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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Development
Medley
Musette
Gavotte
2. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Trio
Grave
Quartet
Quadrille
3. 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.
Hymn
Baroque
Glissando
Staff
4. One of two or more parts in polyphonic music. Voice refers to instrumental parts as well as the singing voice.
Triad
Encore
Voice
Ricercar
5. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Timbre
Galliard
Clef
Ornaments
6. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Cantata
Exposition
Chorus
Relative pitch
7. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Treble
Maestro
Reprise
Tempo
8. 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.
Tone
A cappella
Scordatura
Nocturne
9. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Staccato
Rigaudon
Tritone
Resonance
10. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Sonata
Concerto
Round
Dissonance
11. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Trio
Duet
Staccato
Obbligato
12. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Pizzicato
Legato
Opus
Carol
13. A group singing in unison.
Whole-tone scale
Quintet
Chorus
Progression
14. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Slur
Cadenza
Introduction
Ornaments
15. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.
Accelerando
Verismo
Temperament
Chord progression
16. Suite of Baroque dances.
Partita
Cadence
Introduction
Adagio
17. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Fugue
Ornaments
Libretto
Obbligato
18. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
Drone
Coda
Romantic
Tablature
19. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Neoclassical
Intonation
Major
Trio
20. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
Soprano
Monotone
Exposition
Tempo
21. An important characteristic of the Romantic period. It is a style where the strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone.
Partita
Rubato
Prelude
Cadenza
22. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
Musicology
Counterpoint
Stretto
Cantabile
23. 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.
Intermezzo
Opera
Klangfarbenmelodie
Requiem
24. Two or three melodic lines played at the same time.
Trio
Overture
Counterpoint
Ostinato
25. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Concerto
Drone
Romantic
Medley
26. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.
Tuning
Grave
EnharmonicInterval
Triplet
27. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Orchestra
Cantabile
Tremolo
Grandioso
28. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Ostinato
Leitmotif
Coda
Interlude
29. The expression the performer brings when playing his instrument.
Chord progression
Notation
Interpretation
Leitmotif
30. A separate section of a larger composition.
Reprise
Movement
Resonance
Clavier
31. A short piece originally preceded by a more substantial work - also an orchestral introduction to opera - however not lengthy enough to be considered an overture.
Hymn
Tone
Refrain
Prelude
32. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Staccato
Introduction
Cavatina
Interpretation
33. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Register
Musicology
Measure
Major
34. The interval between two notes. Two whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Fourth
Choir
Part
Interlude
35. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Classical
Triple time
Finale
Interlude
36. The movement of chords in succession.
Part
Recapitulation
Sextet
Progression
37. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Sonatina
Castrato
Encore
Relative pitch
38. 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.
Register
Clavier
Harmony
Leading note
39. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.
Cadence
Energico
Beat
Encore
40. Primary theme or subject that is developed.
Maestro
Tempo
Motif
Octave
41. The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.
Legato
Leading note
Mezzo
Ostinato
42. A musical style characterized as excessive - ornamental - and trivial.
Chant
Rococo
Pizzicato
Modulation
43. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.
Triple time
Classical
Energico
Grave
44. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Coda
Virtuoso
Adagio
Tonal
45. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Tessitura
Presto
Prelude
Leading note
46. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Triple time
Musette
Requiem
Root
47. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Baroque
Sonata form
Modulation
Grazioso
48. Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.
Phrase
Conductor
Contralto
Tutti
49. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Glee
Scherzo
Symphony
Deceptive cadence
50. Group of singers in a chorus.
Theme
Gregorian Chant
Choir
Ensemble