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Trivia: Musical Terms

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1. A symbol indicating to play loud.






2. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.






3. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.






4. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.






5. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.






6. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.






7. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.






8. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.






9. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.






10. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.






11. Indicating speed.






12. The distance in pitch between two notes.






13. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.






14. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.






15. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.






16. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.






17. The structure of a piece of music.






18. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.






19. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.






20. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.






21. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.






22. A direction to play lively and fast.






23. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.






24. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.






25. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.






26. A combination of two or more staves on which all the notes are vertically aligned and performed simultaneously in differing registers and instruments.






27. Suite of Baroque dances.






28. Eight full tones above the key note where the scale begins and ends.






29. The movement of chords in succession.






30. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.






31. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.






32. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.






33. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.






34. A symbol indicating to play loud.






35. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.






36. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.






37. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.






38. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.






39. An important characteristic of the Romantic period. It is a style where the strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone.






40. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.






41. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.






42. Group of singers in a chorus.






43. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.






44. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.






45. Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.






46. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.






47. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.






48. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.






49. An extended solo - often accompanying the vocal part of an aria.






50. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.







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