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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Initially an improvised cadence by a soloist; later becoming an elaborate and written out passage in an aria or concerto - featuring the skills of an instrumentalist or vocalist.
Cadenza
Duet
Triad
Opus
2. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Development
Cantata
Dissonance
Neoclassical
3. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Sextet
Portamento
Da Capo
Register
4. The element of music pertaining to time - played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.
Rhythm
Overture
Operetta
Chorus
5. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Gregorian Chant
Motif
Legato
Gavotte
6. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Ensemble
Sonata form
Impromptu
Dissonance
7. The highest female voice.
Requiem
Counterpoint
Flat
Soprano
8. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Ligature
Monotone
Ensemble
Cadence
9. A repeated phrase.
Glissando
Ostinato
Capriccio
Counterpoint
10. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.
Drone
Cadenza
Key signature
Encore
11. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.
Scale
Voice
Temperament
Madrigal
12. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
Duet
Capriccio
Finale
Trio
13. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.
Dissonance
Concerto
Sharp
Whole-tone scale
14. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Courante
Fermata
Refrain
Parody
15. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.
Ostinato
Soprano
Galliard
Accelerando
16. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Piano
Maestro
Flat
Deceptive cadence
17. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
String Quartet
Exposition
Relative major and minor
Introduction
18. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.
Triple time
Stretto
Piano
Chord
19. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Triplet
Conductor
Monotone
Ornaments
20. The distance in pitch between two notes.
Classical
Recapitulation
Interval
Whole note
21. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Sequence
Triad
Septet
Sonata form
22. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Major
Obbligato
Atonal
Form
23. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Overture
Interval
Voice
Whole-tone scale
24. A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts.
Septet
Natural
Impromptu
Leading note
25. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Clavier
Musette
Interlude
Espressivo
26. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.
Tessitura
Voice
Fermata
Encore
27. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Rubato
Major
Phrase
Hymn
28. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.
Madrigal
Cavatina
Key signature
Tuning
29. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Opera
Presto
Septet
Maestro
30. A musical style characterized as excessive - ornamental - and trivial.
Sonata
Grandioso
Klangfarbenmelodie
Rococo
31. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Phrase
Scale
Refrain
Falsetto
32. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Opera
Etude
Sonata
Pentatonic Scale
33. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Key
Progression
Pentatonic Scale
Whole note
34. A composition whose style is simple and idyllic; suggestive of rural scenes.
Root
Pastoral
Resonance
Cadenza
35. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.
Musette
Overture
Tessitura
Accessible
36. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
Accessible
String Quartet
Coda
Fourth
37. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Homophony
Pitch
Tune
Medley
38. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Encore
Adagio
Tempo
Clavier
39. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Treble
Interlude
Symphony
Conductor
40. Vocal composition written for three or more solo parts - usually without instrumental accompaniment.
Glee
Sextet
Dissonance
Part
41. A short light musical drama.
Rigaudon
Beat
Interlude
Operetta
42. Closing section of a movement.
Coda
Clef
Pastoral
Etude
43. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Grazioso
Stretto
Musette
Libretto
44. Eight full tones above the key note where the scale begins and ends.
Octave
Portamento
Ensemble
Dynamics
45. Primary theme or subject that is developed.
Sharp
Tablature
Motif
Resonance
46. 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.
Deceptive cadence
Suite
Introduction
Romantic
47. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Modes
Grave
Resonance
Instrumentation
48. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Madrigal
Exposition
Requiem
Galliard
49. Short detached notes - as opposed to legato.
Staccato
Motif
Canon
Pentatonic Scale
50. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Fugue
March
Carol
Phrase
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