Musical Terms 3

Question 1

Badinerie

Answer 1

Literally means teasing in French; a piece of music of light-hearted character

Question 2

Bagatelle

Answer 2

Used as the title of a short, light-hearted piece of music

Question 3

Ballad

Answer 3

In classical music, a ballad is a simple narrative poem, generally meant to be sung

Question 4

Bar

Answer 4

In written Western music the bar-line came to be used; a verticle line through the stave to mark metrical units of bars

Question 5

Barcarolle

Answer 5

A boating song; generally used to describe the boating songs of gondoliers in Venice

Question 6

Baroque

Answer 6

A period of musical history from about 1600 to about 1750

Question 7

Bercuese

Answer 7

A cradle song or lullaby in triple or compound time

Question 8

Bel Canto

Answer 8

The art of beautiful song; as exemplified by the finest Italian singers of the 18th and 19th centuries/operatic voice

Question 9

Bocce Chiusa

Answer 9

With closed mouth (Humming)

Question 10

Bouche Fermee

Answer 10

With mouth closed (Humming Voice)