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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.
Consonance
Energico
Opus
Cantata
2. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Opera
Espressivo
Major
Scale
3. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Resonance
Ligature
Contralto
Chord
4. Combination of two or more keys being played at the same time.
Minor
Glee
Rigaudon
Polytonality
5. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Expressionism
Finale
Forte
Grazioso
6. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.
Rococo
Tone
Motif
Opus
7. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Grave
Notation
Intermezzo
Medley
8. The piece of cane in wind instruments. The players cause vibrations by blowing through it in order to produce sound.
Reed
Development
Tempo
Pastoral
9. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.
Gregorian Chant
Etude
Septet
Forte
10. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.
Leitmotif
Hymn
Energico
Recital
11. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Vivace
Homophony
Concerto
Gregorian Chant
12. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Accelerando
Key
Suite
Waltz
13. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.
Da Capo
Sonata form
Triad
Pizzicato
14. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Glee
Forte
Requiem
Sonata
15. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Minor
Motif
Monotone
Triplet
16. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.
Parody
Triplet
Encore
Vivace
17. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Time Signature
Tempo
Carol
Chorale
18. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.
Tessitura
Classicism
Recitative
Opera
19. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.
Vivace
Dynamics
Gavotte
Serenade
20. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Quintet
Homophony
Rigaudon
Sonatina
21. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Interval
Oratorio
Finale
Glissando
22. Suite of Baroque dances.
Glee
Musette
Partita
Maestro
23. 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
Clef
Beat
Fifth
24. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.
Vivace
Tessitura
Espressivo
Movement
25. A harmonic given off by a note when it is played.
Partial
Canon
Elegy
Progression
26. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Expressionism
Quadrille
Madrigal
Neoclassical
27. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Relative major and minor
Waltz
Piano
Modes
28. Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.
Overture
Recital
Pentatonic Scale
Quintet
29. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Chamber music
Development
Scherzo
Fifth
30. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Contralto
Tempo
Presto
Baroque
31. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Triplet
Sextet
Modulation
Resonance
32. To shift to another key.
Modulation
Forte
Homophony
Orchestra
33. Pertains to tone or tones.
Tonal
Triplet
Oratorio
Fermata
34. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Relative pitch
Sonata
Chord
Chord progression
35. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Tone less
Unison
Baroque
Song cycle
36. Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Cadenza
Chamber music
Resonance
Treble
37. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Ensemble
Tremolo
Vivace
Song cycle
38. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Neoclassical
Beat
Interval
Refrain
39. Repetition of a single tone.
Progression
Song cycle
Monotone
Temperament
40. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
Octet
Capriccio
Register
Resonance
41. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
Suite
Minuet
Instrumentation
Nocturne
42. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Suite
Octave
Pitch
Rigaudon
43. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.
Tonic
A cappella
Modes
Movement
44. A dance written in triple time - where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure.
Fifth
Notation
Glee
Waltz
45. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Accessible
Phrase
Neoclassical
Introduction
46. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Chord
Twelve-tone music
Suite
Chord
47. A direction to play expressively.
Courante
Ornaments
Sextet
Espressivo
48. A group singing in unison.
Classicism
Chorus
March
Recital
49. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.
Stretto
Rococo
Trio
Trill
50. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
Tremolo
Chorus
Tonic
Tablature