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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.
Nocturne
Temperament
Partial
Octave
2. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Part
Dissonance
Ornaments
Falsetto
3. 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.
Whole note
Etude
Register
Cadenza
4. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Clef
Scherzo
Obbligato
Triple time
5. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.
Staff
Counterpoint
Chorus
Serenade
6. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
String Quartet
Polyphony
Ligature
Trill
7. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Register
Tune
Ricercar
Modulation
8. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Operetta
Glee
Conductor
Pentatonic Scale
9. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Tone
Whole note
Madrigal
Ligature
10. A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase - either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Monotone
Cadence
Virtuoso
Sharp
11. Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional - flowery music; written in strict form.
Baroque
Consonance
Reed
Forte
12. A repeated phrase.
Ostinato
Contralto
Tune
Neoclassical
13. The movement of chords in succession.
Parody
Dissonance
Progression
Harmony
14. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Suite
Leading note
Movement
Orchestration
15. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Da Capo
Tone less
Leading note
Reprise
16. Lowest female singing voice.
Contralto
System
Song cycle
Key signature
17. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.
Orchestra
Accessible
Serenade
Piano
18. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Dynamics
Treble
Counterpoint
Vivace
19. A combination of two or more staves on which all the notes are vertically aligned and performed simultaneously in differing registers and instruments.
System
Interpretation
Sextet
Triad
20. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
Allegro
Resonance
String Quartet
Fifth
21. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.
Grazioso
Dynamics
Galliard
Notation
22. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Chromatic scale
Operetta
Carol
Motif
23. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Adagio
Chorus
Verismo
Sextet
24. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Contralto
Sequence
Orchestra
Register
25. Sliding between two notes.
Legato
Development
Gavotte
Glissando
26. The technique of altering the tone color of a single note or musical line by changing from one instrument to another in the middle of a note or line.
Intermezzo
Motif
Accessible
Klangfarbenmelodie
27. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.
Recital
Relative major and minor
Deceptive cadence
Leitmotif
28. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Trio
Tonality
Chorus
Introduction
29. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Opera
Notation
Chant
Phrase
30. A separate section of a larger composition.
Ornaments
Pitch
Unison
Movement
31. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Galliard
Interpretation
Neoclassical
Tonality
32. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Ensemble
Gavotte
Twelve-tone music
Trill
33. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Key
Rococo
Introduction
Pentatonic Scale
34. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.
Key signature
Introduction
Opera
Whole note
35. The keyboard of a stringed instrument.
Ornaments
Impromptu
Clavier
Rhythm
36. Suite of Baroque dances.
Espressivo
Tone
Sharp
Partita
37. An instrumental lament with praise for the dead.
Forte
Contralto
Elegy
Natural
38. Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Glissando
Piano
Libretto
Chamber music
39. 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.
Overture
Triple time
Sonata
Verismo
40. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.
Cadenza
Opus
Rococo
Quartet
41. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Reed
Theme
Tone
Accessible
42. Primary theme or subject that is developed.
Modes
Motif
Septet
Tremolo
43. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Root
Harmony
Prelude
Fifth
44. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Hymn
Suite
Madrigal
Concert master
45. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Neoclassical
Chant
Pastoral
Musicology
46. Vocal composition written for three or more solo parts - usually without instrumental accompaniment.
Contralto
Glee
Classicism
Monotone
47. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Movement
Interval
Libretto
Part
48. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Triplet
Tone
Refrain
Medley
49. Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.
Refrain
Tutti
Concert master
Tone less
50. Primary theme or subject that is developed.
Introduction
Harmony
Reprise
Motif
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