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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Treble
Galliard
Pastoral
Accelerando
2. A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
Fifth
Cantabile
Operetta
Relative pitch
3. Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most often religious in nature.
Rococo
Glissando
Cantata
Overture
4. A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.
Polyphony
Tritone
Sonatina
Courante
5. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.
Pitch
Theme
Staff
Ostinato
6. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Tremolo
Scherzo
Opera
Sequence
7. A group singing in unison.
Choir
Tutti
Chorus
Fugue
8. 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.
Tempo
Serenade
Classicism
Neoclassical
9. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.
Musicology
Conductor
Galliard
Recitative
10. A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
Tone less
Rubato
Cantabile
Mezzo
11. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
Capriccio
Contralto
Legato
Dynamics
12. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Clef
Cadence
Stretto
Scale
13. A form of writing for vocals that is close to the manner of speech and is rhythmically free.
Recitative
Scordatura
Partial
Whole-tone scale
14. Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.
Atonal
Canon
Tune
Grave
15. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Scale
Presto
Energico
Nonet
16. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
Exposition
Madrigal
Encore
Cavatina
17. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.
Staff
Exposition
Elegy
Symphony
18. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Whole note
Intonation
Deceptive cadence
Da Capo
19. A repeated phrase.
Gavotte
EnharmonicInterval
Ostinato
Scale
20. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Sonata
Trill
Serenade
Key signature
21. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Adagio
Deceptive cadence
Tonality
Energico
22. Repetition of a single tone.
Galliard
Octave
Monotone
Rubato
23. An instrumental lament with praise for the dead.
Minuet
Coda
Time Signature
Elegy
24. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Parody
Motif
Relative major and minor
Overture
25. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Tonality
Grave
Relative pitch
Chord progression
26. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Trill
Instrumentation
Vibrato
Operetta
27. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Vivace
Overture
Quartet
Slur
28. A string of chords played in succession.
Chord progression
Fermata
Madrigal
Orchestration
29. A short light musical drama.
Overture
Chant
Operetta
Quartet
30. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Ricercar
Grazioso
Intermezzo
Homophony
31. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Round
Sextet
Round
Key signature
32. Eight full tones above the key note where the scale begins and ends.
Octave
Fifth
Nonet
Hymn
33. 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.
Beat
Klangfarbenmelodie
Pentatonic Scale
Instrumentation
34. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Tritone
Rhythm
Presto
Cantabile
35. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
Scherzo
Vivace
Rococo
Nocturne
36. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Chant
Fifth
Interlude
Clavier
37. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Pitch
Fugue
Treble
Drone
38. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Grave
Tonic
Portamento
Klangfarbenmelodie
39. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Accelerando
Interlude
Espressivo
Madrigal
40. Pertains to tone or tones.
Trill
Tonal
Instrumentation
Refrain
41. 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.
Tablature
Harmony
Natural
Dynamics
42. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
Instrumentation
A cappella
Intermezzo
Consonance
43. Short detached notes - as opposed to legato.
Choir
Tone less
Staccato
Intonation
44. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Beat
Root
Maestro
Grandioso
45. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Treble
Falsetto
Intermezzo
Instrumentation
46. The highest female voice.
Quintet
Maestro
Carol
Soprano
47. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Expressionism
Triplet
Requiem
Sequence
48. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Cadenza
Gavotte
Relative pitch
Duet
49. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Presto
Carol
String Quartet
Tempo
50. A sequence of songs - perhaps on a single theme - or with texts by one poet - or having continuos narrative.
Pitch
Song cycle
Relative pitch
Cavatina