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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. To shift to another key.
Modulation
Pentatonic Scale
Progression
Classical
2. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Modulation
Contralto
Clef
Madrigal
3. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Orchestra
Consonance
Madrigal
Deceptive cadence
4. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Stretto
Accelerando
Ligature
Carol
5. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Register
Rigaudon
Serenade
Mezzo
6. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Triad
Harmony
Register
Recital
7. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.
Twelve-tone music
Ricercar
Rococo
Chorus
8. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Scherzo
Grazioso
Measure
Ostinato
9. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Neoclassical
Gregorian Chant
Conductor
Beat
10. A reprise.
Recapitulation
Musicology
Romantic
Coda
11. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Ligature
Interpretation
Gavotte
Soprano
12. 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.
Accelerando
Overture
Glissando
Harmony
13. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Da Capo
Neoclassical
Chamber music
Fourth
14. A direction to play expressively.
Obbligato
Espressivo
Recapitulation
Tutti
15. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Triplet
Sequence
Carol
Requiem
16. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
Triad
March
Chorus
Glissando
17. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Intonation
A cappella
Energico
Ensemble
18. The movement of chords in succession.
Progression
Courante
Coda
Energico
19. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Fugue
Interlude
Sequence
Vibrato
20. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Introduction
Chromatic scale
Pentatonic Scale
Tutti
21. Indicating speed.
Triple time
Tempo
Klangfarbenmelodie
Monotone
22. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Natural
Register
Libretto
Scherzo
23. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Nocturne
Trill
Libretto
March
24. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Libretto
Pentatonic Scale
Sharp
Minor
25. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Chromatic scale
Tablature
Espressivo
Resonance
26. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.
Whole note
Castrato
Baroque
Neoclassical
27. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Song cycle
Harmony
Expressionism
Pitch
28. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Adagio
Tone
Staff
Maestro
29. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Key signature
Chord progression
Minor
Virtuoso
30. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Triple time
Glee
Gavotte
Conductor
31. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Triad
Tritone
Courante
Rococo
32. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Legato
Temperament
Triplet
Encore
33. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Medley
Concert master
Ligature
Fermata
34. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Madrigal
Grandioso
Clef
Scale
35. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.
Nocturne
Pizzicato
Tone less
Staff
36. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Tuning
Natural
Interlude
Adagio
37. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Whole note
Interpretation
Notation
Libretto
38. A canon where the melody is sung in two or more voices. After the first voice begins - the next voice starts singing after a couple of measures are played in the preceding voice. All parts repeat continuously.
Dissonance
Round
Staccato
Virtuoso
39. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Reed
Polyphony
Grandioso
Clef
40. One of two or more parts in polyphonic music. Voice refers to instrumental parts as well as the singing voice.
Voice
Root
Galliard
Impromptu
41. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Notation
Falsetto
Leading note
Encore
42. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Ornaments
Tune
Requiem
Orchestra
43. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.
Minuet
Orchestra
Parody
Temperament
44. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Whole note
Waltz
Ricercar
Musette
45. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.
Cantata
Pizzicato
Energico
Scale
46. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Measure
Relative major and minor
Relative pitch
Sonatina
47. Pertains to tone or tones.
Tonal
Counterpoint
Falsetto
Rubato
48. Vocal composition written for three or more solo parts - usually without instrumental accompaniment.
Leading note
Tessitura
Tuning
Glee
49. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.
Sharp
Quintet
Leading note
Timbre
50. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Staff
Register
Mezzo
Tonal
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