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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Glee
Carol
Renaissance
String Quartet
2. A string of chords played in succession.
Treble
Chord progression
Ornaments
Galliard
3. A period in history during the 18th and early 19th centuries where the focus shifted from the neoclassical style to an emotional - expressive - and imaginative style.
Romantic
Motif
Cantabile
Virtuoso
4. Vocal composition written for three or more solo parts - usually without instrumental accompaniment.
Parody
Prelude
Interlude
Glee
5. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Tune
Resonance
Courante
Major
6. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.
Drone
Tablature
Opus
Tune
7. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Triplet
Deceptive cadence
Conductor
Tessitura
8. 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.
Obbligato
Classical
Reprise
Twelve-tone music
9. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.
Homophony
Energico
Interpretation
Staccato
10. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.
Modes
Time Signature
Ostinato
Neoclassical
11. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
Pentatonic Scale
Leading note
Sequence
String Quartet
12. Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most often religious in nature.
Intermezzo
Register
Chord progression
Cantata
13. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.
Relative pitch
Theme
Tonic
Sharp
14. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.
Allegro
Fugue
Flat
Opus
15. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Conductor
Triad
System
Recapitulation
16. 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.
Cadence
Ricercar
Classicism
Klangfarbenmelodie
17. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Staff
Chamber music
Fourth
Polyphony
18. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Pentatonic Scale
Interval
String Quartet
Monotone
19. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Exposition
Counterpoint
Harmony
Interlude
20. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Tempo
Parody
Adagio
Atonal
21. 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.
Vivace
Carol
Prelude
Conductor
22. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Refrain
Presto
Elegy
Verismo
23. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Piano
Atonal
Tune
Vivace
24. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Cadenza
Rhythm
Forte
Trio
25. 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.
Rigaudon
Etude
Suite
Canon
26. Suite of Baroque dances.
Pitch
Glissando
Partita
Atonal
27. A short or brief sonata.
Verismo
Key signature
Sonatina
Trio
28. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Sonata form
Instrumentation
Romantic
Song cycle
29. Repetition of a single tone.
Monotone
Cantata
Tempo
Fugue
30. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Conductor
Energico
Mezzo
Gavotte
31. A composition written for nine instruments.
Nonet
Register
Expressionism
Ostinato
32. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Expressionism
Requiem
Galliard
Grandioso
33. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.
Suite
Phrase
Sharp
Trio
34. A short light musical drama.
Classicism
Galliard
Operetta
Instrumentation
35. A melodic or - sometimes a harmonic idea presented in a musical form.
Theme
Neoclassical
Major
Rigaudon
36. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Ornaments
Minuet
Chorale
Counterpoint
37. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Staccato
Duet
Scherzo
Da Capo
38. 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.
Register
Timbre
Round
Chord progression
39. A repeated phrase.
Coda
Homophony
Ostinato
Whole-tone scale
40. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Counterpoint
Legato
Measure
Medley
41. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Modulation
Cavatina
Pentatonic Scale
Expressionism
42. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.
Scherzo
Clavier
Minor
Orchestra
43. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Libretto
Rhythm
Adagio
Medley
44. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Reed
Accessible
Key
Tune
45. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Carol
Tremolo
Cadenza
Falsetto
46. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Classical
Orchestration
Carol
Interval
47. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Triplet
Musicology
Cadenza
Requiem
48. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Nocturne
Timbre
Instrumentation
Madrigal
49. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Vibrato
Castrato
A cappella
Chant
50. Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.
Major
Rondo
Vibrato
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