Test your musical knowledge at the Kollege of Musical Knowledge.

'I hate 'classical' music', you wail. Fine. But these terms apply to all kinds of music, so there. How did your knowledge harmonise with the terminology?

Here's the correct musical term for each definition.

1. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
   
   • A cappella
2. An elaborate, possibly improvised, passage in an aria or concerto, featuring the skills of an instrumentalist or vocalist.
   
   • Cadenza
3. A quick, improvisational, spirited piece of music.
   
   • Capriccio
4. The first violin in an orchestra.
   
   • Concertmaster
5. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
   
   • Deceptive cadence
6. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
   
   • Libretto
7. Repetition of a single tone.
   
   • Monotone
8. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
   
   • Part
9. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
   
   • Pizzicato
10. A style where the strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone.
    
    • Rubato

Show off your new musical knowledge at the next concert you attend. Say, 'I really enjoy Guns'N'Roses. But I'd appreciate a bit more rubato in the more lyrical passages. And why don't they publish a libretto?' Then duck.

Dmitri Gheorgheni

26.09.16 Front Page

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