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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Sliding between two notes.
Virtuoso
Glissando
Rhythm
Suite
2. A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase - either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Cadence
Sharp
Chant
Consonance
3. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.
Polyphony
Parody
Relative major and minor
Relative pitch
4. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Slur
Oratorio
Register
Development
5. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Clavier
Vibrato
Dissonance
Introduction
6. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.
Drone
Modes
Obbligato
Relative major and minor
7. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Duet
Medley
Grandioso
Reed
8. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Polyphony
Scale
Klangfarbenmelodie
Falsetto
9. A group singing in unison.
Canon
Cadence
Chorus
Relative pitch
10. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Register
Impromptu
Fugue
Waltz
11. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.
Reprise
Scherzo
Tremolo
Sharp
12. Vocal composition written for three or more solo parts - usually without instrumental accompaniment.
Glee
Sonata form
Relative major and minor
Recital
13. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Conductor
Harmony
Tritone
Modes
14. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Obbligato
Presto
Suite
Slide
15. 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
Stretto
Septet
Whole note
16. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Maestro
Octet
Fourth
Trio
17. Time signature with three beats to the measure.
Intermezzo
Theme
Trill
Triple time
18. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Clavier
System
Tune
Relative major and minor
19. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
Ligature
Ornaments
Pastoral
Capriccio
20. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Pizzicato
Key signature
Pentatonic Scale
Nocturne
21. Suite of Baroque dances.
Partita
Beat
Slide
Drone
22. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Soprano
Deceptive cadence
Pastoral
Neoclassical
23. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Quadrille
Instrumentation
Tutti
Operetta
24. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
Verismo
Forte
Tablature
Waltz
25. 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.
Instrumentation
Orchestra
Neoclassical
Cadenza
26. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.
Castrato
Chord
Tonality
Sharp
27. A group singing in unison.
Voice
Interval
Chorus
Sonata form
28. A direction to play lively and fast.
Allegro
Consonance
Grandioso
Chant
29. A combination of two or more staves on which all the notes are vertically aligned and performed simultaneously in differing registers and instruments.
Form
Prelude
System
Exposition
30. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
Serenade
Maestro
Tonic
Treble
31. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Deceptive cadence
Modes
Symphony
Castrato
32. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1700's to mid 1800's. The music was spare and emotionally reserved - especially when compared to Romantic and Boroque music.
Classical
Scherzo
Movement
Musicology
33. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Glee
Root
Dynamics
Triplet
34. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Dissonance
Unison
Piano
Fifth
35. 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.
Expressionism
Relative major and minor
Serenade
Cadenza
36. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Sextet
Conductor
Quartet
Beat
37. Lowest female singing voice.
Contralto
Part
March
Verismo
38. 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
Ostinato
Encore
Partita
39. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Polyphony
Chromatic scale
Clef
Root
40. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Part
Partita
Sextet
Reprise
41. A short piano piece - often improvisational and intimate in character.
Operetta
Impromptu
Finale
Deceptive cadence
42. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Mezzo
Triple time
Trio
Part
43. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Fugue
Vivace
Parody
Stretto
44. A short or brief sonata.
Ligature
Sonata
Sonatina
Flat
45. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Grazioso
Coda
Sonata
Accessible
46. Elaborate polyphonic composition of the Boroque and Renaissance periods.
Ricercar
Orchestra
Leitmotif
Suite
47. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Polyphony
Ligature
Fugue
Phrase
48. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Obbligato
Major
Whole note
Recapitulation
49. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Finale
Chorale
Maestro
Encore
50. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
Exposition
Fifth
Reprise
Nocturne
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