General Music Terms

Question 1

Articulation

Answer 1

Separation of successive notes from one another

Question 2

Caesura

Answer 2

Interruption in music denoted by two parallel lines

Question 3

Compound meter

Answer 3

Meter in which the beat in divisible by 3

Question 4

Con

Answer 4

With

Question 5

Decrescendo

Answer 5

Instruction to become softer

Question 6

Diminuendo

Answer 6

Diminishing

Question 7

Divisi

Answer 7

Divided

Question 8

Dolce

Answer 8

Sweet

Question 9

Duple meter

Answer 9

Measure that can be divided into 2 beats

Question 10

Homophonic texture

Answer 10

Texture when 2 or more parts move together

Question 11

Meno

Answer 11

Less

Question 12

Mezzo

Answer 12

Half or medium

Question 13

Monophonic texture

Answer 13

Texture of a single voice or part

Question 14

Piu

Answer 14

More

Question 15

Poco

Answer 15

Little or somewhat

Question 16

Polyphonic texture

Answer 16

Texture with 2 or more distinct lines being played simultaneously

Question 17

Senza

Answer 17

Without

Question 18

Simple meter

Answer 18

Meter that can be broken into 2 notes

Question 19

Sordino

Answer 19

Mute

Question 20

Staccato

Answer 20

Detached

Question 21

Subito

Answer 21

Suddenly or immediately

Question 22

Syncopation

Answer 22

Emphasizing the weak beats or microbeats of the music

Question 23

Timbre

Answer 23

Tonal quality or color of a sound

Question 24

Triple meter

Answer 24

Musical meter where the primary division is into 3 large beats

Question 25

Tutti

Answer 25

All

Question 26

Vibrato

Answer 26

Fluctuation of pitch on a single note