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Music Terms Quiz A-Z
Music Terms Quiz
Starting with letters A-Z
Since terms range many topics and languages, this quiz is quite tricky!
How many advanced music terms do you know?
A
Note or notes that are commonly called "a pickup" is technically called?
Anacrusis
Anticedent
Appoggiatura
B
Short and whimsical styled piece with no set form, credited to
François Couperin is a called
?
Berceuse
Bagatelle
Bequadro
C
What word is often used to indicate the instrument the harpsichord?
Castanets
Celeste
Cembalo
D
18th century instrumental composition intended for entertainment is called?
Descant
Divertimento
Dirge
E
An ancient Greek instrument with forty strings is called?
Étouffé
Epigonion
Estinguendo
F
An artificial high voice used to sing notes that are above the normal range is called?
Fandango
Falsetto
Fermata
G
Courtly dance of the late 16th and early 17th century in triple metre is called?
Galliard
Gavotte
Glockenspiel
H
Keyboard instrument that produces its sounds by means of air from bellows is called?
Heterophony
Hoboken
Harmonium
I
Pastoral or sentimental character composition that is often instrumental is called?
Intermezzo
Idyll
Invention
J
Traditional Spanish dance, evolved into an orchestral composition by the Russian composer Glinka is called?
Jongleurs
Jubilate
Jota
K
Mozart's compositions were cataloged and numbered by the Austrian scientist named?
Korngold
Köchel
Klengel
L
Text of an opera or similar vocal work, originally issued in a small printed book is called?
Libretto
Libertango
Lacrimoso
M
Choral composition, usually based on a religious text is called?
Monody
Motown
Motet
N
Closing note or notes usually played at the end of a trill is called?
Nachschlag
Nachtmusik
Neapolitan
O
Term used to indicate an additional instrumental part that cannot be omitted is called?
Oeuvre
Oratorio
Obligato
P
Baroque dance variation form on a short melodic pattern usually occurring in the bass is called?
Passacaglia
Polonaise
Partita
Q
Light-hearted composition generally containing a combination of well known tunes is called?
Quintuplet
Quandry
Quodlibet
R
Brisk French folk-dance, occasionally found in instrumental dance suites of the 17th and 18th centuries is called?
Rigoletto
Rigaudon
Rinforzando
S
Name of device used in a fugue, where the 2nd voice presents the subject, overlapping the 1st voice is called?
Serialism
Smorzando
Stretto
T
Electronic instrument where player's hands motions (in the air), change pitch and dynamics is called?
Tetrachord
Theremin
Tarantella
U
The term that means to use the piano's soft pedal is called?
Una Corda
Ukulele
Universal
V
Musician with amazing technique and master of their art is called?
Virtuoso
Vagabond
Vacuumed
W
Name of song cycle for voice and piano by Franz Schubert is called?
Wingding
Winnebago
Winterreise
X
Small Chinese gong beaten with a stick or a thin plate is called?
Xerxes
Xiaoluo
Xylem
Y
Style of Swiss singing, involving switching voice types and warbling is called?
Yoda
Yodel
Yeoman
Z
German term meaning to go back to the original tempo after an accelerando is called?
Zug
Zurückgehend
Zusammen
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