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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Chord progression
Root
Carol
Scale
2. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Renaissance
Triplet
Interlude
Clavier
3. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Intonation
Relative major and minor
Recapitulation
Deceptive cadence
4. A separate section of a larger composition.
Major
Accelerando
Movement
Fermata
5. Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional - flowery music; written in strict form.
Chord
Glissando
Cantabile
Baroque
6. A separate section of a larger composition.
Exposition
Movement
Cantabile
Chorale
7. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Grave
Dynamics
Minuet
Refrain
8. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Phrase
Da Capo
Obbligato
Sonata
9. A musical style characterized as excessive - ornamental - and trivial.
Concerto
Phrase
Rococo
Chord progression
10. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.
Scordatura
Voice
Opus
Ornaments
11. A composition written for eight instruments.
Octet
Cadenza
Voice
Song cycle
12. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
A cappella
Tablature
Tonality
Modes
13. Time signature with three beats to the measure.
Tremolo
Orchestration
Triple time
Adagio
14. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.
Cantata
Clavier
Serenade
Septet
15. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
Nocturne
Presto
Treble
Development
16. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Courante
Galliard
Soprano
Key
17. Closing section of a movement.
Interval
Classical
Development
Coda
18. A melodic or - sometimes a harmonic idea presented in a musical form.
Theme
Fourth
Musicology
Ligature
19. The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.
Leading note
Modes
Expressionism
Madrigal
20. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Relative major and minor
Encore
Forte
Cadenza
21. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
Canon
Trill
A cappella
Major
22. Time signature with three beats to the measure.
Vibrato
Concerto
Round
Triple time
23. Unmusical - without tone.
Unison
Chord progression
Tone less
Major
24. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
EnharmonicInterval
Counterpoint
Conductor
Triad
25. The expression the performer brings when playing his instrument.
Tonal
Soprano
Interpretation
Suite
26. A direction to play lively and fast.
Development
Reprise
Ligature
Allegro
27. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Minuet
Cantata
Tonal
Fugue
28. 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.
Etude
Legato
System
Prelude
29. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.
Adagio
Accelerando
Twelve-tone music
Slur
30. Elaborate polyphonic composition of the Boroque and Renaissance periods.
EnharmonicInterval
Ricercar
Soprano
Harmony
31. The retuning of a stringed instrument in order to play notes below the ordinary range of the instrument or to produce an usual tone color.
Cantata
Quintet
Scordatura
Chamber music
32. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Nocturne
Accelerando
Classicism
Dissonance
33. An important characteristic of the Romantic period. It is a style where the strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone.
Monotone
Rubato
Galliard
Unison
34. Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.
Castrato
Voice
Tutti
Reed
35. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Leitmotif
Ricercar
Notation
Scordatura
36. The principal note of a triad.
Root
Orchestra
Theme
Reprise
37. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Unison
Tablature
Sonata
Grave
38. Group of singers in a chorus.
Castrato
Choir
Orchestra
Prelude
39. The element of music pertaining to time - played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.
Reed
Rhythm
Accessible
Musicology
40. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.
Scale
Drone
Serenade
Harmony
41. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Vivace
Mezzo
Cantata
Timbre
42. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Theme
Quadrille
Chorale
Progression
43. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.
Tuning
Sequence
Tune
Chorus
44. Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.
Intermezzo
Orchestra
Overture
Dissonance
45. 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.
Cantata
Obbligato
Romantic
Tremolo
46. Group of singers in a chorus.
Choir
Recapitulation
Leading note
Libretto
47. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Concerto
Expressionism
Partita
Slide
48. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Pitch
Form
Key signature
Tremolo
49. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Interval
Duet
Tonal
Pizzicato
50. Singing or chanting in unison without strict rhythm. Collected during the Reign of Pope Gregory VIII for psalms and other other parts of the church service.
Gregorian Chant
Interpretation
Classicism
Impromptu