16. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Presto
Symphony
Song cycle
Whole-tone scale
17. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Symphony
Prelude
Reed
Recital
18. A direction to play lively and fast.
Round
Symphony
Allegro
Interval
19. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Exposition
Fugue
Ensemble
Pentatonic Scale
20. A group singing in unison.
Sharp
Chorus
Slide
Triplet
21. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Rubato
Etude
Timbre
Galliard
22. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Natural
Falsetto
Theme
Interlude
23. 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.
Reed
EnharmonicInterval
Klangfarbenmelodie
Register
24. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Scale
Septet
Relative major and minor
Forte
25. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Libretto
Carol
Portamento
Octet
26. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Instrumentation
Ensemble
Triple time
Accessible
27. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Chord
Musette
Deceptive cadence
Hymn
28. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Rococo
Temperament
Rococo
Tonality
29. A form of writing for vocals that is close to the manner of speech and is rhythmically free.
Whole-tone scale
Slide
Parody
Recitative
30. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Tune
Unison
Reed
Scherzo
31. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.
Chorale
Sequence
Modes
Resonance
32. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Form
Slide
Exposition
Deceptive cadence
33. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Notation
Rubato
Round
Scherzo
34. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Virtuoso
Soprano
Pentatonic Scale
Allegro
35. Closing section of a movement.
Coda
Scherzo
Courante
Progression
36. A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts.
Pastoral
Septet
Instrumentation
Tremolo
37. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
Accessible
Finale
Virtuoso
Exposition
38. A direction to play lively and fast.
Recitative
Tune
Pizzicato
Allegro
39. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Chromatic scale
Refrain
Cavatina
Musette
40. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Gavotte
Ligature
Suite
Leading note
41. The unit of musical rhythm.
Waltz
Natural
Piano
Beat
42. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Hymn
Ostinato
Energico
Duet
43. Repetition of a single tone.
Impromptu
Encore
Monotone
Beat
44. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Allegro
Grave
Voice
Vivace
45. A musical theme given to a particular idea or main character of an opera.
Capriccio
Leitmotif
Classicism
Recitative
46. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Impromptu
Ligature
Concert master
Unison
47. Primary theme or subject that is developed.
Voice
Cadenza
Motif
Hymn
48. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Triad
Key signature
Septet
Quintet
49. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Glee
Clef
Encore
Dynamics
50. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Dissonance
Intermezzo
Timbre
Harmony