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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Interlude
Grazioso
Coda
Whole note
2. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Unison
Baroque
Development
Tremolo
3. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Key signature
A cappella
Triad
Carol
4. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Staff
Whole note
Motif
Oratorio
5. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.
Quintet
Rhythm
Canon
Baroque
6. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
Fermata
Piano
Treble
Da Capo
7. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Cantabile
Cavatina
Tone
Fifth
8. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Triple time
Forte
Castrato
Overture
9. A dance written in triple time - where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure.
Waltz
Libretto
Baroque
Scherzo
10. Pertains to tone or tones.
Tonal
Ricercar
Requiem
Rubato
11. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Partial
Sequence
Intermezzo
Relative pitch
12. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Progression
Minuet
Prelude
Polyphony
13. 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.
Harmony
Recital
Operetta
Legato
14. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Unison
System
Progression
Natural
15. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Motif
Tonic
Waltz
Duet
16. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Accessible
Vivace
Sonatina
Introduction
17. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Quintet
Orchestration
Renaissance
18. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Key signature
Operetta
Register
Tone
19. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Etude
Duet
Movement
A cappella
20. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.
Da Capo
Scherzo
Key
Concert master
21. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Development
Hymn
Slide
Modes
22. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Ornaments
Falsetto
Tonality
Scherzo
23. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Piano
Part
Song cycle
Ornaments
24. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.
Waltz
Tessitura
Carol
Deceptive cadence
25. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.
Relative major and minor
EnharmonicInterval
Interpretation
Quintet
26. A harmonic given off by a note when it is played.
Twelve-tone music
Register
Partial
Trill
27. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Chant
Round
Minuet
Espressivo
28. A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
Choir
Phrase
Triplet
Cantabile
29. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.
Concerto
Operetta
Timbre
Flat
30. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.
Gavotte
Stretto
Rococo
Da Capo
31. A short light musical drama.
Courante
Forte
Deceptive cadence
Operetta
32. Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Chamber music
Portamento
Prelude
Romantic
33. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Quartet
Accelerando
Clef
Vivace
34. Unmusical - without tone.
Chant
Interpretation
Soprano
Tone less
35. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Fugue
Courante
Libretto
Madrigal
36. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Intermezzo
Conductor
Theme
Consonance
37. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.
Pizzicato
Sonata
Encore
Resonance
38. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Grazioso
Rondo
Sonata form
Timbre
39. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Natural
Gregorian Chant
Recitative
Octet
40. A string of chords played in succession.
Reed
Pitch
Recapitulation
Chord progression
41. Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.
Mezzo
Atonal
Minor
Interpretation
42. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Neoclassical
Vivace
Partita
Relative pitch
43. Group of singers in a chorus.
Choir
Pastoral
Whole-tone scale
Sequence
44. A string of chords played in succession.
Chord progression
Tonality
Triplet
Conductor
45. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
Medley
Da Capo
A cappella
Slide
46. A short piano piece - often improvisational and intimate in character.
Chromatic scale
Chromatic scale
Impromptu
Medley
47. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Trio
Rubato
Natural
Tuning
48. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Overture
Carol
Glee
Round
49. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Chromatic scale
Motif
Medley
Rhythm
50. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.
Energico
Measure
Da Capo
Key