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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. 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.
Soprano
Classical
Tutti
Opera
2. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Beat
Hymn
Triad
Rhythm
3. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Measure
Sequence
Recital
Trill
4. To hold a tone or rest held beyond the written value at the discretion of the performer.
Fermata
Deceptive cadence
Energico
Chromatic scale
5. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Piano
Tessitura
Cadenza
Soprano
6. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Gavotte
Polytonality
Classical
Scordatura
7. The unit of musical rhythm.
Temperament
Beat
Tritone
Reed
8. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.
Prelude
Rigaudon
Temperament
Galliard
9. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Key
Form
Conductor
Concert master
10. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Scherzo
Waltz
Recapitulation
Dynamics
11. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Relative major and minor
Gavotte
Rococo
Legato
12. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
Capriccio
Recital
Chord
Portamento
13. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Overture
Quadrille
Octet
Song cycle
14. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Trill
Notation
Adagio
Grave
15. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Tuning
Octet
Ensemble
Verismo
16. The expression the performer brings when playing his instrument.
Tutti
Interpretation
Octet
Atonal
17. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
Nocturne
Pentatonic Scale
Sharp
Recapitulation
18. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Tutti
Key
Notation
Tremolo
19. A musical theme given to a particular idea or main character of an opera.
Leitmotif
Opera
Flat
Tremolo
20. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Beat
Sextet
Notation
Ricercar
21. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Relative pitch
Opera
Minuet
Time Signature
22. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Recital
Tempo
Relative pitch
Baroque
23. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Allegro
Falsetto
Reprise
Temperament
24. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.
Temperament
Exposition
Chromatic scale
Root
25. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.
Finale
Atonal
Staff
Renaissance
26. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Falsetto
Trill
Concerto
Tremolo
27. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Scherzo
Pitch
Partita
Septet
28. Combination of two or more keys being played at the same time.
A cappella
Polytonality
Impromptu
Clef
29. One of two or more parts in polyphonic music. Voice refers to instrumental parts as well as the singing voice.
Reprise
Musicology
Sequence
Voice
30. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.
Recital
Oratorio
Energico
Classical
31. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Duet
Polyphony
Chord
Partial
32. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Progression
Expressionism
Monotone
Reprise
33. Indicating speed.
Major
Beat
Tonality
Tempo
34. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Resonance
Musicology
Voice
Tremolo
35. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Grazioso
Nonet
Staccato
Cadenza
36. Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most often religious in nature.
Clef
Ricercar
Cantata
Interpretation
37. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Fifth
Progression
Fourth
Gavotte
38. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
Pizzicato
EnharmonicInterval
Capriccio
Choir
39. The retuning of a stringed instrument in order to play notes below the ordinary range of the instrument or to produce an usual tone color.
Medley
Scordatura
Progression
Expressionism
40. 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.
Sonata form
Vivace
Fermata
Canon
41. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Serenade
Opera
Treble
Fermata
42. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Energico
Tempo
Major
Grandioso
43. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Song cycle
Development
Allegro
Requiem
44. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Accelerando
Impromptu
Quartet
Mezzo
45. The piece of cane in wind instruments. The players cause vibrations by blowing through it in order to produce sound.
Falsetto
Atonal
Ostinato
Reed
46. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Harmony
Voice
Interlude
Sequence
47. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.
Tonic
Minor
Etude
Allegro
48. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Scherzo
Interlude
Espressivo
Fourth
49. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Romantic
Tremolo
Triplet
Dynamics
50. Lowest female singing voice.
Sonatina
Rubato
Leitmotif
Contralto