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Trivia: Musical Terms

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1. Group of singers in a chorus.






2. A direction to play expressively.






3. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.






4. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.






5. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.






6. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.






7. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.






8. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.






9. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.






10. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.






11. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.






12. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.






13. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.






14. Repetition of a single tone.






15. 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.






16. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.






17. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.






18. A short light musical drama.






19. Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.






20. Elaborate polyphonic composition of the Boroque and Renaissance periods.






21. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.






22. Combination of two or more keys being played at the same time.






23. A separate section of a larger composition.






24. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.






25. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.






26. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.






27. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.






28. A composition written for eight instruments.






29. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.






30. Lowest female singing voice.






31. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.






32. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.






33. A string of chords played in succession.






34. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.






35. A symbol indicating to play loud.






36. A composition written for nine instruments.






37. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.






38. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.






39. The movement of chords in succession.






40. The unit of musical rhythm.






41. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.






42. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.






43. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.






44. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.






45. 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.






46. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.






47. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.






48. 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.






49. The movement of chords in succession.






50. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.