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Trivia: Musical Terms

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1. Primary theme or subject that is developed.






2. Eight full tones above the key note where the scale begins and ends.






3. The piece of cane in wind instruments. The players cause vibrations by blowing through it in order to produce sound.






4. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.






5. Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most often religious in nature.






6. A symbol indicating to play loud.






7. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people






8. Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.






9. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.






10. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.






11. A composition written for eight instruments.






12. The structure of a piece of music.






13. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.






14. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.






15. A direction to play lively and fast.






16. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.






17. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.






18. A melodic or - sometimes a harmonic idea presented in a musical form.






19. Two or three melodic lines played at the same time.






20. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.






21. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.






22. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.






23. The highest female voice.






24. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.






25. A dance written in triple time - where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure.






26. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.






27. One of two or more parts in polyphonic music. Voice refers to instrumental parts as well as the singing voice.






28. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.






29. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.






30. A reprise.






31. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.






32. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.






33. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.






34. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.






35. Music written to be sung or played in unison.






36. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.






37. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.






38. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.






39. 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.






40. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.






41. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.






42. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.






43. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.






44. To shift to another key.






45. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.






46. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.






47. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.






48. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.






49. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.






50. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.







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