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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A repeated phrase.
Ostinato
Obbligato
Cadence
Legato
2. A direction to play expressively.
Tessitura
Espressivo
Gregorian Chant
Measure
3. A short light musical drama.
Canon
Timbre
Clavier
Operetta
4. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Baroque
Temperament
Time Signature
Key
5. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Rococo
Orchestra
Fermata
Accessible
6. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Instrumentation
Cavatina
Round
Contralto
7. An instruction in sheet music to play softly. Abbreviated by a 'p'.
Progression
Piano
Stretto
Theme
8. A short or brief sonata.
Vibrato
Sonatina
Tritone
Tablature
9. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Partita
Register
Slur
Chorale
10. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.
Octet
Exposition
Cantata
EnharmonicInterval
11. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Key
Counterpoint
Natural
Concert master
12. 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
Scordatura
Sonata
Cadence
13. Pertains to tone or tones.
Intermezzo
Tonal
Cadence
Rubato
14. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Scale
Beat
Fourth
Chorus
15. Indicating speed.
Conductor
Tempo
Encore
Atonal
16. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Scherzo
Requiem
Consonance
Cavatina
17. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.
Slur
Recapitulation
Treble
Sequence
18. A group singing in unison.
Beat
Quadrille
Chorus
Madrigal
19. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.
Chromatic scale
Monotone
Stretto
Accessible
20. Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.
Pitch
Overture
Rococo
Espressivo
21. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Forte
Chant
Chord progression
Recapitulation
22. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Legato
Scherzo
Falsetto
Scale
23. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Prelude
Intonation
Resonance
Trio
24. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Trill
Gregorian Chant
Da Capo
Courante
25. Elaborate polyphonic composition of the Boroque and Renaissance periods.
Ricercar
Courante
Counterpoint
Pitch
26. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Whole-tone scale
Etude
Presto
Finale
27. A musical style characterized as excessive - ornamental - and trivial.
Virtuoso
Rococo
Accessible
Libretto
28. 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
Sonatina
Chorale
Medley
29. A harmonic given off by a note when it is played.
Sonata form
Overture
Coda
Partial
30. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.
Staff
Interpretation
Leading note
Twelve-tone music
31. A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase - either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Conductor
Exposition
Cadence
Song cycle
32. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Tutti
Chromatic scale
Triplet
Espressivo
33. The expression the performer brings when playing his instrument.
Allegro
Interpretation
Klangfarbenmelodie
Minuet
34. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Da Capo
Development
Duet
Canon
35. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Concerto
Counterpoint
Cantabile
Obbligato
36. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Register
Chant
Deceptive cadence
Timbre
37. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Minor
Madrigal
Round
Scale
38. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Partial
Counterpoint
Staff
Grandioso
39. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.
Renaissance
Quintet
Interlude
Tonal
40. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Atonal
Rhythm
Portamento
Clef
41. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Fifth
Cadence
Impromptu
Cadenza
42. Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.
Triplet
Tutti
Presto
Carol
43. A direction to play lively and fast.
Homophony
EnharmonicInterval
Legato
Allegro
44. A reprise.
Timbre
Clavier
Recapitulation
Rhythm
45. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Monotone
Intonation
Castrato
Recitative
46. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Fermata
Drone
Requiem
Root
47. A short piece originally preceded by a more substantial work - also an orchestral introduction to opera - however not lengthy enough to be considered an overture.
Prelude
Whole-tone scale
Tonality
Slur
48. A combination of two or more staves on which all the notes are vertically aligned and performed simultaneously in differing registers and instruments.
System
Hymn
Slide
Energico
49. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.
Accelerando
Flat
Orchestration
Whole note
50. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
Major
Scordatura
Introduction
Virtuoso