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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.
Serenade
Overture
Etude
Renaissance
2. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Tone
Leitmotif
Modulation
Glee
3. To hold a tone or rest held beyond the written value at the discretion of the performer.
Fermata
Flat
Recapitulation
Cavatina
4. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Operetta
Key signature
Homophony
Musette
5. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Parody
Grave
Ligature
Whole note
6. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.
March
Fugue
Serenade
Chamber music
7. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
Nocturne
Capriccio
Parody
Recital
8. A dance written in triple time - where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure.
Key signature
Waltz
Reprise
Fifth
9. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Modulation
Operetta
Tonality
Overture
10. The expression the performer brings when playing his instrument.
Homophony
Interpretation
Theme
Chamber music
11. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Tremolo
Legato
Soprano
Tune
12. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
System
Slide
Dissonance
Relative pitch
13. Two or three melodic lines played at the same time.
Relative pitch
Cantabile
Key
Counterpoint
14. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Soprano
Treble
Part
Form
15. Indicating speed.
Modes
Cavatina
Tempo
Phrase
16. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Grazioso
Flat
Libretto
Trill
17. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Tritone
Relative pitch
Orchestra
Slur
18. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
Key signature
Octet
Accessible
Song cycle
19. A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts.
Vivace
Form
Septet
Polyphony
20. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.
Encore
Leading note
Polytonality
Key signature
21. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Cantabile
Refrain
Encore
Romantic
22. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Dissonance
Rigaudon
Finale
Portamento
23. Indicating speed.
Tempo
Clavier
Cavatina
Impromptu
24. A separate section of a larger composition.
Instrumentation
Movement
Expressionism
Resonance
25. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Renaissance
Courante
Impromptu
Tuning
26. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Ricercar
Maestro
Twelve-tone music
Intermezzo
27. The movement of chords in succession.
Pastoral
Musette
Flat
Progression
28. A musical style characterized as excessive - ornamental - and trivial.
Reed
Introduction
Ensemble
Rococo
29. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Capriccio
Key
Cantabile
Castrato
30. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Tessitura
Leitmotif
Ornaments
Tonal
31. A composition whose style is simple and idyllic; suggestive of rural scenes.
Portamento
Chamber music
Cantabile
Pastoral
32. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Rubato
String Quartet
Triad
Tritone
33. 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.
Verismo
Slide
EnharmonicInterval
Tablature
34. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Recital
Key
Polyphony
Timbre
35. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Orchestration
Sextet
Scherzo
String Quartet
36. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Oratorio
Tutti
Notation
Adagio
37. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1800's and lasted about sixty years. There was a strong regard for order and balance.
Slide
Energico
Classicism
Temperament
38. A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Contralto
Motif
Tritone
39. A repeated phrase.
Sonatina
Root
Octet
Ostinato
40. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Suite
Cantata
Energico
Fifth
41. A direction to play lively and fast.
Allegro
Recitative
Drone
Medley
42. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Madrigal
Medley
Sextet
Consonance
43. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Leitmotif
Espressivo
Motif
Minuet
44. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
Tonality
Musicology
Nocturne
Interval
45. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Theme
Triplet
Cantabile
Recitative
46. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Slide
Soprano
Virtuoso
Chorus
47. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Carol
Intermezzo
Renaissance
Song cycle
48. Group of singers in a chorus.
Octave
Choir
Monotone
Rigaudon
49. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Fermata
Introduction
Recitative
Opera
50. Repetition of a single tone.
Beat
Monotone
Tremolo
Tune