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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Opus
Voice
Sextet
Hymn
2. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.
Minor
Dynamics
Fermata
Slide
3. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Vivace
Key
Tonality
Glee
4. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
March
Glee
Pitch
Baroque
5. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
Tone less
Exposition
Atonal
Canon
6. The principal note of a triad.
Rubato
Canon
Interval
Root
7. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.
Minor
Notation
Opus
Glissando
8. A short piano piece - often improvisational and intimate in character.
Staccato
Mezzo
Impromptu
Elegy
9. A combination of two or more staves on which all the notes are vertically aligned and performed simultaneously in differing registers and instruments.
A cappella
System
Rococo
Libretto
10. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Courante
Musette
A cappella
Recitative
11. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Conductor
Instrumentation
Mezzo
Da Capo
12. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Libretto
Legato
Relative pitch
Orchestra
13. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Symphony
Orchestra
Cadence
Natural
14. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Quartet
Slide
Leitmotif
Rococo
15. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Sharp
Expressionism
Finale
Grave
16. A short or brief sonata.
Vibrato
Scale
Maestro
Sonatina
17. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Da Capo
Relative major and minor
Reed
Chord
18. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Neoclassical
A cappella
Recapitulation
Vibrato
19. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Capriccio
Movement
Grazioso
Chromatic scale
20. A melodic or - sometimes a harmonic idea presented in a musical form.
Grazioso
Soprano
Ensemble
Theme
21. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Oratorio
Musette
Relative pitch
Tune
22. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Elegy
Libretto
Romantic
Suite
23. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.
Triad
Timbre
Intonation
Flat
24. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Whole-tone scale
Fourth
Tempo
Courante
25. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Hymn
Partita
Timbre
Relative pitch
26. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Polyphony
Voice
Counterpoint
Sharp
27. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Medley
Symphony
Partial
Slur
28. 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.
Duet
Scordatura
Beat
Recitative
29. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Phrase
Timbre
Staccato
Septet
30. Short detached notes - as opposed to legato.
Cadenza
Staccato
Interval
Conductor
31. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Renaissance
Grandioso
Legato
Gregorian Chant
32. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Recital
Minor
Instrumentation
Serenade
33. Unmusical - without tone.
Tone less
Resonance
Monotone
Da Capo
34. The highest female voice.
Interval
Pentatonic Scale
Intermezzo
Soprano
35. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
Chamber music
March
Forte
Gavotte
36. The element of music pertaining to time - played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.
Scale
Octave
Rhythm
Register
37. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Part
Chorus
Relative pitch
Triple time
38. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Sonatina
Septet
Symphony
Grandioso
39. An instrumental lament with praise for the dead.
Intermezzo
Octet
Fermata
Elegy
40. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Musette
Slide
Partita
Portamento
41. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Beat
Reprise
Medley
Quintet
42. 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.
Classical
Choir
Atonal
Fourth
43. A form of writing for vocals that is close to the manner of speech and is rhythmically free.
Expressionism
Recitative
Key
Scherzo
44. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Major
Operetta
Trill
Refrain
45. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.
Serenade
Chant
Ensemble
Requiem
46. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Accelerando
March
Duet
Sharp
47. 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.
Romantic
Galliard
Contralto
Notation
48. A sequence of songs - perhaps on a single theme - or with texts by one poet - or having continuos narrative.
Song cycle
Nonet
Pastoral
Octet
49. A short piano piece - often improvisational and intimate in character.
Serenade
Polyphony
Impromptu
Treble
50. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.
Polyphony
Counterpoint
Chord
Staff