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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Hymn
Recital
Orchestration
Klangfarbenmelodie
2. 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.
EnharmonicInterval
Harmony
Beat
Orchestra
3. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Galliard
Natural
Minuet
Concerto
4. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Tritone
Homophony
Tremolo
Harmony
5. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Polytonality
Chromatic scale
Renaissance
Glee
6. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Interlude
Voice
Gregorian Chant
Minor
7. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.
Etude
Whole-tone scale
Classicism
Notation
8. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Beat
Clef
Hymn
Expressionism
9. Eight full tones above the key note where the scale begins and ends.
Musicology
Reprise
Song cycle
Octave
10. Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.
Intermezzo
Carol
Whole-tone scale
Ostinato
11. Repetition of a single tone.
Polytonality
Monotone
Chamber music
Leitmotif
12. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Unison
Staccato
Elegy
Trio
13. A composition whose style is simple and idyllic; suggestive of rural scenes.
Unison
Pastoral
Duet
Harmony
14. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.
Relative pitch
Whole note
Notation
Cantabile
15. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Tonic
Instrumentation
Classical
Contralto
16. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Scordatura
Key
Orchestra
Dynamics
17. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Sonata form
Polyphony
Chord progression
March
18. The unit of musical rhythm.
Atonal
Flat
Beat
Capriccio
19. Indicating speed.
Tablature
Da Capo
Tempo
Flat
20. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Trio
Timbre
Mezzo
Pentatonic Scale
21. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Rondo
Slur
Courante
Coda
22. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.
Grandioso
Operetta
Beat
Tessitura
23. Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.
Pizzicato
Ensemble
Atonal
Slide
24. 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.
Resonance
Clef
Baroque
Coda
25. Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Treble
Chamber music
Baroque
System
26. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.
Fifth
Sonata
Glee
EnharmonicInterval
27. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Counterpoint
Interpretation
Adagio
Grave
28. The principal note of a triad.
String Quartet
Clef
Root
Ostinato
29. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Sequence
Chamber music
Hymn
Medley
30. 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
Grazioso
Forte
Waltz
31. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Vivace
Ligature
Duet
Vibrato
32. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.
Pizzicato
Key
Temperament
Drone
33. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.
Quintet
Quadrille
Recapitulation
Tonal
34. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Opus
Sonata form
Allegro
Virtuoso
35. Sliding between two notes.
Carol
Glissando
Form
Beat
36. A reprise.
Recapitulation
Musicology
Cantata
Fifth
37. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Madrigal
Tonality
Leitmotif
Virtuoso
38. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Rondo
Neoclassical
Grave
Sharp
39. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
Staccato
Reed
Encore
Introduction
40. A composition written for eight instruments.
Contralto
Octet
Tuning
Chord
41. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Cavatina
Accessible
Mezzo
EnharmonicInterval
42. Vocal composition written for three or more solo parts - usually without instrumental accompaniment.
Chamber music
Ricercar
Staccato
Glee
43. The interval between two notes. Two whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Allegro
Pitch
Interval
Fourth
44. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
Tablature
Classicism
Song cycle
Quadrille
45. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Homophony
Cadenza
Dynamics
Trill
46. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Scale
Pentatonic Scale
Chant
Orchestration
47. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.
Scale
Refrain
Flat
Motif
48. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.
Parody
Pitch
Round
Libretto
49. 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.
Relative major and minor
Part
Scordatura
Piano
50. Lowest female singing voice.
Pastoral
Accelerando
Contralto
Vivace
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