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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A dance written in triple time - where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure.
Glissando
Neoclassical
Ligature
Waltz
2. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.
Finale
Obbligato
Slur
Counterpoint
3. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Orchestration
Exposition
Maestro
Reprise
4. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Overture
Parody
Interlude
Chant
5. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Register
Scale
Atonal
Homophony
6. 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
Major
Fifth
Grave
7. 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.
Baroque
Etude
Polyphony
Pastoral
8. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.
Expressionism
Tutti
Twelve-tone music
Clavier
9. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Motif
Piano
Counterpoint
Timbre
10. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.
Ensemble
Serenade
Rigaudon
Partita
11. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.
Coda
Clef
Sharp
Counterpoint
12. A quick 20th century dance written in double time.
Medley
Encore
Flat
Rigaudon
13. The piece of cane in wind instruments. The players cause vibrations by blowing through it in order to produce sound.
Rococo
Reed
Hymn
Presto
14. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Baroque
Polytonality
Renaissance
Sonata
15. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Vivace
Accessible
Refrain
Rubato
16. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Hymn
Time Signature
Neoclassical
Ricercar
17. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
Key
Chromatic scale
Falsetto
Key signature
18. 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.
Round
Concerto
March
Glee
19. Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Minuet
Chamber music
Symphony
Da Capo
20. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
Intonation
Galliard
Opus
Capriccio
21. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Ensemble
Suite
Expressionism
Pizzicato
22. To shift to another key.
Obbligato
Modulation
Duet
Prelude
23. A musical style characterized as excessive - ornamental - and trivial.
Voice
Chorale
Rococo
Modes
24. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Chord
Scordatura
Rigaudon
Energico
25. Pleasing combination of two or three tones played together in the background while a melody is being played. Harmony also refers to the study of chord progressions.
Harmony
Part
Baroque
Falsetto
26. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.
Modulation
Sharp
Septet
Etude
27. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Instrumentation
Oratorio
Cantata
Tonality
28. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Gavotte
Development
Chorale
Chant
29. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Choir
Dissonance
Grandioso
Natural
30. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.
EnharmonicInterval
Staff
Elegy
Chant
31. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Time Signature
Tone less
Ensemble
Allegro
32. The interval between two notes. Two whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Encore
Modes
Etude
Fourth
33. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Carol
Pastoral
Homophony
Treble
34. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Polyphony
Key
Orchestra
Operetta
35. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Unison
Chorus
Sequence
Quartet
36. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Dynamics
Deceptive cadence
Measure
Vivace
37. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Natural
Ostinato
Refrain
Slide
38. The principal note of a triad.
Tessitura
Root
Sequence
Cadence
39. A harmonic given off by a note when it is played.
Partial
Piano
Musette
Medley
40. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Polyphony
Rigaudon
Tone
Musette
41. 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.
Duet
Whole-tone scale
March
Scordatura
42. 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.
Virtuoso
Rondo
Tremolo
Twelve-tone music
43. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Trio
Vivace
Rondo
Canon
44. Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.
Glissando
Intermezzo
Cadence
Quintet
45. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Slur
Relative major and minor
Impromptu
Tonality
46. Short detached notes - as opposed to legato.
Instrumentation
Ricercar
Staccato
Reed
47. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Tune
Partial
Octet
Pitch
48. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Maestro
Round
Polyphony
Contralto
49. Initially an improvised cadence by a soloist; later becoming an elaborate and written out passage in an aria or concerto - featuring the skills of an instrumentalist or vocalist.
Tempo
Cadenza
Da Capo
Opera
50. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Fermata
Falsetto
Phrase
Major