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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. 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.
Notation
Chromatic scale
Rondo
Partita
2. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Piano
Rondo
Vivace
Rococo
3. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Harmony
Dissonance
Tone
Coda
4. A repeated phrase.
Septet
Ostinato
Ensemble
Libretto
5. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.
Stretto
Quintet
Fugue
Tremolo
6. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.
Nocturne
Opus
Deceptive cadence
Tremolo
7. Time signature with three beats to the measure.
Cavatina
Staccato
Triple time
Relative major and minor
8. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Symphony
Nocturne
Dynamics
Scale
9. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
EnharmonicInterval
Ornaments
Presto
Klangfarbenmelodie
10. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
Tablature
Neoclassical
Rhythm
Tonal
11. A dance written in triple time - where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure.
Serenade
Minuet
Intermezzo
Waltz
12. Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Intonation
Verismo
Sonatina
Chamber music
13. Pertains to tone or tones.
Modulation
Measure
Tonal
Libretto
14. Initially an improvised cadence by a soloist; later becoming an elaborate and written out passage in an aria or concerto - featuring the skills of an instrumentalist or vocalist.
Galliard
Etude
Duet
Cadenza
15. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Fifth
March
Tonal
Klangfarbenmelodie
16. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Intonation
Orchestration
Dynamics
Polytonality
17. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Minuet
Sonata
Interval
Concerto
18. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
Neoclassical
Sextet
Polytonality
Tonic
19. The interval between two notes. Two whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Glee
Dynamics
Fourth
Cavatina
20. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.
Piano
Parody
Major
Flat
21. Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.
Suite
Deceptive cadence
Tutti
Drone
22. Suite of Baroque dances.
Etude
Partita
Grave
Intonation
23. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Reprise
Vibrato
Portamento
Notation
24. Unmusical - without tone.
Concert master
Refrain
Voice
Tone less
25. A composition whose style is simple and idyllic; suggestive of rural scenes.
Chorus
Tritone
Interlude
Pastoral
26. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Baroque
Time Signature
Falsetto
Renaissance
27. A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts.
Tessitura
Ricercar
Treble
Septet
28. A sequence of songs - perhaps on a single theme - or with texts by one poet - or having continuos narrative.
EnharmonicInterval
Minuet
Song cycle
Espressivo
29. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
EnharmonicInterval
Gregorian Chant
Da Capo
Musicology
30. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Atonal
Chord progression
Deceptive cadence
Development
31. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Resonance
Rococo
Interval
Cantata
32. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Motif
Virtuoso
Pastoral
Castrato
33. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.
Motif
Partita
Clavier
Sharp
34. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Expressionism
Instrumentation
Rhythm
Portamento
35. Group of singers in a chorus.
Tremolo
Choir
Ornaments
Dynamics
36. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Staff
Vivace
Elegy
Forte
37. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Atonal
Interlude
Opera
Courante
38. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Carol
Serenade
System
Natural
39. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Chorale
Leitmotif
Operetta
Sequence
40. A quick 20th century dance written in double time.
Classical
Canon
Rigaudon
Glissando
41. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Unison
Root
Finale
Whole note
42. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Consonance
Trill
Relative pitch
Duet
43. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Accelerando
Contralto
Courante
Octet
44. A direction to play lively and fast.
Development
Allegro
Castrato
Tempo
45. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Quintet
Portamento
Oratorio
Verismo
46. A reprise.
Grave
Suite
Recapitulation
Monotone
47. A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
Minuet
Cantabile
Tempo
Root
48. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Interval
Legato
Gavotte
Quartet
49. A musical style characterized as excessive - ornamental - and trivial.
Cantata
Intermezzo
Flat
Rococo
50. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Grave
Cavatina
Rhythm
Virtuoso