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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
String Quartet
Libretto
Exposition
Choir
2. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.
Drone
Vibrato
Intermezzo
Legato
3. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Part
Flat
Tempo
Leading note
4. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
March
Courante
Reprise
Capriccio
5. The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.
Opera
Leading note
Introduction
Development
6. Singing or chanting in unison without strict rhythm. Collected during the Reign of Pope Gregory VIII for psalms and other other parts of the church service.
Gregorian Chant
Polytonality
Chord progression
Parody
7. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.
Concerto
Slide
Quintet
Voice
8. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
Octave
Key signature
Orchestration
Tonic
9. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.
Opus
Chorus
Tablature
Cadence
10. A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
Relative major and minor
Consonance
Cantabile
Courante
11. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.
Pizzicato
Capriccio
Flat
Key signature
12. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Pizzicato
Libretto
Choir
Ricercar
13. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Relative pitch
Harmony
Castrato
Oratorio
14. Group of singers in a chorus.
Choir
Chorale
Rococo
Cadence
15. A musical style characterized as excessive - ornamental - and trivial.
Polytonality
Rococo
Tutti
Consonance
16. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.
Capriccio
Finale
Stretto
Sonatina
17. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Finale
Neoclassical
Polyphony
Partita
18. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Refrain
Classical
Tune
Recital
19. Closing section of a movement.
Coda
Tonality
Serenade
Tritone
20. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Opus
Forte
Polytonality
Septet
21. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Oratorio
Etude
Rigaudon
Twelve-tone music
22. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
Exposition
March
Notation
Chord
23. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Quadrille
Key signature
Musette
Operetta
24. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
Beat
March
Triplet
Nocturne
25. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Intonation
Quartet
Timbre
Glee
26. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Relative major and minor
Hymn
Motif
Trio
27. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Trio
Cantabile
Reed
Encore
28. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Chorale
Cavatina
Capriccio
Tone less
29. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Instrumentation
Harmony
Portamento
Energico
30. Sliding between two notes.
Maestro
Vivace
Chromatic scale
Glissando
31. The movement of chords in succession.
Unison
Slur
Progression
Sharp
32. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Tone less
Timbre
Tone
Obbligato
33. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
March
Maestro
Libretto
Dissonance
34. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Counterpoint
Accelerando
Clef
Register
35. To shift to another key.
Dissonance
Verismo
Modulation
Natural
36. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Quadrille
Development
Castrato
Atonal
37. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Presto
Ricercar
Theme
Chromatic scale
38. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Sonata form
Musette
Polytonality
Relative major and minor
39. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Presto
Grandioso
Verismo
Chant
40. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Sonata
Treble
Vibrato
Sequence
41. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.
Beat
Notation
Glee
Etude
42. A separate section of a larger composition.
Cadenza
Pizzicato
Movement
Virtuoso
43. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Recitative
Phrase
Polytonality
Tempo
44. The expression the performer brings when playing his instrument.
Cadence
Libretto
Chamber music
Interpretation
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.
Accessible
Cantabile
Opera
Scordatura
46. A reprise.
Scherzo
Recapitulation
Notation
Ostinato
47. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Overture
Orchestra
Sonatina
Part
48. An important characteristic of the Romantic period. It is a style where the strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone.
Staff
Accelerando
Cantabile
Rubato
49. A musical form where the melody or tune is imitated by individual parts at regular intervals. The individual parts may enter at different measures and pitches. The tune may also be played at different speeds - backwards - or inverted.
Tonality
Homophony
Fourth
Canon
50. The principal note of a triad.
Rhythm
Root
Forte
Triplet
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