Music

Question 1

What is chamber music?

Answer 1

Music for a small room

Question 2

Describe Lied music?

Answer 2

Lied is a type of chamber music sung by a soloist and accompanied by a piano and it is also sung in German.

Question 3

what instruments are in a string quartet?

Answer 3

two violins
viola
cello

Question 4

what is a sonata?

Answer 4

a sonata is a piece of music written for a solo instrument or a solo instrument with piano accompaniment, duet, trio, quartet

Question 5

What is a concerto?

Answer 5

A concerto is a piece for a solo instrument with orchestra accompaniment.

Question 6

What is acceleration?

Answer 6

When the music speeds up.

Question 7

What is a rallentando?

Answer 7

When the music slows down.

Question 8

What is rubato?

Answer 8

When the music speeds up then slows down

Question 9

What is augmentation?

Answer 9

making the note values last longer

Question 10

What is diminution?

Answer 10

Shortening note value

Question 11

When is s key signature F Major?

Answer 11

When there is a flat

Question 12

When is a key signature G Major?

Answer 12

When there’s a sharp

Question 13

When is the key signature C Major?

Answer 13

When there is no sharps or flats

Question 14

What does Forte mean?

Answer 14

Loud

Question 15

What does Piano mean?

Answer 15

Quiet

Question 16

What does Mezzo Forte mean?

Answer 16

Moderately loud

Question 17

What does Mezzo Piano mean?

Answer 17

Moderately quiet

Question 18

What does Fortissimo mean?

Answer 18

Very loud

Question 19

What does pianissimo mean?

Answer 19

Very quiet

Question 20

What does allegro mean?

Answer 20

Fast tempo

Question 21

What does andante mean?

Answer 21

Walking tempo

Question 22

What does adagio mean?

Answer 22

Slow tempo

Question 23

What is a crescendo?

Answer 23

When the music gets louder

Question 24

What is a diminuendo?

Answer 24

When the music gets quieter

Question 25

What is a trill?

Answer 25

Two notes played repeatedly

Question 26

What is sforzando?

Answer 26

Sudden accent on a note

Question 27

What is staccato?

Answer 27

When the note value is shortened and the note is played sharp and short

Question 28

How many beats is a semiquaver?

Answer 28

1/4

Question 29

How many beats is a quaver?

Answer 29

1/2`

Question 30

How many beats is a crotchet?

Answer 30

1

Question 31

How many beats is a dotted quaver?

Answer 31

3/4

Question 32

How many beats is a paired quaver?

Answer 32

1

Question 33

How many beats is a dotted crotchet?

Answer 33

1 and a 1/2

Question 34

How many beats is a minim?

Answer 34

2

Question 35

How many beats is a dotted minim?

Answer 35

3

Question 36

How many beats is a semibreve?

Answer 36

4

Question 37

What is acciaccatura?

Answer 37

An ornament that sounds like a crushed note

Question 38

What is a basso continuo?

Answer 38

Harpsicord and cello

Question 39

What is concerto grosso?

Answer 39

A group of soloists combined with a larger group

Question 40

What is concertino?

Answer 40

The smaller group of soloists within the concerto grosso

Question 41

What is Da Capo Aria?

Answer 41

An aria in ternary form

Question 42

What is a mass?

Answer 42

Sacred music with Latin text and polyphonic texture

Question 43

What is a ripieno?

Answer 43

The larger group of instruments in the concerto grosso

Question 44

What is ritornello?

Answer 44

A little return, a returning passage

Question 45

What is tierce de picardie?

Answer 45

The final chord of a piece of music in the minor key is changed to major

Question 46

What is tremelando?

Answer 46

short and fast up and down movements by the bow on a stringed instrument