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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Unmusical - without tone.
Tonal
Partial
Rococo
Tone less
2. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Duet
Interlude
Harmony
Tablature
3. A direction to play lively and fast.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Sonata
Allegro
Whole-tone scale
4. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Refrain
Falsetto
Cavatina
Accelerando
5. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Piano
Interval
Oratorio
Major
6. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.
Courante
Coda
Twelve-tone music
Development
7. The highest female voice.
Castrato
Introduction
Classicism
Soprano
8. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Orchestration
Choir
Romantic
Tutti
9. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Cantabile
Presto
Fifth
Neoclassical
10. A musical form where the principal theme is repeated several times. The rondo was often used for the final movements of classical sonata form works.
Rondo
Harmony
Cadenza
Galliard
11. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
EnharmonicInterval
Part
Orchestra
Recital
12. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Maestro
Tremolo
Key
Opera
13. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Recital
Voice
Grandioso
Adagio
14. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Relative pitch
Rococo
Pastoral
Conductor
15. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Major
Rubato
Opera
Tuning
16. Vocal composition written for three or more solo parts - usually without instrumental accompaniment.
Form
Sequence
Tablature
Glee
17. An extended solo - often accompanying the vocal part of an aria.
Accelerando
Cadenza
Obbligato
Register
18. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.
Canon
Octet
Contralto
Tuning
19. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Beat
Theme
Interlude
Reprise
20. A direction to play lively and fast.
Recitative
Treble
Allegro
Gregorian Chant
21. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Castrato
Phrase
Register
Sextet
22. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Unison
Cadenza
Accessible
Twelve-tone music
23. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Prelude
Madrigal
Parody
Theme
24. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
A cappella
Natural
Cavatina
Renaissance
25. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Chorus
Ornaments
Tonic
Recitative
26. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Ornaments
Key
Operetta
Relative pitch
27. One of two or more parts in polyphonic music. Voice refers to instrumental parts as well as the singing voice.
Staff
Natural
Suite
Voice
28. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Elegy
Suite
Clef
Staccato
29. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Beat
Falsetto
Tonic
Triad
30. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.
Chorus
Twelve-tone music
Cavatina
Nonet
31. 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
Hymn
Key signature
Sextet
32. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Deceptive cadence
Instrumentation
Stretto
Measure
33. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Stretto
Concert master
Beat
Concerto
34. A composition written for eight instruments.
Suite
Cadenza
Exposition
Octet
35. A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.
Tritone
Carol
Tessitura
Scordatura
36. A direction to play expressively.
Dissonance
Grave
Accelerando
Espressivo
37. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Tremolo
Neoclassical
Key
Sharp
38. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Interval
Etude
Portamento
Relative pitch
39. 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.
Modes
Canon
Relative major and minor
Recital
40. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
Tonic
Allegro
Pentatonic Scale
Slur
41. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Portamento
Presto
Finale
Intonation
42. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Chant
Operetta
Tonal
Courante
43. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Key
Whole note
Rhythm
Pizzicato
44. The piece of cane in wind instruments. The players cause vibrations by blowing through it in order to produce sound.
Maestro
Clef
Nonet
Reed
45. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.
Etude
Recitative
Soprano
Major
46. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Trio
Clavier
Recital
Tritone
47. Pertains to tone or tones.
Soprano
Natural
Duet
Tonal
48. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Drone
Tremolo
Tone less
Opus
49. The distance in pitch between two notes.
Whole-tone scale
Scordatura
Rhythm
Interval
50. A quick 20th century dance written in double time.
Form
Rigaudon
March
Recitative