Musical Terms 35

Question 1

Transient

Answer 1

Passing; doesn’t last

Question 2

Trill

Answer 2

A rapid alteration of 2 notes written as tr or tr~

Question 3

Torch Song

Answer 3

A highly emotional American song when someone is “carrying the torch” for another person
- Kinda the American version of an Italian Aria about unrequited love

EX/ Someone Like You (Adele)

Question 4

Tremelo
(Italian)

Answer 4

An unsteady tone (Fluttering; Quivering in singing)
On piano, a fluctuation between 2 notes

Question 5

Transpose

Answer 5

To perform &/or write out a composition in a different key

(Starting on a different pitch than the original song)

Question 6

Transcription

Answer 6

Arrangement or adaptation of a piece of music for an instrument or voice other than what it was originally created for

EX/ Vocal Flight of the Bumblebee

Question 7

Timbre

Answer 7

Tone quality of an instrument or voice

Question 8

Transient Chord

Answer 8

A chord foreign to the key and not relative to the other chords

Question 9

Triplet

Answer 9

A group of 3 equal notes to be performed or played in the time of 2 notes

Question 10

Tie

Answer 10

A curved line connecting 2 notes of like pitch that are to be sounded as 1 note equal to its untied value

Question 11

Transient Modulation

Answer 11

A temporary modulation soon followed by the original key

EX/ Piece or song begins in Key of C, changes to Key of D, then returns to Key of C

Question 12

Tone Cluster

Answer 12

Several consecutive notes sung simultaneously