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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Tutti
Tritone
Trill
Clef
2. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Intonation
Root
Intermezzo
Maestro
3. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Glissando
Triple time
Vibrato
Orchestra
4. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Requiem
Fifth
Tonality
Polyphony
5. Lowest female singing voice.
Leitmotif
Contralto
Pentatonic Scale
Reed
6. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Measure
Cadenza
Romantic
Galliard
7. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Modulation
Neoclassical
Clavier
Cavatina
8. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.
Voice
Gregorian Chant
Virtuoso
Encore
9. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Chamber music
Tonic
Orchestra
Parody
10. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Relative pitch
Timbre
Espressivo
Rubato
11. The unit of musical rhythm.
Beat
Baroque
Unison
Recital
12. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Treble
Grazioso
Triplet
Cadenza
13. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Fermata
Part
Tremolo
Klangfarbenmelodie
14. A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer's own time - and the characters are modeled after every day life.
Part
Opera
Verismo
Ornaments
15. A reprise.
Modes
Baroque
Recapitulation
Stretto
16. Pertains to tone or tones.
Counterpoint
Nonet
Tonal
Concerto
17. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Tessitura
Voice
Libretto
Hymn
18. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Rhythm
Partial
Clef
Chromatic scale
19. 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.
Voice
Tone
Classical
Concert master
20. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Minuet
Sequence
Maestro
Accessible
21. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Notation
Scherzo
Klangfarbenmelodie
Opera
22. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
Resonance
Pentatonic Scale
Progression
String Quartet
23. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Modulation
Courante
Ricercar
Octave
24. Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most often religious in nature.
Prelude
Rondo
Cantata
Finale
25. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.
Duet
Development
Slur
Da Capo
26. Repetition of a single tone.
Glissando
Piano
Monotone
Madrigal
27. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Obbligato
Interpretation
Klangfarbenmelodie
Presto
28. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
System
Chorus
Energico
Tremolo
29. Indicating speed.
Tempo
Recital
A cappella
Madrigal
30. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.
Chorus
Pizzicato
Natural
Galliard
31. A musical form where the principal theme is repeated several times. The rondo was often used for the final movements of classical sonata form works.
Rondo
Ostinato
Notation
Reed
32. The highest female voice.
Clef
Soprano
Operetta
Pentatonic Scale
33. The piece of cane in wind instruments. The players cause vibrations by blowing through it in order to produce sound.
Scordatura
Cadenza
Tablature
Reed
34. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.
Triplet
Recapitulation
Energico
Exposition
35. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.
Rococo
Etude
Drone
Cadenza
36. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Espressivo
Vibrato
Finale
Vivace
37. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
Treble
Minuet
Modulation
Nocturne
38. Music of a particular form consisting of four movements. Each of the movements differ in tempo - rhythm - and melody; but are held together by subject and style.
Rococo
Sonata
Cantabile
Overture
39. 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.
Classicism
Key signature
Choir
Oratorio
40. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Accelerando
Verismo
Whole-tone scale
Ricercar
41. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Chorale
Rigaudon
Relative major and minor
Legato
42. Repetition of a single tone.
Twelve-tone music
Counterpoint
Tuning
Monotone
43. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Intonation
Virtuoso
Tone
Musette
44. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
March
Grandioso
Natural
Duet
45. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Root
Legato
Consonance
Parody
46. The expression the performer brings when playing his instrument.
Overture
Libretto
Trio
Interpretation
47. A short light musical drama.
Dissonance
Operetta
Song cycle
Requiem
48. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Finale
Vivace
Interpretation
Parody
49. A short light musical drama.
Operetta
Elegy
Timbre
Key signature
50. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
Castrato
Trio
Tablature
Partita