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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A short or brief sonata.
Triple time
Castrato
Theme
Sonatina
2. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Homophony
Mezzo
Atonal
March
3. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.
Interpretation
Tritone
Maestro
Encore
4. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Madrigal
Sonata form
Contralto
Fugue
5. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Sonata
Part
Courante
Rubato
6. The principal note of a triad.
Carol
Chorale
March
Root
7. A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer's own time - and the characters are modeled after every day life.
Recital
Treble
Fourth
Verismo
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.
Measure
Instrumentation
Contralto
Orchestration
9. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Tone
Pitch
Minor
Motif
10. Music of a particular form consisting of four movements. Each of the movements differ in tempo - rhythm - and melody; but are held together by subject and style.
Octet
Galliard
Coda
Sonata
11. A sequence of songs - perhaps on a single theme - or with texts by one poet - or having continuos narrative.
Song cycle
Duet
Chamber music
Libretto
12. One of two or more parts in polyphonic music. Voice refers to instrumental parts as well as the singing voice.
EnharmonicInterval
Cantata
Minuet
Voice
13. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Accelerando
Quadrille
Cadenza
Minuet
14. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Tonal
Consonance
Progression
Clavier
15. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Sonata form
Cadenza
Fermata
Beat
16. Suite of Baroque dances.
Rubato
Partita
Reed
Minor
17. 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.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Musicology
Temperament
Overture
18. A dance written in triple time - where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure.
Glee
Vibrato
Waltz
Ensemble
19. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Coda
Adagio
Fifth
Temperament
20. Repetition of a single tone.
Dynamics
Whole-tone scale
Monotone
Refrain
21. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Recital
Capriccio
Grandioso
Consonance
22. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Chord
Medley
Minor
Octet
23. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Dissonance
Sonata form
Octave
Oratorio
24. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Tonal
Chromatic scale
Concert master
Dissonance
25. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.
Sonata form
Polytonality
Portamento
Da Capo
26. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Tessitura
Oratorio
Ensemble
Orchestra
27. An extended solo - often accompanying the vocal part of an aria.
Falsetto
Fourth
Pizzicato
Obbligato
28. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Courante
Staff
Vibrato
Modes
29. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.
Parody
Serenade
Resonance
Medley
30. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Sharp
Motif
Fugue
Octet
31. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
Harmony
Capriccio
Musette
Development
32. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Relative pitch
Modes
Monotone
Ornaments
33. An instruction in sheet music to play softly. Abbreviated by a 'p'.
Triplet
Piano
Septet
Falsetto
34. A separate section of a larger composition.
Tablature
Duet
Movement
Legato
35. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Clavier
Deceptive cadence
Pentatonic Scale
Timbre
36. A musical form where the melody or tune is imitated by individual parts at regular intervals. The individual parts may enter at different measures and pitches. The tune may also be played at different speeds - backwards - or inverted.
Canon
Sharp
Cavatina
Oratorio
37. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Root
Musette
Dissonance
Scale
38. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Carol
Fermata
Tone
Pentatonic Scale
39. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Falsetto
Virtuoso
Scale
Sonata form
40. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Fourth
Da Capo
Requiem
Register
41. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Contralto
Motif
Phrase
Opera
42. A composition whose style is simple and idyllic; suggestive of rural scenes.
Glee
Sextet
Sequence
Pastoral
43. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.
Partial
Gregorian Chant
Flat
Musette
44. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.
Triad
Sequence
Serenade
Impromptu
45. Sliding between two notes.
Grandioso
Glissando
Flat
Relative major and minor
46. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Timbre
Verismo
Castrato
Form
47. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.
Quintet
Pizzicato
Da Capo
Slur
48. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Glissando
Sharp
A cappella
Scale
49. Elaborate polyphonic composition of the Boroque and Renaissance periods.
System
Whole-tone scale
Symphony
Ricercar
50. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Fourth
Pastoral
Quartet
Leitmotif