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WorksheetsMusic Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Define Form
The pattern of the music
The title of the music
How loud or soft the music is
What shape the music sounds like
Define Tempo
How loud or soft the music is
How many times the music repeats
The repetition pattern of the music
The speed of the music
Define Arrangement
The call for the performer to continue playing
When a written piece is changed to be performed by other instruments
A song based on a poem
Parts of a song or performance
Define Phrase
When someone plays slowly
Eight notes in a specific order
A complete musical thought
Background music for a play, movie or television show
Define Ensemble
A group of musicians
An instrument with a double reed
A change of tone of a certain pitch
A note that takes up an entire measure of music
Define Syncopation
Five instruments playing together
A gradual increase in volume of the music
Sudden changes in the rhythm and accent of the music
The relationship between a series of chords
Define Mute
The name of different tools used to soften the tone of an instrument
Melody backed up by chords
A symbol put in front of a written note in a piece of music to lower it by one half step.
A play set to orchestral music in which the characters sing all their lines
Define Timbre
A gradual slowing of the tempo
The quality or color of sound that makes one voice or instrument different from another
The time of a piece of music is how it is divided up
A church song of praise
Define Meter
French for "study." A piece of music originally intended to help a practice an instrument
An instrumental composition whose form and invention spring 'solely from the fantasy and skill of the author who created it
The rhythmic pattern made in music by putting together strong and weak beats
A performance given by one musician or by a musician or singer with piano accompaniment
Define Rondo
An instrumental form with a refrain that keeps coming back
The notes at the end of a song
A slow song that tells a story
A tune for voice or instrument
Define Largo
A dream-like piece of music written for the piano
A quick ballroom dance, similar to the polka
When someone plays music slowly
The rate of speed of a piece of music
Define Quartet
The highest natural adult male singing voice
A piece of music written for four instruments
A ballroom dance in 3/4 time that became very popular in 19th century Austria
American-born music that uses syncopation
Define Fugue
A rapid succession of notes, often played on the piano or harp by sliding the fingers quickly over the keys or strings
The art of composing music while performing it, without the help of a written score
The tonality, or scale on which a piece of music is based. The key gets its name from the first note of the scale
A composition with two or more voices or parts, in which the melody (called the subject), is played by one voice/part and then replayed and modified by the other voices/parts
