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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Stretto
Grandioso
Legato
Motif
2. The distance in pitch between two notes.
Duet
Leitmotif
Interval
Minuet
3. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
Concert master
Chord
March
Conductor
4. A separate section of a larger composition.
Grandioso
Movement
Cadence
Cadence
5. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Triad
Tutti
Presto
Tremolo
6. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Carol
Root
Virtuoso
Forte
7. 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.
Tune
Canon
Phrase
March
8. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Libretto
Tonic
Requiem
Scale
9. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Canon
Introduction
Pizzicato
Chromatic scale
10. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Operetta
Voice
Grazioso
Pitch
11. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.
Tone less
Minor
Castrato
Tune
12. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
March
EnharmonicInterval
Homophony
Relative major and minor
13. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Flat
Espressivo
Relative major and minor
Maestro
14. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Quartet
Partita
Major
Chord
15. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Impromptu
Staff
Interval
Timbre
16. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Opera
Twelve-tone music
Tempo
Relative pitch
17. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Development
Ricercar
Forte
Song cycle
18. A melodic or - sometimes a harmonic idea presented in a musical form.
Theme
Slide
Orchestration
Ostinato
19. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Cavatina
Development
Ensemble
20. The unit of musical rhythm.
Leading note
Cadenza
Beat
Nocturne
21. The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.
Parody
Etude
Leading note
Chamber music
22. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Beat
Chord progression
Introduction
Timbre
23. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Relative major and minor
Triplet
Scale
Recitative
24. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Whole note
Minuet
Encore
Neoclassical
25. The first violin in an orchestra.
Concert master
Triad
Symphony
Theme
26. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Mezzo
Scherzo
Glissando
Natural
27. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Dynamics
Reed
Cadence
Rigaudon
28. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Chorale
Tablature
Maestro
Trio
29. 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
Atonal
Resonance
Sharp
30. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Accelerando
Chamber music
Vibrato
Measure
31. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Orchestra
Romantic
Clavier
Instrumentation
32. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Interpretation
Flat
Coda
Sequence
33. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Notation
Piano
Staccato
Maestro
34. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
Slur
Tonic
Sextet
Time Signature
35. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.
Recapitulation
Expressionism
Klangfarbenmelodie
Slur
36. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Deceptive cadence
Legato
Impromptu
Cadence
37. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Progression
Grave
Chant
Coda
38. To shift to another key.
Chant
Opus
Modulation
Adagio
39. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Capriccio
Modes
Concerto
Renaissance
40. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.
Twelve-tone music
Choir
Tritone
Orchestration
41. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Falsetto
Drone
Forte
Deceptive cadence
42. A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase - either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Trill
Etude
Cadence
Sextet
43. 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
Stretto
Theme
A cappella
44. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.
Tonality
Chorale
Clef
Recital
45. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Suite
Impromptu
Tonic
Espressivo
46. A form of writing for vocals that is close to the manner of speech and is rhythmically free.
Recitative
Cadenza
String Quartet
Cavatina
47. Lowest female singing voice.
Theme
Ornaments
Chant
Contralto
48. 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.
Virtuoso
Elegy
Baroque
Treble
49. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.
Opera
EnharmonicInterval
Pitch
Concerto
50. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Chord progression
Phrase
Chorus
Adagio
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