Music Theory

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Test your knowledge on music theory terminology and other musical concepts.

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  • Language: English
  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Tags: Music, Music Theory

Words

  • Allegro: Brisk and lively tempo
  • Bass: Lower range of pitch
  • Chord: Three or more notes played together
  • Chorus: Part of a song that is repeated after each verse
  • Concerto: Musical composition for a solo instrument or instruments accompanied by an orchestra
  • Dynamics: Degrees of loudness or softness in a musical work
  • Forte: In music, a directive to perform the specified passage loudly
  • Harmony: Combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes
  • Interval: Difference in pitch between two sounds
  • Key: Group of pitches, or scale, that forms the basis of a music composition
  • Legato: Smooth, flowing manner, without breaks between notes
  • Melody: Sequence of single notes that is musically satisfying
  • Meter: Rhythmic structure of music
  • Octave: Eight-line stanza or verse
  • Opera: Dramatic work combining text and musical score
  • Pitch: Perceived frequency of sound
  • Rhythm: Pattern in time
  • Scale: Ordered sequence of notes
  • Staccato: Each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others
  • Symphony: Elaborate musical composition for full orchestra
  • Treble: Higher range of pitch
  • Verse: Writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme

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    Pattern in time
  2. 3)
     
    Higher range of pitch
  3. 6)
     
    Musical composition for a solo instrument or instruments accompanied by an orchestra
  4. 7)
     
    Dramatic work combining text and musical score
  5. 8)
     
    Each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others
  6. 9)
     
    Degrees of loudness or softness in a musical work
  7. 10)
     
    Combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes
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    Elaborate musical composition for full orchestra
  9. 14)
     
    Rhythmic structure of music
  10. 16)
     
    Difference in pitch between two sounds
  11. 18)
     
    Part of a song that is repeated after each verse
  12. 21)
     
    Smooth, flowing manner, without breaks between notes

Down

  1. 2)
     
    Three or more notes played together
  2. 4)
     
    Perceived frequency of sound
  3. 5)
     
    Eight-line stanza or verse
  4. 8)
     
    Ordered sequence of notes
  5. 11)
     
    Lower range of pitch
  6. 12)
     
    Group of pitches, or scale, that forms the basis of a music composition
  7. 15)
     
    Brisk and lively tempo
  8. 17)
     
    Writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme
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    Sequence of single notes that is musically satisfying
  10. 20)
     
    In music, a directive to perform the specified passage loudly