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Trivia: Musical Terms

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1. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.






2. 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.






3. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.






4. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.






5. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.






6. Short detached notes - as opposed to legato.






7. Combination of two or more keys being played at the same time.






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






9. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.






10. A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.






11. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.






12. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.






13. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.






14. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.






15. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.






16. Pertains to tone or tones.






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






18. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.






19. A repeated phrase.






20. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.






21. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.






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






23. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.






24. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.






25. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.






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






27. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.






28. Primary theme or subject that is developed.






29. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.






30. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.






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






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






33. To hold a tone or rest held beyond the written value at the discretion of the performer.






34. 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.






35. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.






36. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.






37. 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.






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






39. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.






40. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.






41. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.






42. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.






43. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.






44. The keyboard of a stringed instrument.






45. To hold a tone or rest held beyond the written value at the discretion of the performer.






46. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.






47. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.






48. A sequence of songs - perhaps on a single theme - or with texts by one poet - or having continuos narrative.






49. The element of music pertaining to time - played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.






50. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.







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