Italian for "end." The final part of a piece of music.
What is a Finale?
100
Another name for Timpani.
What is a Kettle Drum?
100
A complete musical thought.
What is a Phrase?
100
Multiple performers playing or singing notes on the same pitch or in octaves.
What is Unison?
200
A slow song that tells a story.
What is a Ballad?
200
A rapid succession of notes.
What is a Glissando?
200
To play music very slowly.
What is Largo?
200
Music written for 4 players or singers.
What is a Quartet?
200
One tune played or sung many different ways.
What is Variations?
300
A part near the end of a song where the performer plays by himself to show off his/her skill.
What is a Cadenza?
300
A combination of pitches sounding together, such as a chord.
What is Harmony?
300
Happy sounding music.
What is Major?
300
A performance given by one musician or by a musician or singer with piano accompaniment.
What is a Recital?
300
Italian for "accelerating." To grow faster and faster.
What is Accelerando?
400
Italian for "gradually growing softer."
What is a Decrescendo?
400
The art of composing music while performing it, without the help of a written score.
What is Improvisation?
400
The symbols used to represent music when writing it down.
What is Notation?
400
A series of notes played one after the other, either from the lowest note to the highest note or from the highest note to the lowest note.
What is a Scale?
400
A tool used by conductors to guide the musicians or singers.
What is a Baton?
500
French for "again."
What is an Encore?
500
American-born music that uses syncopation, altered scales, specific harmonies, and improvisation.
What is Jazz?
500
Eight notes in order that begin and end on the same note name.
What is an Octave?
500
The rate of speed of a piece of music.
What is Tempo?
500
A song made up of different parts that copy each other. Each part uses the same notes, but they start one after the other until everyone is playing a different part of the song at the same time.