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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Accelerando
Vibrato
Chromatic scale
Falsetto
2. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Modes
Classical
Piano
Time Signature
3. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Counterpoint
Duet
Da Capo
Courante
4. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Sonatina
Time Signature
Cantabile
Rococo
5. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
A cappella
Trill
Nocturne
Polytonality
6. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.
Triplet
Sonata
Etude
Medley
7. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Natural
Resonance
Trill
Finale
8. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Requiem
Resonance
Legato
Quartet
9. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Castrato
Register
Partita
Interval
10. The technique of altering the tone color of a single note or musical line by changing from one instrument to another in the middle of a note or line.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Drone
Choir
Overture
11. Primary theme or subject that is developed.
Mezzo
Part
Cavatina
Motif
12. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.
Da Capo
Duet
Time Signature
Tone
13. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Rhythm
Castrato
Vivace
Polyphony
14. A direction to play expressively.
Castrato
Espressivo
Maestro
Cadenza
15. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1800's and lasted about sixty years. There was a strong regard for order and balance.
Drone
Classicism
Introduction
Unison
16. 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.
Prelude
Oratorio
Scordatura
Voice
17. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
March
Overture
Requiem
Opera
18. The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.
Intermezzo
Root
Deceptive cadence
Leading note
19. The structure of a piece of music.
Twelve-tone music
Gregorian Chant
Form
Musette
20. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Tremolo
Galliard
Renaissance
Chord
21. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Fugue
Notation
Refrain
Ornaments
22. 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.
Fermata
Gavotte
Romantic
Timbre
23. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Interlude
Madrigal
Intermezzo
Tremolo
24. The interval between two notes. Two whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Rococo
Da Capo
Fourth
Triplet
25. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
Tablature
Leading note
Tritone
Adagio
26. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Carol
Consonance
Mezzo
Chant
27. Indicating speed.
Tempo
Parody
Forte
Homophony
28. The technique of altering the tone color of a single note or musical line by changing from one instrument to another in the middle of a note or line.
Cantabile
Octet
Klangfarbenmelodie
Pizzicato
29. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
Chant
Monotone
Refrain
A cappella
30. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Nocturne
Reprise
Encore
Cavatina
31. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Phrase
Oratorio
Suite
Triple time
32. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.
Part
Cantata
Energico
Twelve-tone music
33. Closing section of a movement.
Concert master
Coda
Song cycle
Notation
34. 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.
Motif
Cadence
Ensemble
Classical
35. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Symphony
Scordatura
Recapitulation
Oratorio
36. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Symphony
Movement
Portamento
Musicology
37. 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.
Septet
Encore
Cadenza
Modulation
38. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Pastoral
Tonal
Vibrato
Courante
39. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Elegy
Adagio
Unison
Overture
40. 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
Renaissance
Relative major and minor
Tonal
41. Short detached notes - as opposed to legato.
Form
Staccato
Vivace
Orchestra
42. Group of singers in a chorus.
Form
Fifth
Choir
Key signature
43. The keyboard of a stringed instrument.
Verismo
Clavier
Development
Key signature
44. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Timbre
Concert master
Orchestration
Virtuoso
45. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.
Cantata
Temperament
Minor
Mezzo
46. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Grandioso
Chant
Pastoral
Carol
47. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Vivace
Chamber music
Phrase
Requiem
48. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.
Vivace
Parody
Minuet
Ricercar
49. A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase - either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Cantata
Pentatonic Scale
String Quartet
Cadence
50. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
Scherzo
Exposition
Reprise
Pastoral