music Crossword Puzzles

Music artists 2020-08-10

Music artists crossword puzzle
Across
  1. melancholy Canadian rapper
  2. OneRepublic frontman
  3. AmIdol rocker
  4. the star of the future
  5. I can't talk about her enough
  6. country/pop/folk girl
  7. best country artist
  8. famous white rapper
  9. "Holocene" singer
  10. brilliant pianist
  11. world's biggest band
  12. she's the bad guy!Duh!
  13. no white flag above her door
  14. The Weeknd's last name
  15. star with a guitar
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  1. 2000s goth metal group
  2. he is the entertainer...
  3. lame sad boy
  4. "Twilight" film theme artist
  5. five for fighting's 1st name
  6. Ella O'Connor's stage name
  7. deceased producer
  8. ______ Dragons (band)
  9. go on, leave me breathless!
  10. Swedish hitmaker
  11. Scottish emo group
  12. most famous Jewish artist
  13. how does she nail those notes???
  14. X-Factor group
  15. swinging from a chandelier

30 Clues: lame sad boy • AmIdol rocker • X-Factor group • Swedish hitmaker • deceased producer • "Holocene" singer • brilliant pianist • Scottish emo group • star with a guitar • best country artist • famous white rapper • OneRepublic frontman • world's biggest band • country/pop/folk girl • ______ Dragons (band) • 2000s goth metal group • the star of the future • she's the bad guy!Duh! • The Weeknd's last name • ...

MUSIC FUNDEMENTALS 2020-08-26

MUSIC FUNDEMENTALS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when multiple staves are connected together by bar lines
  2. lines, small lines that extend the staff while keeping the 5 lines and 4 spaces intact
  3. where music is written (made up of 5 lines and 4 spaces)
  4. clef, aka F clef
  5. designation, a way to label the notes of the grand staff
  6. raises the pitch one half step up
  7. keyboard, bank of keys on a musical instrument
  8. step, Two half steps
  9. step, the distance between 2 notes
  10. system used to visually represent music
  11. accidental, reminds musician of the correct pitch if the same note in the following measure
  12. lowers the pitch one half step down
  13. when the same pitch has two names ( A# and Bb)
  14. aka amplitude (wave height)
  15. bar line, two lines that signal the end of the end of a section of music
  16. musical scale with 12 pitches
  17. same as staff
  18. head, the body of the note
  19. clef, aka G clef
  20. symbol that cancels out a flat or sharp
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  1. raises or lowers the pitch
  2. part of the note that is common to all note types shorter than a whole note
  3. aka frequency (wavelengths)
  4. grand staff, combines the treble and bass clefs
  5. a sounds attack-sustain-release
  6. the length of time and silence lasts
  7. flat, lowers the pitch by two half steps
  8. part of the note that is common to all notes shorter than a quarter note
  9. segment of time corresponding to a specific number of beats represented by notes
  10. of sound, properties that are fundamental to the elements of sound and music.
  11. clef, aka C clef
  12. musical symbol used to indicate the pitch of written notes
  13. horizontal line used to connect multiple consecutive notes to indicate rhythmic grouping
  14. sharp, symbol that means to raise the pitch by two half steps
  15. aka tone color (waveform)
  16. clef, clef used for rhythm only
  17. line, the vertical line that divides the staff into measures

37 Clues: same as staff • clef, aka F clef • clef, aka C clef • clef, aka G clef • step, Two half steps • aka tone color (waveform) • raises or lowers the pitch • head, the body of the note • aka frequency (wavelengths) • aka amplitude (wave height) • musical scale with 12 pitches • a sounds attack-sustain-release • clef, clef used for rhythm only • raises the pitch one half step up • ...

Music Theory 2020-09-25

Music Theory crossword puzzle
Across
  1. it gets 1/2 a beat
  2. Who composed Cannon in D?
  3. Nothing is played for 1 beat
  4. it gets 2 beats
  5. who composed Toccata and fugue?
  6. it gets 3 beats
  7. 1600-1750
  8. it gets 4 beats
  9. it gets 1 beat
  10. The right hand clef
  11. Repeated sound
  12. The change in volume
  13. Who composed Rondo Alla Turca?
  14. Another word for a bar
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  1. The distance between notes on a staff
  2. Is an extension of a clef
  3. The left hand clef
  4. Nothing is played for 4 beats
  5. who composed Moonlight sonata?
  6. Nothing is played for 2 beats
  7. 8 notes
  8. Moderately loud
  9. Quiet
  10. Two melodies played over each other, common in the baroque era
  11. Structure of music, common in the classical era
  12. a chord stacked in thirds
  13. 3 notes played at once
  14. 1750-1800
  15. Loud

29 Clues: Loud • Quiet • 8 notes • 1600-1750 • 1750-1800 • it gets 1 beat • Repeated sound • it gets 2 beats • it gets 3 beats • Moderately loud • it gets 4 beats • it gets 1/2 a beat • The left hand clef • The right hand clef • The change in volume • 3 notes played at once • Another word for a bar • Is an extension of a clef • Who composed Cannon in D? • a chord stacked in thirds • Nothing is played for 1 beat • ...

Music concepts 2021-03-29

Music concepts crossword puzzle
Across
  1. To keep the pulse of a music piece
  2. Gradually getting faster
  3. Gradually getting louder
  4. The thickness or thinness
  5. Soft
  6. Very fast
  7. A sixteenth note
  8. Long and short sounds
  9. Loud
  10. High and low sounds
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  1. Moderately soft
  2. At a moderate pace
  3. A slow tempo
  4. A fast and lively pace
  5. A whole note
  6. Gradually getting slower
  7. Moderately loud
  8. Half a beat
  9. A half note
  10. A combination of patterns with long and short sounds

20 Clues: Soft • Loud • Very fast • Half a beat • A half note • A slow tempo • A whole note • Moderately soft • Moderately loud • A sixteenth note • At a moderate pace • High and low sounds • Long and short sounds • A fast and lively pace • Gradually getting faster • Gradually getting louder • Gradually getting slower • The thickness or thinness • To keep the pulse of a music piece • ...

Music Vocabulary 2021-04-06

Music Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. These are the 5 lines that music notes are written on.
  2. This is a natural note raised by one half step.
  3. This written music sign tells a musician not to play for a specific amount of time.
  4. This is a series of specific notes that are played separately to outline a chord.
  5. This number system can help people play an instrument without reading music.
  6. This family of instruments is played with the mouth and includes trumpets.
  7. These notes are often described as sad, dark, or mysterious.
  8. Musicians use this formula to write music that sounds good and correct.
  9. This tells musicians what collection of notes are correct within a piece of music.
  10. This is 3 or more notes that are played at the same time and support a song.
  11. This defines how much higher or lower notes are from each other.
  12. This number tells how fast a song plays - measured in beats per minute (BPM).
  13. This is the word used for a musical sound that gradually gets louder.
  14. This is a series of notes that go together and form an intentional pattern.
  15. This family of instruments includes drums, piano and xylophone.
  16. This is the half or double the frequency of a note, which makes the same note, higher or lower.
  17. This is a combination of sounds that compliment the lead part of a song.
  18. This is the waving quality or a voice or sound.
  19. This describes when strong notes are placed on the upbeats or “off” beats.
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  1. This family of instruments includes guitars, cellos and violins.
  2. This word describes sounds with lower voices.
  3. This is the word for a repeated pattern of sounds.
  4. This word describes sounds with higher voices.
  5. This is a repeated pattern or idea in music that is used throughout a piece.
  6. This is the part of a song that gets stuck in your head. It’s catchy.
  7. This describes when a whole musical piece is shifted up or down.
  8. This is a natural note lowered by one half step.
  9. This is the specific voice or sound of an instrument.
  10. This family of instruments is played with breath and includes flutes.
  11. This collection of notes is often described as happy or energetic.
  12. This is a group of people who usually play classical music.
  13. This is the word for singing without any instruments.
  14. This tells how a piece of music is counted so musicians can count it. Ex: 4/4
  15. This word describes a specifically arranged work of written music.
  16. This is a beat or a note that is stronger than others. It gives emphasis to a song.
  17. This is the person who directs a big group of musicians with a baton.

36 Clues: This word describes sounds with lower voices. • This word describes sounds with higher voices. • This is a natural note raised by one half step. • This is the waving quality or a voice or sound. • This is a natural note lowered by one half step. • This is the word for a repeated pattern of sounds. • This is the specific voice or sound of an instrument. • ...

Music 1 2021-03-25

Music 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a rattle
  2. any pluck string instrument with a neck and round back
  3. brass instrument used in classical and jazz
  4. sing into it
  5. stringed instrument with a thin neck
  6. in the brass family
  7. consists of wooden bars in percussion family
  8. it is plucked with a plectrum
  9. acoustic string instrument
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  1. it is from the string family
  2. mouth organ
  3. the shape of a cup
  4. woodwind instrument made of brass
  5. part of lute family with 4 nylon strings
  6. large stringed instrument that is soothing
  7. wooden frame with metal jingles
  8. drum from Cuba
  9. makes a bird sound
  10. Greek instrument member of lute family
  11. Afro Cuban percussion instrument

20 Clues: a rattle • mouth organ • sing into it • drum from Cuba • the shape of a cup • makes a bird sound • in the brass family • acoustic string instrument • it is from the string family • it is plucked with a plectrum • wooden frame with metal jingles • Afro Cuban percussion instrument • woodwind instrument made of brass • stringed instrument with a thin neck • ...

Music Concepts 2021-03-30

Music Concepts crossword puzzle
Across
  1. gradually getting faster
  2. getting louder
  3. quarter of a beat
  4. getting softer
  5. soft
  6. half a note
  7. a moderate pace
  8. gradually getting slower
  9. like the pulse of music
  10. the speed of music
  11. very loud
  12. very fast
  13. whole note
Down
  1. combination of long and short sounds
  2. a walking pace
  3. patterns of long and short sounds
  4. suddenly louder
  5. slowly
  6. half a beat
  7. loud
  8. very soft
  9. fast and lively
  10. 1 beat

23 Clues: soft • loud • slowly • 1 beat • very soft • very loud • very fast • whole note • half a beat • half a note • a walking pace • getting louder • getting softer • suddenly louder • a moderate pace • fast and lively • quarter of a beat • the speed of music • like the pulse of music • gradually getting faster • gradually getting slower • patterns of long and short sounds • combination of long and short sounds

Music Terms 2020-11-05

Music Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. lively
  2. animated and lively
  3. giving and taking of tempo
  4. fairly brisk faster than allegro
  5. upwards or downwards slide between notes
  6. original tempo
  7. marcia to play in a march style
  8. the tempo remains the same
  9. extremely slow
  10. gradual reduction in tempo
  11. very slow
  12. extremely fast
  13. moderate tempo
  14. sonorous resonate and ringing
  15. melodic music less formal than an aria
  16. with passion
  17. tranquil and peaceful
  18. walking tempo
  19. a trembling effect that is typically bowed
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  1. lighter and faster than andante
  2. tone effect produces a slight variation in pitch
  3. mosso a little motion, more quickly
  4. singing or song like
  5. mosso less motion less quickly
  6. slow
  7. rapid reduction in tempo
  8. fast
  9. minuet style dance tempo
  10. pressing forward with steady acceleration
  11. gradually getting faster
  12. light and playful
  13. to play furious and wild
  14. brillant style showing great skill and spirit
  15. heavy and loud
  16. agitated

35 Clues: slow • fast • lively • agitated • very slow • with passion • walking tempo • original tempo • extremely slow • extremely fast • heavy and loud • moderate tempo • light and playful • animated and lively • singing or song like • tranquil and peaceful • rapid reduction in tempo • minuet style dance tempo • gradually getting faster • to play furious and wild • giving and taking of tempo • ...

Music Final 2020-11-23

Music Final crossword puzzle
Across
  1. appears in Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique
  2. directly quoting another work in composition
  3. group or solo performance with no music support
  4. simplest form of musical textures
  5. method of composition using several elements
  6. vocal music composition with one voice and piano
  7. songs that were sung every day of the year
  8. chord comprising at least 3 adjacent tones
  9. glide from one pitch to another
  10. sung solo accompanied by an orchestra
  11. initial presentation of the composition
  12. phrase that repeats itself in the same pitch
  13. simple melody that has a limited set of notes
  14. expressive and rhythmic freedom
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  1. represents idea or noun (4 seasons)
  2. transformation of initial material
  3. exposition, a development, recapitulation
  4. musical technique reflects meaning of song
  5. sounds like music came from far off lands
  6. secular vocal music composition, unaccompanied
  7. recurring passage in baroque music
  8. speak singing
  9. lacks a tonal center or key
  10. used to obtain unusual sounds/timbres
  11. presents musical themes from exposition

25 Clues: speak singing • lacks a tonal center or key • glide from one pitch to another • expressive and rhythmic freedom • simplest form of musical textures • transformation of initial material • recurring passage in baroque music • represents idea or noun (4 seasons) • used to obtain unusual sounds/timbres • sung solo accompanied by an orchestra • ...

Music Review 2021-06-01

Music Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. DAW stands for Digital Audio _____________?
  2. A standard radio advertisement is 30 or 60 ________.
  3. Word for how loud or soft a note or sound is.
  4. The fancy word for A-B-A form is:
  5. Mr. Brausam really likes _____________.
  6. A word that categorizes a type of music.
  7. Big Ollie’s sells:
  8. Word for how high or how low a note or sound is.
  9. A short snippet of music that repeats itself in a DAW.
  10. iPad and Mac based DAW.
  11. Jingles go all the way back to the _______ Ages.
Down
  1. Movie music composer for Harry Potter and Star Wars.
  2. Online DAW.
  3. Mr. Brausam’s dog is named _____.
  4. In a commercial the _______ should be louder than the music.
  5. A song that will get stuck in your head.
  6. ____________ Drumming.
  7. A song that a radio advertisement will use.
  8. A word for speed in music is _______.
  9. _______ Music Lab is a site with many music activities.
  10. The universal symbol to record is a ___ Circle.
  11. Bucket drums can be played on the sides, the top, and the ___.
  12. ________ is a word that describes how the volumes of different parts of music interact.

23 Clues: Online DAW. • Big Ollie’s sells: • ____________ Drumming. • iPad and Mac based DAW. • Mr. Brausam’s dog is named _____. • The fancy word for A-B-A form is: • A word for speed in music is _______. • Mr. Brausam really likes _____________. • A song that will get stuck in your head. • A word that categorizes a type of music. • DAW stands for Digital Audio _____________? • ...

Music 2 2021-10-26

Music 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A short Opera.
  2. A 4 beat musical note.
  3. There are 36 _ _ _ _ _ keys on a piano.
  4. A song sung by 2 people.
  5. German composer born 1770 who became deaf.
  6. Traditional Australian wind instrument.
  7. A Spanish percussion instrument also known as a clacker.
  8. A brass instrument similar to a trumpet but larger.
  9. A one quarter beat musical note.
  10. _ _ _ _ _ _ Horn.(Brass)
  11. Invented by Aldolph Sax in 1846.
  12. The family of instruments that you strike.
  13. American female singer born 26.6.1993.
  14. Rhymes with Congo (Percussion).
  15. Real name Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson.
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  1. A group of actors, dancers or musicians performing.
  2. There are 4 people in my group.
  3. We sing BELIEVER.
  4. A very large brass instrument.
  5. The speed at which a piece of music is played.
  6. A double reed wind instrument similar to a clarinet.
  7. I sing Old Town Road with Billy Ray Cyrus.
  8. Canadian rapper born 24.10.1986.
  9. A trumpet has 3 of these.
  10. Johann Sebastian _ _ _ _ .
  11. Louis Armstrong played this instrument.
  12. An electronic device that strengthens a weak guitar signal.
  13. A traditional Maori wind instrument with 4 to 12 finger holes.
  14. We sing Sugar.
  15. Pharrell Williams most popular song.
  16. American Rock & Roll singer born 8.1.1935.
  17. Traditional Turkish stringed instrument.

32 Clues: A short Opera. • We sing Sugar. • We sing BELIEVER. • A 4 beat musical note. • A song sung by 2 people. • _ _ _ _ _ _ Horn.(Brass) • A trumpet has 3 of these. • Johann Sebastian _ _ _ _ . • A very large brass instrument. • There are 4 people in my group. • Rhymes with Congo (Percussion). • Canadian rapper born 24.10.1986. • A one quarter beat musical note. • ...

Music Definitions 2021-10-20

Music Definitions crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Two notes that sound the same and are played the same, but have two different note names
  2. Tells us what volume to play the notes
  3. All notes; cancels out a flat or sharp
  4. The 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 8th note of a scale
  5. Notes marked with a dot on top indicated the note should be played short; play with a stopped bow stroke
  6. A curved line that connects two or more notes of the same pitch
  7. A note that does not appear in your key signature and stays in effect for the entire measure
  8. The smallest distance between two notes
  9. Lowers the pitch of a notes by a half step
  10. At the beginning of the piece and identifies which notes are on the lines and spaces of the staff
  11. The pulse of the music
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  1. Two or more notes played in the same direction with a stop between each note
  2. Tells you how many beats are in a measure and what note gets the beat
  3. A curved line that connects two or more different pitches
  4. A sequence of notes in ascending and descending order in consecutive steps
  5. A note (or notes) that appear before the first full measure
  6. Lines that extend the music staff higher and lower
  7. Tells you how many sharps or flats are in a piece
  8. A pattern of two or more notes in a sequence of half steps altered with sharps, flats, and naturals.
  9. Two half steps combined
  10. When you lift the bow to start back at the frog
  11. Raises the pitch of a note by a half step

22 Clues: The pulse of the music • Two half steps combined • Tells us what volume to play the notes • All notes; cancels out a flat or sharp • The smallest distance between two notes • Raises the pitch of a note by a half step • The 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 8th note of a scale • Lowers the pitch of a notes by a half step • When you lift the bow to start back at the frog • ...

Music Appreciation 2021-10-21

Music Appreciation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A group of people singing or playing together.
  2. To play notes smoothly, without stopping between notes.
  3. 1. A combination of pitches sounding together, such as a chord. 2. The relationship between a series of chords. 3. Consonance.
  4. How loudly or softly to play a piece of music.
  5. A group of singers who perform together.
  6. American-born music that uses syncopation, altered scales, specific harmonies, and improvisation.
  7. Playing the notes in a chord quickly one after the other.
  8. Music that has no key. All the notes are treated as equal.
  9. A slow song that tells a story.
  10. A harsh or disagreeable combination of sounds, or a combination of sounds that creates a feeling of tension needing to be resolved.
  11. Family of wind instruments made of metal with a cup-shaped mouthpiece (the part you blow in). Examples of brass instruments are the trumpet, trombone and tuba.
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  1. Italian for "going." To play a piece at a moderate speed -- not too fast, not too slow.
  2. a theatrical performance that tells a story using music, costumes, sets, and dance.
  3. Italian for "growing softer."
  4. The era in music history that includes compositions written from about 1750 to 1825. Music from this period is orderly, balanced and clear. Its form is very important as is its harmony and tonality— that is, the musical key in which a piece was written.
  5. Italian for "graceful."
  6. A thin woodwind instrument held sideways to the mouth. It is played by blowing across the mouthpiece. The notes are played by pressing small keys.
  7. Italian for "end." The final part of a piece of music.
  8. 1. A piece of music played between two other larger sections. 2. Music played between acts in a play or opera.
  9. When three or more notes are played at the same time.
  10. An old, quick dance. The music in the second half of the dance is a variation on the music from the first half.
  11. A stringed instrument with a long neck and a flat, hollow body. Its strings are plucked or strummed with the fingers.
  12. When you are playing music, to accent a note is to make it stand out from other notes by playing it differently.
  13. The period of music from around 1600 to 1750. Bach, Vivaldi, and Handel were famous Baroque composers.

24 Clues: Italian for "graceful." • Italian for "growing softer." • A slow song that tells a story. • A group of singers who perform together. • A group of people singing or playing together. • How loudly or softly to play a piece of music. • When three or more notes are played at the same time. • Italian for "end." The final part of a piece of music. • ...

Piano music 2021-09-08

Piano music crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an impressive piece of work, especially a
  2. Play one octave higher or lower than written
  3. a sharp or flat not in the key signature
  4. the fifth note of the scale
  5. Three or more notes of music played together.
  6. "harp-like". the notes of a chord played one after another, up or down the keyboard.
  7. A flat lowers a note one-half step.
  8. The interval spanning 8 notes.
  9. moderate tempo
  10. play two octaves higher than written
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  1. smooth, connected
  2. a stately dance in 3/4 time
  3. A musical sentence. A phrase is often shown by a slur, also called a phrase mark
  4. hold this note longer than its normal value
  5. composition or other work of art
  6. Degrees of loudness or softness in music
  7. fast, lively tempo
  8. the immediate repetition of a musical idea in another voice
  9. ending section
  10. return to the original tempo
  11. The distance between two notes or keys

21 Clues: ending section • moderate tempo • smooth, connected • fast, lively tempo • a stately dance in 3/4 time • the fifth note of the scale • return to the original tempo • The interval spanning 8 notes. • composition or other work of art • A flat lowers a note one-half step. • play two octaves higher than written • The distance between two notes or keys • ...

Folk music 2021-12-07

Folk music crossword puzzle
Across
  1. band that played with Dylan at the newport festival in 1965 and were booed off stage.
  2. what group was poorly influenced by Bob dylan's substances after meeting him?
  3. clearing house for folk musicians,you could buy instruments there.
  4. most popular folk group in the 1960s?
  5. what artist went electric at a folk festival?
  6. folk jam session where traditional folk songs are sung
  7. group that Bob dylan was inspired and influenced by while learning about traditional folk music.
  8. folk music of trinidad,different rhythmic quality
  9. musician who had a great amount of calypso hits and was involved in the political movements of the time.
Down
  1. artist who wrote about the great dust storm
  2. what festival did bob dylan introduce his new style of music?
  3. group greatly influenced by calypso fad
  4. folk musician and social activist who traveled and performed with woody guthrie
  5. association between folk music and the social and political issues of the 60s.
  6. traditional songs passed down through generations that often told stories
  7. scene where artist sang and arose.
  8. One of Bob Dylan's most important album that included folk and electric rhythms.
  9. one of bob dylan's most important/popular rock songs.
  10. queen of folk
  11. poor seelimg album of bob dylan
  12. first record label that noticed bob dylan.
  13. group who used folk songs to build morale and spoke on the political issues of the time.

22 Clues: queen of folk • poor seelimg album of bob dylan • scene where artist sang and arose. • most popular folk group in the 1960s? • group greatly influenced by calypso fad • first record label that noticed bob dylan. • artist who wrote about the great dust storm • what artist went electric at a folk festival? • folk music of trinidad,different rhythmic quality • ...

Folk Music 2021-12-07

Folk Music crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where was Bob Dylan born?
  2. Bob Dylan first album's name.
  3. Dropped the Weavers, as the group was suddenly too controversial.
  4. When was Dylan's third album released?
  5. Dylan's second album.
  6. A folk music of Trinidad, has a different rhythmic quality than traditional American folk, but the narrative verse structures and storylines are similar.
  7. A father and son team of musicologists from the Library of Congress.
  8. Was a favorite at Cambridge's Club 47 while at Boston University.
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  1. Most important early folk singer.
  2. Dylan's fifth and possibly most important album.
  3. Seeger's father, and was a university professor who had registered as a conscientious objector during WWI.
  4. Bob Dylan's 15th album.
  5. Dylan recorded an album with his friends George Harrison, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Roy Orbin who called themselves the...
  6. The international workers of the world.
  7. A folk jam session where traditional folk songs are sung.
  8. In 1961, they made their debut performance at New York's Bitter End. The most popular folk group of the 1960s.
  9. In the summer of 1959 the first Newport Folk Festival was held in...
  10. A song by the Kingston Trio that became a #1 hit.
  11. Pete Seeger and three other folks musicians began publishing a mimeographed biweekly newsletter was called...
  12. a band from canada who would later be known simply as the Band.

20 Clues: Dylan's second album. • Bob Dylan's 15th album. • Where was Bob Dylan born? • Bob Dylan first album's name. • Most important early folk singer. • When was Dylan's third album released? • The international workers of the world. • Dylan's fifth and possibly most important album. • A song by the Kingston Trio that became a #1 hit. • ...

World Music 2021-11-18

World Music crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where Scotland is located
  2. Instrument of Scotland that starts with a b
  3. popular dance in the middle east
  4. A place where people in Mexico celebrate and gather together
  5. Language that people in Middle East speak
  6. Goblet shaped drum in Middle East music
  7. A low sounding guitar from Mexico
  8. Capital of China
  9. A middle eastern flute
  10. lower sound that the doubek makes
  11. from Mexico that starts with a t
  12. Main language spoke in Mexico
Down
  1. number of stars on the Chinese flag
  2. Scottish food that starts with h
  3. Popular chinese food that starts with a d
  4. large hanging steel drum in Chinese music that is hit with a mallet
  5. National Dance of Mexico
  6. Higher sound that the doumbek makes
  7. Ancient wind instrument of Mexico
  8. captial of Mexico
  9. Mexican cowboys

21 Clues: Mexican cowboys • Capital of China • captial of Mexico • A middle eastern flute • National Dance of Mexico • Where Scotland is located • Main language spoke in Mexico • Scottish food that starts with h • popular dance in the middle east • from Mexico that starts with a t • Ancient wind instrument of Mexico • A low sounding guitar from Mexico • lower sound that the doubek makes • ...

Music symbols 2021-11-29

Music symbols crossword puzzle
Across
  1. makes the player play the note a quarter lower
  2. Tells the player to play the notes connected, which looks like a curved line between the notes.
  3. symbol,starts the notes
  4. lowers the volume of the music
  5. Sudden change, From loud to low
  6. Looks like a circle with a cross on it. It’s where the player Continue playing after the end
  7. makes the player play the note a quarter higher
  8. Separates the staff based on the time signature
  9. makes the note on the line half a tone lower
  10. A the beginning, tells you where to play the sharp and flat
  11. 5 lines, where notes are placed
  12. They represent the Length of a note played
  13. It’s above the not, tells you to play the full value of a single note
  14. a note that is going to be raised by two half steps
Down
  1. increases the volume of the music
  2. Looks like 2 flats, lower a note by two half steps.
  3. In the beginning, Amount of beats in a bar
  4. A passe, until they get a sign from the conductor
  5. Connected the clefs, played together
  6. Makes the note on the line half a tone higher
  7. Looks like 2 diagonal lines, It makes a passe
  8. it is C looking, it tells the player to play 4/4 time.
  9. Looks like a sideway v, it increases the sound more than the other notes.
  10. tells you the volume of a note
  11. music symbol that is used to end the music piece

25 Clues: symbol,starts the notes • lowers the volume of the music • tells you the volume of a note • Sudden change, From loud to low • 5 lines, where notes are placed • increases the volume of the music • Connected the clefs, played together • In the beginning, Amount of beats in a bar • They represent the Length of a note played • makes the note on the line half a tone lower • ...

Music Crossword 2022-01-19

Music Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Walking tempo
  2. Very fast
  3. Smooth and connected
  4. One person
  5. Gradually softer
  6. Gradually softer
  7. Separated
  8. Broad and slow
  9. Very soft
  10. Medium or moderately
Down
  1. All play same part
  2. To gradually increase the volume
  3. Strong or loud
  4. Loud then immediately soft
  5. Slow and calm
  6. The end
  7. Very soft
  8. Silent
  9. A finishing section
  10. Very strong or loud
  11. Quick and lively
  12. Very very slow and solemn

22 Clues: Silent • The end • Very fast • Very soft • Separated • Very soft • One person • Walking tempo • Slow and calm • Strong or loud • Broad and slow • Gradually softer • Gradually softer • Quick and lively • All play same part • A finishing section • Very strong or loud • Smooth and connected • Medium or moderately • Very very slow and solemn • Loud then immediately soft • To gradually increase the volume

Music 2 2022-01-22

Music 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This rapper wants to know what you know about that?
  2. What brand of sunglasses does B.O.B. rap about?
  3. According to Ed Sheeran, what leads to you?
  4. What artist had a party on 5th Avenue
  5. This artist posed the question "What's Luv"
  6. This artist enjoys beating up women
  7. Eminem was born in this state
  8. What bottle does Kesha brush her teeth with?
  9. Ace Hood woke up in this car
  10. Featuring Eminem, this Doctor felt like people forgot about who?
  11. This rapper is best known for being the "Man on The Moon"
  12. This group rose to prominence with their breakout albums "Parachutes" and "A Rush of Blood to the Head"
  13. Nobody likes you at what age According to Blink-182
  14. This group had a now deceased member known as "left Eye"
  15. This artist is also known as "Country Grammar"
Down
  1. All this rapper does is win
  2. Don't hate this artist cuz she's beautiful
  3. Havana Brown and Pitbull run the what?
  4. Outkast rapped about bombs being dropped over what city?
  5. This now deceased artist wants you to wake them up
  6. This artist is wondering where them girls at
  7. Dev is feeling as fly as a what?
  8. How many questions does 50 Cent ask?
  9. Jaz-Z runs this what?
  10. This group wants you to pardon them while they burst into flames
  11. This artist mispronounces "There" as "Thurr"
  12. This artist sings in the shower
  13. First name of the lead singer of Maroon 5
  14. This artist had an album for their "Confessions"
  15. What famous acronym was created by Drake's song "The Motto"
  16. Justin Timberlake was apart of what boy band?

31 Clues: Jaz-Z runs this what? • All this rapper does is win • Ace Hood woke up in this car • Eminem was born in this state • This artist sings in the shower • Dev is feeling as fly as a what? • This artist enjoys beating up women • How many questions does 50 Cent ask? • What artist had a party on 5th Avenue • Havana Brown and Pitbull run the what? • ...

Music Vocabulary 2022-02-08

Music Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The volume of music.
  2. This symbol tells you when/where to breathe.
  3. You don't tongue between these notes.
  4. The ending section of a repeat.
  5. Playing medium-softly.
  6. When everyone is playing the same note.
  7. The speed of the music.
  8. Slow but still moving.
  9. You add emphasis to a certain note.
  10. You repeat this one section.
  11. Playing softly.
  12. Playing full and loud.
  13. Really slow.
  14. How you tongue or play a note.
Down
  1. It is what you play the first time in a repeat.
  2. Rapid tempo.
  3. Playing medium-loud
  4. You play this section more than once.
  5. New rhythm, half of a quarter note.
  6. This note is played short and separated.
  7. A rhythm that equals 3 beats.
  8. This note is played long and connected.
  9. Two notes that appear on the music.
  10. When the last note of the measure is picked up and placed at the beginning.
  11. Holding a note until the director tells you to stop.
  12. The same note but 8 notes apart.

26 Clues: Rapid tempo. • Really slow. • Playing softly. • Playing medium-loud • The volume of music. • Playing medium-softly. • Slow but still moving. • Playing full and loud. • The speed of the music. • You repeat this one section. • A rhythm that equals 3 beats. • How you tongue or play a note. • The ending section of a repeat. • The same note but 8 notes apart. • ...

Music History 2022-01-12

Music History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one sound
  2. Tchaikovsky is most known from his ballets and was from this country
  3. This composer was best known for his symphonies, he wrote 104
  4. a short recurring musical phrase
  5. the road map of a song
  6. This was the popular keyboard instrument of the Baroque era
  7. The Renaissance time period saw the rise of the ______ class
  8. This composer wasn't very skilled at any instrument and was actually enrolled in medical school before quitting to become a composer and conductor
  9. the combination or long and short sounds
  10. This music ensemble because very popular during the Baroque era
  11. Bach was from this country
  12. the 12 pitches are put in an order and used to create the music based on that order either forwards, backwards or as a mirror image
  13. how high or low a sound is
  14. two sounds
  15. someone who is exceptionally good at playing an instrument, especially at a young age
  16. the term used to describe how loud or quiet the music is
  17. This is the name given to a person who paid a composer to write music and put on concerts
  18. This was the instrument that eventually became the modern day trombone
  19. Milton Babbitt was a professor of this at Princeton University
  20. This is what happened when Stravinsky premiered one of his ballets
  21. this composer was considered the first "emo kid"
  22. without a tonal center
  23. the technique of making up music on the spot
  24. The time period where all musical rules were rejected
Down
  1. This composer composed over 600 works, spoke 15 languages and was friends with Haydn
  2. an instrument that creates electronic sounds
  3. This Baroque composer lived in both Germany and England and had a very happy live and died rich
  4. using minimal chords or sounds in your composition
  5. The era where feelings were more important than following the musical rules
  6. earliest music was passed through _________ tradition
  7. the time period also called the Enlightenment
  8. This German composer was nicknamed "the little mushroom" because he was short and chubby
  9. This instrument replaced the harpsichord
  10. tonality means music based on the 7 pitches of the ________
  11. _______ music from the Romantic Era had a story that went along with the music
  12. a type of Medieval music sung mainly by monks at church services
  13. This composer helped design his own opera house
  14. violin, viola, cello, and double bass belong to this family
  15. had a temper and lost his hearing throughout his life
  16. the use of musical ideas from a specific country or region
  17. This composer was friends with Thomas Edison and collected cars
  18. Antonio Vivaldi wrote over 50 _________

42 Clues: one sound • two sounds • the road map of a song • without a tonal center • Bach was from this country • how high or low a sound is • a short recurring musical phrase • Antonio Vivaldi wrote over 50 _________ • the combination or long and short sounds • This instrument replaced the harpsichord • an instrument that creates electronic sounds • ...

Music 2 2021-08-19

Music 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
  2. Dont really care, let there be songs to fill the air
  3. It's good to warm my bones beside the fire
  4. Cause I'll be lonely without you
  5. Got to get down to it
  6. Will you still need me, will you still feed me
  7. I taught that weeping willow how to cry cry cry
  8. Please forget you knew my name, my darling
  9. Make good money, five dollars a day
  10. Just call on me brother when you need a hand
  11. You will be mine, by takin our time
  12. One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small
  13. Sometimes I feel, sometimes I feel
  14. She's a big teaser, she took me half way there
  15. let me take you down cause I'm going to
  16. All you did was wreck my bed and in the morning kick me in the head
  17. And so, become yourself, because the past is just a goodbye
Down
  1. Come on now pretty baby, I just cant help myself
  2. Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy
  3. Darling wont you ease my worried mind
  4. Don't you cry, don't you cry anymore lalalala
  5. Thank you, for a real good time
  6. there's a dragon with matches that's loose on the town
  7. Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes and she's gone
  8. Laid down last night, lord, I could not take my rest
  9. I can tell the queen of diamonds by the way she shines
  10. My baby's gone with the wind again
  11. The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean
  12. The sun went down in honey, the moon came up in wine
  13. Let us be lovers we'll marry our fortunes together
  14. Someone told me long ago there's a calm before the storm
  15. Now your crosses are burning fast
  16. Life I love you all is groovy
  17. Sheriff couldnt catch me, but his little girl sure wish he would

34 Clues: Got to get down to it • Life I love you all is groovy • Thank you, for a real good time • Cause I'll be lonely without you • Now your crosses are burning fast • My baby's gone with the wind again • Sometimes I feel, sometimes I feel • Make good money, five dollars a day • You will be mine, by takin our time • Darling wont you ease my worried mind • ...

Music Terms 2022-01-06

Music Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. makes a pitch higher by one half step
  2. placed on the staff to anchor the notes
  3. to get louder
  4. highest male voice
  5. middle voice lower than soprano
  6. from bar line to bar line
  7. loud
  8. lines placed above or below the staff
  9. very loud
Down
  1. lowest voice in the chorus
  2. 5 lines
  3. to diminish
  4. interval could be called an eighth
  5. smooth and connected
  6. to get softer
  7. highest voice in the chorus
  8. soft
  9. the space between two notes
  10. very soft
  11. speed of a piece of music
  12. makes a pitch lower by one half step
  13. short and separated marked with a dot

22 Clues: soft • loud • 5 lines • very soft • very loud • to diminish • to get softer • to get louder • highest male voice • smooth and connected • from bar line to bar line • speed of a piece of music • lowest voice in the chorus • highest voice in the chorus • the space between two notes • middle voice lower than soprano • interval could be called an eighth • makes a pitch lower by one half step • ...

Music Crossword 2022-01-06

Music Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. How high or low a note is.
  2. How fast or slow the piece is.
  3. The different sounds made by different instruments.
  4. The Italian tempo indication for gradually slowing down.
  5. A note worth one whole beat.
  6. Black key to the left of the white key.
  7. The Italian dynamic indication for gradually getting louder.
  8. A note worth four whole beats.
  9. How loud or quiet the music is.
  10. The Italian dynamic indication for quiet.
Down
  1. The Italian dynamic indication for very quiet.
  2. The Italian tempo indication for walking pace.
  3. A note worth two whole beats.
  4. The Italian tempo indication for very fast.
  5. How many layers or parts there are.
  6. Whether the music is major or minor
  7. Instruments that you hit, shake or scrape to make a sound.
  8. The Italian tempo indication for very slow.
  9. The main tune of the piece.
  10. Black key to the right of the white key.
  11. The Italian dynamic indication for loud.

21 Clues: How high or low a note is. • The main tune of the piece. • A note worth one whole beat. • A note worth two whole beats. • How fast or slow the piece is. • A note worth four whole beats. • How loud or quiet the music is. • How many layers or parts there are. • Whether the music is major or minor • Black key to the left of the white key. • Black key to the right of the white key. • ...

Folk Music 2022-01-12

Folk Music crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what type of students saw folk as music that addressed the need for positive change in society
  2. Who was Pete Seegers father
  3. in 1949 what group did Seeger go on to form
  4. what problems did Seeger run into
  5. what type of folk music were the people who liked R&B and Rock and roll drawn to
  6. what song became the number one hit in 1950
  7. what did Guthrie fall ill to (a central nervous system disorder)
  8. what decade did Guthrie and Seeger travel the country as part of the Alamanac singers
Down
  1. One union in particular, the International Workers of the Wolrd are popularly known as
  2. a father and son team of musicologist from the library of congress
  3. What was dylans first album called being done recorded in two days
  4. What year did the wobblies publish the first of the 30 editions of their songbook entitled IWW
  5. was the senator of Wisconson on the prowl trying to out communist infiltrators in the government
  6. what did not bode well in the early 1950s for the folk community
  7. what community fell hard in the 1950s
  8. what was Pete Seegers father occupation
  9. The 1930's folk radios began appearing as this
  10. what 21-year-old singer/guitarist did guthrie meet
  11. what song in 1958 became a number one hit by the Kingston trio
  12. who was a favorite at the Cambridge club 47 while being a student at BU
  13. In the summer of 1959 where was the first NewportFolk festival held
  14. What age was Woodie Gurthie living on the streets alone
  15. The 1930's most important early folk singer

23 Clues: Who was Pete Seegers father • what problems did Seeger run into • what community fell hard in the 1950s • what was Pete Seegers father occupation • in 1949 what group did Seeger go on to form • what song became the number one hit in 1950 • The 1930's most important early folk singer • The 1930's folk radios began appearing as this • ...

Medieval Music 2021-09-10

Medieval Music crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The section of the mass whose chant texts never change
  2. The only male role and only non-singing role in von Bingen's sacred music drama
  3. The second of five chants in the mass ordinary
  4. Gregorian _________; general term for monophonic, sacred Latin text sung a cappella, without meter.
  5. The French term for "New Art"; a 14th century movement that saw new developments in rhythm (2 words)
  6. The secular music poet-composer of medieval France
  7. Sacred music intended for use in a worship service
  8. French secular music poet-composer Comtessa Beatriz ____ _______ (2 words)
  9. Term for a long, sustained tone
  10. The section of the mass whose chant texts change depending on the day or occasion
  11. The third of five chants in the mass ordinary
Down
  1. French Ars Nova-era composer Guillaume de _______________, known for his Notre Dame Mass and secular music such as the chanson "Douce dame jolie"
  2. Title of a sacred music drama by Hildegard von Bingen (2 words)
  3. The secular music poet-composer of medieval Germany
  4. Notable 12th century nun, poet, and composer ___________ von Bingen
  5. The fourth of five chants in the mass ordinary
  6. German secular music poet-composer Walther von der _______________
  7. The secular song type of medieval Spain
  8. A 13th century French composer living and working in Notre Dame Cathedral who furthered the development of polyphony through organum and rhythmic modes
  9. The first of five chants in the mass ordinary
  10. The last of five chants in the mass ordinary (2 words)
  11. First name of Spanish king credited with compiling "Cantigas de Santa Maria"
  12. The earliest purely-instrumental genre of music; a dance
  13. An early form of polyphony; the addition of a melodic part to a pre-existing chant

24 Clues: Term for a long, sustained tone • The secular song type of medieval Spain • The first of five chants in the mass ordinary • The third of five chants in the mass ordinary • The fourth of five chants in the mass ordinary • The second of five chants in the mass ordinary • The secular music poet-composer of medieval France • ...

Easter Music 2022-04-16

Easter Music crossword puzzle
Across
  1. not sisters morning
  2. I want to know everything that is happening
  3. Taxman don't begin to get me in a jam
  4. not a white chick
  5. I don't want to hang out with toffs
  6. with all this chocolate today must be a ??
  7. moo woof quack
  8. bloody rubbish truck woke me up again
  9. superman and wonderwoman are ??
  10. I'm glad I'm a man - who else is?
  11. night time is giving me a buzz
Down
  1. which artists song did we see on a castle?
  2. if you pull a little string what am I?
  3. what a caveman gives if chased by a bear
  4. homes calling
  5. royalty comes in different guises
  6. if you are neither obese nor skinny what would you do in church?
  7. which band's lead singer stepped through a mirror?
  8. a surprising barrier
  9. Founding member of a TLA
  10. I'm not the only one
  11. I hate dogs
  12. green and dreamy

23 Clues: I hate dogs • homes calling • moo woof quack • green and dreamy • not a white chick • not sisters morning • a surprising barrier • I'm not the only one • Founding member of a TLA • night time is giving me a buzz • superman and wonderwoman are ?? • royalty comes in different guises • I'm glad I'm a man - who else is? • I don't want to hang out with toffs • ...

80s Music 2018-02-26

80s Music crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Wondered if they should stay or go.
  2. When doubled, name of a band who sang about a canis lupas.
  3. Movie "Breakfast Club" theme song.
  4. Full name of artist who sang about what girls want.
  5. What Devo and cream have in common.
  6. Wanted poster request.
  7. Mellencamp's duo.
  8. Freddie Mercury's band.
  9. Band who shares the name of a U.S spy plane.
  10. Thrill of the fight symbol, "Eye of the __________"
  11. Michael Jackson and an egg have this in common.
  12. "What a Feeling" movie.
  13. Minnesota singer who passed away in 2016.
Down
  1. Another name for the Virgin Mary.
  2. band who's video had lead singer bring girl into comic book.
  3. Your favorite Utah real estate agent.
  4. Sang about pushing it real good.
  5. He covets a friend's girl.
  6. Color of David Bowie's dance shoe recommendation for the blues.
  7. Benatar's love comparison.
  8. Band who sang about breath watching, The ________.
  9. George Michael band.
  10. Band Dexys ________ Runner, who sang about Eileen.
  11. "Down Under" band.
  12. They told us what sweet dreams are made of.
  13. Persian country and Flock of Seagulls song.
  14. Comic book song, as referred to in another clue.
  15. "Tainted Love" singers.
  16. Pet Shop Boys' song's town end.

29 Clues: Mellencamp's duo. • "Down Under" band. • George Michael band. • Wanted poster request. • Freddie Mercury's band. • "Tainted Love" singers. • "What a Feeling" movie. • He covets a friend's girl. • Benatar's love comparison. • Pet Shop Boys' song's town end. • Sang about pushing it real good. • Another name for the Virgin Mary. • Movie "Breakfast Club" theme song. • ...

crossword music 2017-06-02

crossword music crossword puzzle
Across
  1. + acting
  2. & around & around
  3. terry
  4. 7th interval
  5. anthem
  6. loud
  7. with scissor
  8. getting louder
  9. tempered clavier
  10. fifth
  11. with mallets
  12. pitch wind instrument
  13. bass/large string instrument
  14. re ___
  15. end
  16. orchestra
  17. duke/duke ellington
Down
  1. strict time
  2. percussion instrument
  3. sonata
  4. circle of
  5. harp
  6. jones/one-man band
  7. vibrating in-and-out of tune
  8. of congress
  9. music for play back
  10. chord
  11. old time vinal player
  12. solo
  13. tempo
  14. soft

31 Clues: end • harp • loud • solo • soft • terry • fifth • chord • tempo • sonata • anthem • re ___ • + acting • circle of • orchestra • strict time • of congress • 7th interval • with scissor • with mallets • getting louder • tempered clavier • & around & around • jones/one-man band • music for play back • duke/duke ellington • percussion instrument • old time vinal player • pitch wind instrument • vibrating in-and-out of tune • ...

Music crossword 2017-06-01

Music crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. note having time value of two half notes
  2. sign that tells you repeat the music
  3. a sign used to play a tune
  4. a tune, voice, or line
  5. the sound gets louder
  6. temporary displacement of regular neutral accent
  7. combination of sharps, flats and naturals
  8. phrase that repeats constantly
  9. how loud or quiet the music is
  10. loud
Down
  1. interval of half steps
  2. difference between two notes
  3. the five lines which the notes are laced
  4. half step between two notes
  5. the speed/tempo of the music
  6. short line added for notes
  7. a part of a composition played very softly or quietly
  8. whole tone
  9. how big or low a note is
  10. curved line connecting 2 notes

20 Clues: loud • whole tone • the sound gets louder • interval of half steps • a tune, voice, or line • how big or low a note is • a sign used to play a tune • short line added for notes • half step between two notes • difference between two notes • the speed/tempo of the music • phrase that repeats constantly • how loud or quiet the music is • curved line connecting 2 notes • ...

Music Vocab 2017-05-25

Music Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the 5 lines where the notes are
  2. how soft or loud you play or sing
  3. a line used to show notes when they are above or below the staff
  4. the different pitches on the staff
  5. says if there are any sharps or flats in a song; tells what key the song is in
  6. a musical symbol having to do with dynamics. It tells you to sing or play softly
  7. a note that lasts for 4 beats or a whole measure
  8. the room between 2 notes
  9. a small melody that layers and repeats
  10. tells you to play or sing loud
  11. a half step between 2 tones
  12. the main idea or main line of a song
Down
  1. when you go from a white key, skip a black key, and then go to another white key or vice versa
  2. you have a steady beat and another beat where you put the emphasis on the 2nd beat.
  3. musical symbol relating to dynamics that tells you to go from soft to loud
  4. a musical symbol that joins together 2 notes to makes it longer
  5. tells you how many beats in a measure and what kind of note gets the beat
  6. tells you to repeat a section of a song or the whole song
  7. a whole step between 2 tones
  8. the sound or tone of a note

20 Clues: the room between 2 notes • the sound or tone of a note • a half step between 2 tones • a whole step between 2 tones • tells you to play or sing loud • the 5 lines where the notes are • how soft or loud you play or sing • the different pitches on the staff • the main idea or main line of a song • a small melody that layers and repeats • ...

Pop Music 2017-10-21

Pop Music crossword puzzle
Across
  1. type of song exemplified by Patti Page and Neil Sedaka
  2. one of the early 60s dance crazes
  3. moments when the music is briefly interrupted by silence
  4. what Al Jolson and Joni Mitchell had in common sort of
  5. last name of the classically trained but experimental collaborator of the Beatles
  6. last name (ironically) of the “worst” player in the early Beatles
  7. where Tin Pan Alley was "reborn" in the late 50s and early 60s (two words)
  8. nickname for a "cleaning up" of Elvis's wildness
  9. nickname of "Good Vibrations"
  10. a repeated step-wise pattern of low pitches
  11. James Brown's reduction of musical elements to almost pure syncopated rhythm
  12. famed record producer who invented “the wall of sound”
  13. an "obstinate" pattern that is repeated and around which everything else shifts
  14. the basic pulse of the music
  15. popular TV show that featured pop tunes and kids dancing (two words)
  16. a type of video jukebox
  17. last name of the folkie whose guitar "killed fascists"
  18. what happened when the Byrds recorded a Bob Dylan song (two words)
  19. the circuit in which R & B artists toured and performed
  20. last name of singer of “Girl from Ipanema”
  21. first pop group to print all the lyrics on an album cover
  22. father of Motown
Down
  1. Paul McCartney's accompaniment on "Yesterday"
  2. singing one syllable over many notes
  3. an Indian instrument used on "Strawberry Fields Forever"
  4. television rip-off of the Beatles movies
  5. type of camera angle used in film clip for Sakamoto's "Sukiyaki"
  6. the back-and-forth device in which a vocal line alternates with a guitar line as in Sister Rosetta Tharpe's gospel (three words)
  7. when two tunes overlap as in the Beatles’ “Help!”
  8. last name of Beach Boys innovator
  9. gradually getting louder for effect
  10. “Sgt. Pepper’s” was the first one of this type of package which later became the norm
  11. an early one of these used for Frank Sinatra's "Come Fly with Me"
  12. running a finger up or down a piano or other keyboard for a sweeping effect
  13. the kind of paintings that influenced the thinking behind “Sgt. Pepper’s” (two words)
  14. the effect of mental over-stimulation that was simulated to “turn you on”
  15. running the tape the wrong way in the music studio
  16. last name of one of the "fathers" of folk music
  17. album on which “Tomorrow Never Knows” cross-fertilized pop music with the avant-garde
  18. double entendre used in an R & B context
  19. the speed of the music
  20. last name of the most celebrated of the Supremes

42 Clues: father of Motown • the speed of the music • a type of video jukebox • the basic pulse of the music • nickname of "Good Vibrations" • one of the early 60s dance crazes • last name of Beach Boys innovator • gradually getting louder for effect • singing one syllable over many notes • television rip-off of the Beatles movies • double entendre used in an R & B context • ...

Music Theory 2017-10-24

Music Theory crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a bass staff and treble staff connected by a brace and a line
  2. written at the end of a piece of music
  3. lively and fast
  4. a note equal to one beat
  5. moderately loud
  6. the note names of the five lines in the treble clef from bottom to top
  7. a rest equal to two beats
  8. a rest for a whole measure
  9. gradually softer
  10. gradually louder
  11. detached
Down
  1. sfz
  2. the note names of the four spaces in the bass clef from bottom to top
  3. appears at the beginning of the music after the clef sign
  4. full value
  5. two dots placed befor the double bar
  6. a note equal to two beats
  7. a short line which is added to extend the range of the staff when the notes are too low or too high to be written on the staff
  8. very slow
  9. a note equal to half a beat

20 Clues: sfz • detached • very slow • full value • lively and fast • moderately loud • gradually softer • gradually louder • a note equal to one beat • a note equal to two beats • a rest equal to two beats • a rest for a whole measure • a note equal to half a beat • two dots placed befor the double bar • written at the end of a piece of music • appears at the beginning of the music after the clef sign • ...

Music Theory 2017-10-24

Music Theory crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is used for a full measure of rest
  2. two dots placed before the double bar
  3. added to extend the range of the staff
  4. lively and fast tempo
  5. its length is equal to three beats
  6. holding back, becoming slower (tempo change)
  7. moderately loud
  8. connects two or more notes of different pitches
  9. the end of a piece of music
  10. very slow tempo
Down
  1. half the value of a quarter note
  2. appears at the beginning of the music after the clef sign
  3. moderately soft
  4. its length is equal to four beats
  5. gradually accelerating
  6. bass and treble staff connected by 2 brace and 2 lines
  7. tell the rate of speed
  8. joins two notes of the same pitch by a curve line
  9. gradually louder
  10. lower pitch ranges

20 Clues: moderately soft • moderately loud • very slow tempo • gradually louder • lower pitch ranges • lively and fast tempo • gradually accelerating • tell the rate of speed • the end of a piece of music • half the value of a quarter note • its length is equal to four beats • is used for a full measure of rest • its length is equal to three beats • two dots placed before the double bar • ...

Music Crossword 2018-06-01

Music Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A group of singers
  2. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists
  3. A piece or performance to be played by a single musician
  4. At a rapid tempo
  5. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo
  6. With each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others
  7. A chord with the notes spread out in time
  8. Very loud
  9. A decrease in loudness
  10. The unit of musical rhythm
  11. The distance in pitch between two notes
  12. At a walking pace
  13. Up-tempo
Down
  1. A smooth, pulsing articulation
  2. A gradual increase in loudness in a piece of music
  3. A symbol that indicates to play quiet
  4. The highest vocal line
  5. Very soft or very quiet
  6. Among other things famous for "The four season"(Le quattro stagioni) [just last name]
  7. As fast as possible
  8. The speed of music
  9. A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase
  10. A symbol of musical notation indicating that the note should be prolonged beyond the normal duration its note value would indicate
  11. Harsh, discordant, and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord
  12. Among other things Famous for "The magic flute" (Die Zauberflöte) [just last name]
  13. A symbol that indicates to play loud
  14. An indication to play a note with particular emphasis

27 Clues: Up-tempo • Very loud • At a rapid tempo • At a walking pace • A group of singers • The speed of music • As fast as possible • The highest vocal line • A decrease in loudness • Very soft or very quiet • The unit of musical rhythm • A smooth, pulsing articulation • A symbol that indicates to play loud • A symbol that indicates to play quiet • The distance in pitch between two notes • ...

Music Theory 2018-11-06

Music Theory crossword puzzle
Across
  1. medium sound
  2. low sound
  3. Happens between beats
  4. 2 beats
  5. High pitch
  6. Adds another beat to a note
  7. 1 beats
  8. High sound
Down
  1. Has both Treble and Bass clef
  2. Low pitch
  3. The instruction
  4. Controls the amount of beats
  5. Lines in a Scale
  6. Redo
  7. taking a breath
  8. The graph
  9. opposite of flat
  10. 4 beats
  11. Notes go here
  12. Connects two or more notes on different pitches

20 Clues: Redo • 2 beats • 4 beats • 1 beats • Low pitch • low sound • The graph • High pitch • High sound • medium sound • Notes go here • The instruction • taking a breath • Lines in a Scale • opposite of flat • Happens between beats • Adds another beat to a note • Controls the amount of beats • Has both Treble and Bass clef • Connects two or more notes on different pitches

Music Crossword 2016-08-31

Music Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the place where Mozart composed ballet music and a new symphony
  2. Mozart composed this opera in 1781
  3. third part of a sonata-allegro
  4. nickname of Mozart's sister
  5. second part of a sonata-allegro
  6. place where Beethoven studied
  7. first part of a sonata-allegro
  8. his death is referred as the start of a new period for music
  9. it is an extended composition
  10. period that culminated with the works of Bach and Handel
Down
  1. period that extends from Bach's death to Beethoven's death
  2. known as one of the creators of the fundamental genres of classical music
  3. it is usually in three movements--fast, slow, fast
  4. Beethoven's only opera
  5. originally denoted as a musical piece played on instruments
  6. the woman Beethoven was desperately in love with
  7. the violin sonata that Beethoven composed
  8. known as a very talented musician who can play different instruments
  9. being deaf didn't stop him from making great music
  10. a small section to bring the work to a close

20 Clues: Beethoven's only opera • nickname of Mozart's sister • place where Beethoven studied • it is an extended composition • third part of a sonata-allegro • first part of a sonata-allegro • second part of a sonata-allegro • Mozart composed this opera in 1781 • the violin sonata that Beethoven composed • a small section to bring the work to a close • ...

Music Vocabulary 2016-11-14

Music Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Music that is written for spiritual or religious use
  2. How a sound is ended
  3. Sitting/standing correctly and efficiently
  4. The speed at which a regular pulse is repeated
  5. The division of time into units
  6. Where each part has an independent rhythm
  7. Based on a scale of w/w/h/w/w/w/h steps
  8. Being in tune with accompaniment or others
  9. The way a sound is started and ended
  10. Moving within a key without changes
  11. Everyone on the same pitch
  12. Feeling where the beat is
  13. Moving in half-steps
  14. The relative brightness or darkness of a sound
Down
  1. Notes played or sung in one breath
  2. The system of moving from chord to chord
  3. Mouth position in brass and woodwinds
  4. Based on a scale of w/h/w/w/h/w/w steps
  5. The beginning of a sound
  6. Italian system of pitch and interval ear training
  7. How a sound is placed in time
  8. A style where all parts have the same rhythm
  9. Relative loudness or softness
  10. Two or more pitches sounding together
  11. Music that is written for entertainment
  12. Correct and clear pronunciation of consonants
  13. Two or more vowel sounds blended together
  14. Singing without accompaniment
  15. Playing a series of pitches without tonguing
  16. The highness or lowness of sound measured in Hz.
  17. Emphasis on a note, word, or phrase
  18. Pitches in sequence that form a pattern

32 Clues: How a sound is ended • Moving in half-steps • The beginning of a sound • Feeling where the beat is • Everyone on the same pitch • How a sound is placed in time • Relative loudness or softness • Singing without accompaniment • The division of time into units • Notes played or sung in one breath • Moving within a key without changes • Emphasis on a note, word, or phrase • ...

Music Vocabulary 2016-11-14

Music Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Notes played or sung in one breath
  2. The relative brightness or darkness of a sound
  3. Based on a scale of w/h/w/w/h/w/w steps
  4. Moving in half-steps
  5. The division of time into units
  6. Pitches in sequence that form a pattern
  7. A style where all parts have the same rhythm
  8. Everyone on the same pitch
  9. The speed at which a regular pulse is repeated
  10. The way a sound is started and ended
  11. The highness or lowness of sound measured in Hz.
  12. Moving within a key without changes
  13. How a sound is ended
  14. Music that is written for spiritual or religious use
Down
  1. How a sound is placed in time
  2. Italian system of pitch and interval ear training
  3. Emphasis on a note, word, or phrase
  4. The system of moving from chord to chord
  5. Relative loudness or softness
  6. Based on a scale of w/w/h/w/w/w/h steps
  7. Music that is written for entertainment
  8. Being in tune with accompaniment or others
  9. Mouth position in brass and woodwinds
  10. Two or more vowel sounds blended together
  11. The beginning of a sound
  12. Singing without accompaniment
  13. Correct and clear pronunciation of consonants
  14. Playing a series of pitches without tonguing
  15. Two or more pitches sounding together

29 Clues: Moving in half-steps • How a sound is ended • The beginning of a sound • Everyone on the same pitch • How a sound is placed in time • Relative loudness or softness • Singing without accompaniment • The division of time into units • Notes played or sung in one breath • Emphasis on a note, word, or phrase • Moving within a key without changes • The way a sound is started and ended • ...

Christmas Music 2016-11-22

Christmas Music crossword puzzle
Across
  1. I'm dreaming of a ________ Christmas.
  2. In Silent Night, who quakes at the sight?
  3. Common mode of transportation in Christmas carols
  4. I hope Santa can lift "All I Want for Christmas" because it is a __________.
  5. What I gave you last Christmas
  6. OF HOLLY Used to deck the halls
  7. Has a button nose
  8. Who does the wind speak to in Do You Hear What I Hear?
  9. In Baby It's Cold Outside, who will be pacing the floor?
  10. In It's Beginning to Look Alot Like Christmas, Janice and Jen want what?
Down
  1. Without you, my Christmas will be this hue.
  2. How many days of Christmas?
  3. They came from afar.
  4. What looked down on Jesus as he slept in the manger?
  5. What fur should "Santa,Baby" slip under the tree?
  6. Patsy Cline sang about this kind of world in the winter.
  7. What are shoppers rushing home with in Silver Bells?
  8. You should use Pretty Paper to wrap whose presents from you?
  9. In Baby Please Come Home for Christmas, Mariah is watching what shine?
  10. Here comes Santa Claus, you better hang your stockings and _________.
  11. In Run,Run Rudolph the boy wants what present?
  12. Nationality of the hens in Twelve Days of Christmas.
  13. Where did mommy tickle Santa after kissing him?

23 Clues: Has a button nose • They came from afar. • How many days of Christmas? • What I gave you last Christmas • OF HOLLY Used to deck the halls • I'm dreaming of a ________ Christmas. • In Silent Night, who quakes at the sight? • Without you, my Christmas will be this hue. • In Run,Run Rudolph the boy wants what present? • Where did mommy tickle Santa after kissing him? • ...

Pop music 2018-11-27

Pop music crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / shaved her hair off for cancer research
  2. / she once dated Justin Bieber
  3. / Very famous Manchester band
  4. / Very famous England boy band in the 60s
  5. / was part of One Direction
  6. / she died of Coronary artery disease
  7. / part of the Beatles
  8. / He created moon walking
  9. / famous for overdosing on Fentanyl
Down
  1. / known for her crazy outfits
  2. / King of pop died of a heart attack
  3. / sang Stitches
  4. / She is very famous for falling of stage mid performance
  5. / sang New rules
  6. / last name rhythms with beaver
  7. / sang if I was a boy
  8. Killers / murder
  9. / sang Bang bang with two other pop artists
  10. / known for singing all I want for Christmas
  11. / known for her auto tune

20 Clues: / sang Stitches • / sang New rules • Killers / murder • / sang if I was a boy • / part of the Beatles • / He created moon walking • / known for her auto tune • / was part of One Direction • / known for her crazy outfits • / Very famous Manchester band • / she once dated Justin Bieber • / last name rhythms with beaver • / famous for overdosing on Fentanyl • ...

Music Terms 2019-01-09

Music Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Separate the notes
  2. Play softly
  3. note Gets 2 beats in 4/4 time
  4. Gradually get louder
  5. Tells which sharps or flats to use
  6. signature How many beats in a measure
  7. Play medium loud
  8. Play very softly
  9. Play medium soft
  10. Push hard at the beginning of the note
  11. note Gets one beat in 4/4 time
  12. Cancels a sharp or flat
Down
  1. Gets four beats in 4/4 time
  2. Gradually get softer
  3. Speed
  4. Fast
  5. Play loud
  6. Play very loud
  7. Lowers a note one half step
  8. Song writer
  9. Medium speed
  10. Gradually slowing
  11. Raises a note one half step
  12. Do not tongue
  13. Walking speed

25 Clues: Fast • Speed • Play loud • Play softly • Song writer • Medium speed • Do not tongue • Walking speed • Play very loud • Play medium loud • Play very softly • Play medium soft • Gradually slowing • Separate the notes • Gradually get softer • Gradually get louder • Cancels a sharp or flat • Gets four beats in 4/4 time • Lowers a note one half step • Raises a note one half step • note Gets 2 beats in 4/4 time • ...

Country Music 2019-03-27

Country Music crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Pedal ___________ Guitar
  2. Brooks & ______________________
  3. Blake __________________
  4. Home of the Grand Ole Opry
  5. Keith ____________________
  6. Country music began as a mixture of bluegrass and _______________ music.
  7. Poet Shel _____________________________
  8. Has her own theme park _____________________ Parton
  9. Kind of company that sponsored a famous country music radio show.
  10. Classic female country singer Tammy ______________________
  11. Pioneer family of Country music.
  12. Bob _____________ is often referred to as “The King of Western Swing”.
  13. The Carters’ music truly represents America's southeastern _______________ and customs.
  14. Sold over a million copies of records.
  15. Johnny Cash & _____________________
  16. Known for Honky Tonk
  17. “3 chords and the __________________”
Down
  1. Female singer of Modern Country
  2. Country and Western genre used to be known as ___________________ music.
  3. The Carter Family started recording songs in 1927 and they collectively released over 300 records over _______________________ years.
  4. Garth _______________
  5. __________________ Swift
  6. Known for Bluegrass
  7. Contemporary female singer Carrie ________________________
  8. “The Giving ____________”
  9. Known for Nashville Sound
  10. State where you find the city of Nashville
  11. Emmy-Lou _______________________
  12. The Grand Ole __________________
  13. A singer uses his or her ___________________ as an instrument.
  14. Started recording as a teenager
  15. Country violin
  16. Little big ______________________
  17. “Country music” can refer to many styles that originally derive from hillbilly music roots from the Southern United States.

34 Clues: Country violin • Known for Bluegrass • Known for Honky Tonk • Garth _______________ • Pedal ___________ Guitar • Blake __________________ • __________________ Swift • “The Giving ____________” • Known for Nashville Sound • Home of the Grand Ole Opry • Keith ____________________ • Female singer of Modern Country • Brooks & ______________________ • Started recording as a teenager • ...

Music Vocabulary 2019-06-05

Music Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. type of scale we solo on for jazz
  2. gets two beats
  3. the combined cymbals, bass drum, high-hat, snare, and tom is called what
  4. brass bass clef instrument with a slide
  5. the instrument that has never been used with the band before
  6. instrument that also has most of the melodies
  7. the wand of a conductor
  8. clarinets and saxophonists need to replace these now and then
  9. adds half of what came before it
  10. type of scale the band warms up on
  11. university we visited
  12. invented originally for marching bands,but then became a characteristic jazz instrument
  13. the bucket of
Down
  1. gets 4 beats
  2. gets 1 beat
  3. John Williams also wrote the theme to this DC character
  4. hold as conductor cuts you off
  5. the marathon of practicing we did for 6 hours
  6. when you improvise in jazz, you play a what
  7. the show in the bandroom demonstrated jazz and what other type of music
  8. instrument that usually has most melodies
  9. acronym for note spaces
  10. new class for the music program
  11. what beat does the Star-Spangled Banner start on
  12. rhythm of jazz

25 Clues: gets 1 beat • gets 4 beats • the bucket of • gets two beats • rhythm of jazz • university we visited • the wand of a conductor • acronym for note spaces • hold as conductor cuts you off • new class for the music program • adds half of what came before it • type of scale we solo on for jazz • type of scale the band warms up on • brass bass clef instrument with a slide • ...

Music Crossword 2012-10-09

Music Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. praising a female singer
  2. the branch of the volume of a sound or note
  3. a voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto
  4. a group of instrumentalist
  5. a recurring short melodic phrase or theme used
  6. a soprano who has been specially trained to sing rapid passage
  7. praising a performer
  8. a song for a solo voice
  9. the use of everyday life and actions in artistic work
  10. something in which a person excels
  11. what the conductor of the orchestra uses to lead an opera or musical
  12. a production combining drama, vocal and orchestral music
  13. a song for two voices
Down
  1. an adult male singing voice between tenor and bass
  2. the lowest singing voice of a young man
  3. the text or word of opera or similar extended musical composition
  4. a projecting or protruding part
  5. music cut short
  6. without breaks between the successive tones
  7. apiece of orchestral music containing contrasting parts
  8. a relatively short, independent composition
  9. a speech like, declamatory vocal style
  10. lowest voice for a male
  11. a musical instrument with a manual keyboard
  12. a group of people singing in unison
  13. the highest singing voice of a women or a young boy
  14. the lowest female voice
  15. story behind the song

28 Clues: music cut short • praising a performer • story behind the song • a song for two voices • lowest voice for a male • a song for a solo voice • the lowest female voice • praising a female singer • a group of instrumentalist • a projecting or protruding part • something in which a person excels • a group of people singing in unison • a speech like, declamatory vocal style • ...

music crossword 2013-05-12

music crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. horn A brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is colited into a spike
  2. A large stringed instrument
  3. A brass instrument consisting of a long tube
  4. A slender double-reed instrument
  5. bass The largest and lowest-pitched instrument of the violin family
  6. drum A large drum with two heads
  7. A musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another
  8. A brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone
  9. Bowed string instrument that is the highest member of the violin family
Down
  1. A high-pitched woodwind instrument
  2. A percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk
  3. Instrument originally made of wood, in which sound is produced by vibration of air
  4. A percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer
  5. A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
  6. The lowest brass wind instrument
  7. A double-reed instrument
  8. Wind instrument made out of metal with either a cup-or funnel shaped mouth piece
  9. A bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower
  10. A single-reed instrument with a straight tube
  11. Instrument with strings that produce sound when plucked, bowed or struck

20 Clues: A double-reed instrument • A large stringed instrument • The lowest brass wind instrument • A slender double-reed instrument • drum A large drum with two heads • A high-pitched woodwind instrument • A brass instrument consisting of a long tube • A single-reed instrument with a straight tube • A brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone • ...

Music Theory 2013-05-20

Music Theory crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a group of 2 notes performed in a time of 3
  2. "moderate" tempo
  3. cadence ending with soprano in tonic
  4. note note that lasts an entire measure
  5. no trespassing in another's backyard! Blayne's answer
  6. sad-sounding
  7. less mosso
  8. a piece for 2 performers
  9. rolling "r"
  10. triad with a raised 5th
  11. happy-sounding
  12. ending to a phrase
  13. all player/singers playin ght esame thing
  14. with moto
  15. pickup to beginning of piece (not anaconda)
  16. Blue Shades
  17. the 5th chord of the 5th note (for ex.)
  18. medium tmepo
  19. expressive
  20. cadence ending on tonic chord, soprano NOT in tonic
  21. hold/pause
  22. speed up (Floor it?)
  23. a trombone's only dynamic (was a clue for earlier answer, starts with f)
  24. Stars and Stripes Forever
  25. the speed of the piece
Down
  1. sounds like a haunted house
  2. the "1" of a scale
  3. 3 note chord
  4. play ffffffffff
  5. writing multiple parts from listening
  6. 2 against 3; John's favorite answer
  7. the best instrument ever
  8. 7th seventh chord
  9. repeated up/down/ variation of pitch
  10. the model chant of early Christians and Catholics
  11. "amen"
  12. play on your own (ad lib.)
  13. beginning to Coda
  14. little by little
  15. DO, RE, MI, etc.
  16. the end

41 Clues: "amen" • the end • with moto • less mosso • expressive • hold/pause • rolling "r" • Blue Shades • 3 note chord • sad-sounding • medium tmepo • happy-sounding • play ffffffffff • "moderate" tempo • little by little • DO, RE, MI, etc. • 7th seventh chord • beginning to Coda • the "1" of a scale • ending to a phrase • speed up (Floor it?) • the speed of the piece • triad with a raised 5th • a piece for 2 performers • ...

Music Theory 2013-05-20

Music Theory crossword puzzle
Across
  1. with moto
  2. "moderate" tempo
  3. a group of 2 notes performed in a time of 3
  4. ending to a phrase
  5. DO, RE, MI, etc.
  6. Stars and Stripes Forever
  7. sad-sounding
  8. triad with a raised 5th
  9. "amen"
  10. rolling "r"
  11. sounds like a haunted house
  12. cadence ending on tonic chord, soprano NOT in tonic
  13. the 5th chord of the 5th note (for ex.)
  14. repeated up/down/ variation of pitch
  15. less mosso
  16. play ffffffffff
  17. medium tmepo
  18. a piece for 2 performers
  19. the best instrument ever
Down
  1. 7th seventh chord
  2. the "1" of a scale
  3. writing multiple parts from listening
  4. the end
  5. the speed of the piece
  6. play on your own (ad lib.)
  7. note that lasts an entire measure
  8. cadence ending with soprano in tonic
  9. speed up (Floor it?)
  10. hold/pause
  11. expressive
  12. all player/singers playin ght esame thing
  13. no trespassing in another's backyard! Blayne's answer
  14. a trombone's only dynamic (was a clue for earlier answer, starts with f)
  15. pickup to beginning of piece (not anaconda)
  16. Blue Shades
  17. little by little
  18. the model chant of early Christians and Catholics
  19. beginning to Coda
  20. 3 note chord
  21. 2 against 3; John's favorite answer
  22. happy-sounding

41 Clues: "amen" • the end • with moto • hold/pause • expressive • less mosso • rolling "r" • Blue Shades • sad-sounding • 3 note chord • medium tmepo • happy-sounding • play ffffffffff • "moderate" tempo • DO, RE, MI, etc. • little by little • 7th seventh chord • beginning to Coda • the "1" of a scale • ending to a phrase • speed up (Floor it?) • the speed of the piece • triad with a raised 5th • a piece for 2 performers • ...

Music Instruments 2013-10-03

Music Instruments crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This drum changes pitches
  2. When unfolded it is about 9 feet long.
  3. Highest sting instrument
  4. String instrument with more than 4 strings.
  5. High sounding double reed instrument.
  6. Another name for orchestra bells.
  7. Lowest pitched string instrument
  8. A mellow brass sound.
  9. A slide changes the pitches.
  10. A woodwind that doesn't need a reed.
Down
  1. String instrument that reads in Alto Clef
  2. This instrument needs to be played sitting.
  3. Mallet percussion instrument with a pedal.
  4. This brass member has the highest range.
  5. Woodwind instrument made of brass.
  6. Low sounding brass instrument
  7. Metal crashing into each other.
  8. Keyboard with plucked strings.
  9. Plays in the beginning of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. (We studied this)
  10. Sound like church bells.
  11. Keyboard with mallets that strike string.

21 Clues: A mellow brass sound. • Highest sting instrument • Sound like church bells. • This drum changes pitches • A slide changes the pitches. • Low sounding brass instrument • Keyboard with plucked strings. • Metal crashing into each other. • Lowest pitched string instrument • Another name for orchestra bells. • Woodwind instrument made of brass. • A woodwind that doesn't need a reed. • ...

Music Crossword 2014-02-03

Music Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a dramatic work set to music, costumes and sets
  2. the speed that you play music
  3. to play swiftly
  4. to play at walking pace
  5. a song or poem that praises
  6. the study of the form and structure of music
  7. what is the first phase of a musical period
  8. to play in moderate time
  9. the introductory music for a opera or ballet of oratorio
  10. to play with fire - energy
  11. magically
Down
  1. by degrees
  2. interval between the 1st and 8th notes of diatonic scale
  3. a succession of simple sounds
  4. shortened detached notes
  5. a jaunty rhythm
  6. to play slowly and seriously
  7. the relative volume of a piece of music
  8. to become slower
  9. to be played fearfully and sadly
  10. gently and sweetly sounding
  11. to play furiously

22 Clues: magically • by degrees • to play swiftly • a jaunty rhythm • to become slower • to play furiously • to play at walking pace • shortened detached notes • to play in moderate time • to play with fire - energy • a song or poem that praises • gently and sweetly sounding • to play slowly and seriously • the speed that you play music • a succession of simple sounds • ...

Music/Theater 2015-11-17

Music/Theater crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tickets
  2. traditional Spanish musical drama
  3. one more time/again
  4. to look at
  5. musical work
  6. two times
  7. harp
  8. sometimes
  9. telon curtain
  10. to buy
  11. each time
  12. to applaud
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  1. once
  2. cymbals
  3. to look for
  4. encore
  5. singer
  6. baton
  7. to know people or places
  8. to hear
  9. to know information or facts
  10. to read
  11. at times
  12. to write
  13. to fall

25 Clues: once • harp • baton • encore • singer • to buy • tickets • cymbals • to hear • to read • to fall • at times • to write • two times • sometimes • each time • to look at • to applaud • to look for • musical work • telon curtain • one more time/again • to know people or places • to know information or facts • traditional Spanish musical drama

African Music 2015-10-13

African Music crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Zouk is fast, carnival-like hythmic music, from the Creole slang word for ‘party,’ originating in the Carribean Islands of Guadaloupe and Martinique and popularized in the 1980’s. It has a pulsating beat supplied by the gwo ka and tambour bele drums, a tibwa rhythmic pattern played on the rim of the snare drum and its hi-hat, rhythm guitar, a horn section, and keyboard synthesizers.
  2. - a popular musical genre from Salvador, Bahia, and Brazil. It fuses the AfroCaribbean styles of the marcha, reggae, and calypso.
  3. horn - one type of horn made from the horn of the kudu antelope.
  4. - found throughout the continent may be made of wood or other materials. Short pieces of horn serve as whistles, often with a short tube inserted into the mouthpiece. Clay can be molded into whistles of many shapes and forms and then baked. Pottery whistles are sometimes shaped in the form of a head, similar to the Aztec whistles of Central America and Mexico.
  5. drum - a hollow percussion instrument. Although known as a drum, it is not a true drum but is an idiophone.
  6. - a hand percussion instrument whose sound is produced by scraping the notches on a piece of wood (sometimes elaborately carved) with a stick, creating a series of rattling effects.
  7. - made of seashells, tin, basketry, animal hoofs, horn, wood, metal bells, cocoons, palm kernels, or tortoise shells. These rattling vessels may range from single to several objects that are either joined or suspended in such a way as they hit each other.
  8. Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Colombian dance music. It comprises various musical genres including the Cuban son montuno, guaracha, chachacha, mambo and bolero.
  9. a modern Trinidadian and Tobago pop music combining “soul” and “calypso” music.
  10. bow - the ancestor of all string instruments. It is the oldest and one of the most widely-used string instruments of Africa.
  11. Kon - These are slit gongs used to communicate between villages. They were carved out of wood to resemble ancestors and had a “slit opening” at the bottom.
  12. percussion - Africans frequently use their bodies as musical instruments. Aside from their voices, where many of them are superb singers, the body also serves as a drum as people clap their hands, slap their thighs, pound their upper arms or chests, or shuffle their feet.
  13. consist of cane pipes of different lengths tied in a row or in a bundle held together by wax or cord, and generally closed at the bottom. They are blown across the top, each providing a different note.
  14. (Akpala) Apala- a musical genre from Nigeria in the Yoruba tribal style to wake up the worshippers after fasting during the Muslim holy feast of Ramadan. Percussion instrumentation includes the rattle(sekere), thumb piano(agidigbo), bell (agogo), and two or three talking drums.
  15. The thumb piano or finger xylophone is of African origin and is used throughout the continent.
  16. - a type of gourd and shell megaphonefrom West Africa, consisting of a dried gourd with beads woven into a net covering the gourd.
  17. - made of wood, metal, animal horns, elephant tusks, and gourds with skins from snakes, zebras, leopards, crocodiles and animal hide as ornaments to the instrument.
  18. a hard and fast percussive Zimbabwean dance music played on drums with guitar accompaniment, influenced by mbira-based guitar styles.
  19. music that was a popular music genre of the 1950’s and 1960’s. It originated in the United States. It combines elements of African-American gospel music, rhythm and blues, and often jazz. The catchy rhythms are accompanied by handclaps and extemporaneous body moves which are among its important features. Other characteristics include “call and response” between the soloist and the chorus, and an especially tense and powerful vocal sound.
  20. - a West African xylophone. It is a pitched percussion instrument with bars made from logs or bamboo.
  21. and response- a succession of two distinct musical phrases usually rendered by different musicians, where the second phrase acts as a direct commentary on or response to the first.
  22. - found almost everywhere in Africa, are commonly made from elephant tusks and animal horns. With their varied attractive shapes, these instruments are end-blown or side-blown and range in size from the small signal whistle of the southern cattle herders to the large ivory horns of the tribal chiefs of the interior. One trumpet variety, the wooden trumpet, may be simple or artistically carved, sometimes resembling a crocodile’s head
  23. a popular form of South African music featuring a lively and uninhibited variation of the jitterbug, a form of swing dance.
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  1. pipes - There are single-reed pipes made from hollow guinea corn or sorghum stems, where the reed is a flap partially cut from the stem near one end. It is the vibration of this reed that causes the air within the hollow instrument to vibrate, thus creating the sound.
  2. - an African fiddle played with a bow, a small wooden stick, or plucked with the fingers. It has one or two strings, made of steel or bicycle brake wire. It is from Sub-Saharan Africa. It is also known by the namestzetze and dzendze, izeze and endingidi; and on Madagascar is called lokanga (or lokango) voatavo.
  3. originating from the Arabic states, is shaped like the modern guitar and played in similar fashion. It has a resonating body, a neck, and one or more strings which stretch across the length of its body and neck.
  4. Kwassa- a dance style begun in Zaire in the late 1980’s, popularized by Kanda Bongo Man. In this dance style, the hips move back and forth while the arms move following the hips.
  5. normally associated with a deeply religious person, refers here to a Negro spiritual, a song form by African migrants to America who became enslaved by its white communities.
  6. first surfaced in the African state of Pernambuco, combining the strong rhythms of African percussion instruments with Portuguese melodies. The maracatu groups were called “nacoes” (nations) who paraded with a drumming ensemble numbering up to 100, accompanied by a singer, chorus, and a coterie of dancers.
  7. a South African three-chord township music of the 1930s-1960s which evolved into African Jazz. Possessing a keyboard style combining American jazz, ragtime and blues with African roots, it is characterized by simple chords in varying vamping patterns and repetitive harmony over an extended period of time to allow the dancers more time on the dance floor.
  8. - a stringed instrument with varying sizes and shapes whose strings are stretched along its body. Among the types of African zither are the raft or Inanga zither from Burundi, the tubular or Valiha zither from Malagasy, and the harp or Mvet zither from Cameroon.
  9. - Africa's most sophisticated harp, while also having features similar to a lute. Its body is made from a gourd or calabash. A support for the bridge is set across the opening and covered with a skin that is held in place with studs. The leather rings around the neck are used to tighten the 21 strings that give the instrument a range of over three octaves. Thekora is held upright and played with the fingers.
  10. - widely used throughout Africa and either vertical or side-blown. They are usually fashioned from a single tube closed at one end and blown like a bottle.
  11. Afrobeat- a term used to describe the fusion of West African with black American music
  12. basic underlying rhythm that typifies most Brazilian music. It is a lively and rhythmical dance and music with three steps to every bar, making the Samba feel like a timed dance. There is a set of dances—rather than a single dance—that define the Samba dancing scene in Brazil. Thus, no one dance can be claimed with certainty as the “original” Samba style.
  13. - a single bell or multiple bells that had its origins in traditional Yoruba music and also in the samba baterias (percussion) ensembles. The agogo may be called “the oldest samba instrument based on West African Yoruba single or double bells.” It has the highest pitch of any of the bateria instruments.
  14. - The West Africandjembe (pronounced zhem-bay) is one of the best-known African drums is. It is shaped like a large goblet and played with bare hands. The body is carved from a hollowed trunk and is covered in goat skin.
  15. a Jamaican sound dominated by bass guitar and drums. It refers to a particular music style that was strongly influenced by traditional mento and calypso music, as well as American jazz, and rhythm and blues. The most recognizable musical elements of reggae are its offbeat rhythm and staccato chords.
  16. a popular music style from Nigeria that relies on the traditional Yoruba rhythms, where the instruments in Juju are more Western in origin. A drum kit, keyboard, pedal steel guitar, and accordion are used along with the traditional dun-dun (talking drum or squeeze drum).
  17. drum - used to send messages to announce births, deaths, marriages, sporting events, dances, initiation, or war. Sometimes it may also contain gossip or jokes. It is believed that the drums can carry direct messages to the spirits after the death of a loved one.
  18. a large wooden drum that is rope-tuned, complemented by the tarol which is a shallow snare drum and the caixa-de-guerra which is a war-like snare.
  19. a musical form of the late 19th century that has had deep roots in AfricanAmerican communities. These communities are located in the so-called “Deep South” of the United States. The slaves and their descendants used to sing as they worked in the cotton and vegetable fields.
  20. Muslim music performed often as a wake-up call for early breakfast and prayers during Ramadan celebrations. Relying on pre-arranged music, it fuses the African and European music styles with particular usage of the natural harmonic series.

43 Clues: horn - one type of horn made from the horn of the kudu antelope. • a modern Trinidadian and Tobago pop music combining “soul” and “calypso” music. • Afrobeat- a term used to describe the fusion of West African with black American music • The thumb piano or finger xylophone is of African origin and is used throughout the continent. • ...

MUSIC GLOSSARY 2014-04-23

MUSIC GLOSSARY crossword puzzle
Across
  1. number first song of a gig
  2. extra songs after the applause at the end of a gig
  3. short repeated tune by one instrument such as the guitar
  4. person who sings the complete lyric of the song
  5. a number of musicians who perform together
  6. complete record, tape or CD, usually with around 15 songs
  7. one song from an album
  8. machines to increase the volume of the instruments
  9. part of a song before the singer begins
  10. words of a song
  11. part of a group playing brass instruments like saxophone and trumpet
  12. track which becomes really popular and is played a lot on the radio
  13. person who plays drums
  14. machine singers hold to increase the volume of their voice
  15. main rhythm of a song
  16. part of a song where one person plays alone or with the others in the background
  17. track which is released separately on a small record, tape or CD, often used in discos by the disc jockey
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  1. series of musical notes; the music, not the words
  2. version of a song which was written and made famous by another band
  3. pop concert
  4. vocals singers who support the lead singer
  5. clapping and shouting from the audience
  6. guitar player who plays the riffs and solos in a band
  7. section part of a band including drummer, bassist and guitarist
  8. player person who plays piano, synthesizer or keyboards
  9. track with no singer or lyric
  10. large boxes where the sound comes out
  11. part of a song which is repeated after each verse
  12. place where the gig happens

29 Clues: pop concert • words of a song • main rhythm of a song • one song from an album • person who plays drums • number first song of a gig • place where the gig happens • track with no singer or lyric • large boxes where the sound comes out • clapping and shouting from the audience • part of a song before the singer begins • vocals singers who support the lead singer • ...

Music Terms 2014-07-24

Music Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Series of different lengths of sound.
  2. The number of piano pedals.
  3. Loud in Italian.
  4. Five lines and four spaces.
  5. Divides measures.
  6. Medium in Italian.
  7. Slowing down gradually.
  8. Getting softer.
  9. The clef that means low notes and F.
  10. A musical thought or sentence.
  11. You should practice at least this many minutes a day.
  12. Divided by bar lines.
  13. Raises a note a half step.
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  1. The clef that means high notes and G.
  2. Getting louder.
  3. Moderately
  4. Means to play one note louder.
  5. Two staves in one for a pianist.
  6. Speed
  7. Cancels a sharp or flat.
  8. Lowers a note a half step.
  9. Soft in Italian.
  10. The study of music composition.

23 Clues: Speed • Moderately • Getting louder. • Getting softer. • Loud in Italian. • Soft in Italian. • Divides measures. • Medium in Italian. • Divided by bar lines. • Slowing down gradually. • Cancels a sharp or flat. • Lowers a note a half step. • Raises a note a half step. • The number of piano pedals. • Five lines and four spaces. • Means to play one note louder. • A musical thought or sentence. • ...

Music Crossword 2016-07-13

Music Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. slowly;
  2. held;
  3. layered effect, repeated and imitated by other instruments with a time delay
  4. press down the pedal on the piano;
  5. higher than tenor, lower than soprano
  6. tells you what note value is one beat
  7. half;
  8. playing two notes simultaneously on a bowed strings instrument
  9. detached;
  10. played with the right hand (M.D.);
  11. moderately softly, dynamic;
  12. the second lowest voice of the standard four voice ranges
  13. from the sign;
  14. vibrating, slight variation in the pitch of a note;
  15. at a walking pace;
  16. all together, in an orchestra;
  17. cheerful or brisk, lively or fast;
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  1. how fast you should play
  2. very quickly;
  3. 2/2 time signature
  4. loud then immediately soft, dynamic;
  5. same as __diminuendo__, dynamic;
  6. moderately loudly, dynamic;
  7. Very loud, dynamic;
  8. Without instrumental accompaniment;
  9. very;
  10. a short aria;
  11. sweetly
  12. at ease, play slowly;
  13. part of instrument that keeps strings in place, connects two sections of a composition

30 Clues: held; • half; • very; • slowly; • sweetly • detached; • very quickly; • a short aria; • from the sign; • 2/2 time signature • at a walking pace; • Very loud, dynamic; • at ease, play slowly; • how fast you should play • moderately loudly, dynamic; • moderately softly, dynamic; • all together, in an orchestra; • same as __diminuendo__, dynamic; • press down the pedal on the piano; • ...

Music Vocabulary 2023-10-31

Music Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Everyone playing together
  2. two parts or players
  3. Smooth and connected
  4. three parts or players
  5. soft
  6. Gradually speed up
  7. Detached, separated
  8. Full volume
  9. A sharp, flat, or natural that is not a part of the key signature
  10. Styles of playing changed by tonguing
  11. Go back to the sign, play, jump to the coda to end
  12. Medium soft
  13. A curved line connecting two or more notes of the same pitch
  14. A featured part for a specific instrument or section
  15. Little by little
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  1. Dramatically slow down
  2. Very loud
  3. A note that begins a song before the first real measure
  4. Gradually slow down
  5. Medium volume
  6. Very soft
  7. Hold longer - watch the conductor
  8. A curved line connecting two or more notes of different pitches
  9. Go back to the beginning of the song and play until the "fine"
  10. "One sound" - everyone on the same note
  11. An interval of an 8th - from C to C, for example
  12. Gradually decrease the volume
  13. "Tail" or ending section
  14. With emphasis, a stronger attack
  15. Gradually increase the volume
  16. only one player
  17. The speed of the music

32 Clues: soft • Very loud • Very soft • Full volume • Medium soft • Medium volume • only one player • Little by little • Gradually speed up • Gradually slow down • Detached, separated • two parts or players • Smooth and connected • Dramatically slow down • three parts or players • The speed of the music • "Tail" or ending section • Everyone playing together • Gradually decrease the volume • ...

Music History 2023-10-26

Music History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when a musician plays a solo accompanied by an orchestra
  2. Guido De Arezzo invented this to help the monks memorize music
  3. from 400A.D. to 1400A.D
  4. Baroque era trombone
  5. writes the libretto for an opera
  6. All written music was for _________ purposes in the Medieval era
  7. long, dramatic vocal runs
  8. a song in an opera
  9. the structure and sequence of church services and music. Includes the Ordinary and the Proper.
  10. Mathematician and most influential renaissance composer
  11. the part of an opera that moves the plot forward
  12. Created by Pope Gregory in 600A.D., monophonic, in Latin
  13. a piece of music played before an opera that contains some of the main themes from the opera
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  1. unified Western Europe under Christianity in 325A.D.
  2. saved polyphony in music, renaissance composer
  3. from England, usually containing fa la la la la
  4. some as old as 43,00 years old
  5. wrote the first operas
  6. from 1600-1750, after Renaissance era
  7. from 1400-1600

20 Clues: from 1400-1600 • a song in an opera • Baroque era trombone • wrote the first operas • from 400A.D. to 1400A.D • long, dramatic vocal runs • some as old as 43,00 years old • writes the libretto for an opera • from 1600-1750, after Renaissance era • saved polyphony in music, renaissance composer • from England, usually containing fa la la la la • ...

Music Terms 2024-01-25

Music Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. singer/songwriter known for his soulful sound
  2. raises the pitch
  3. sing loudly
  4. highest vocal part
  5. changes in the normal rhythm pattern
  6. electronic instrument
  7. a note that is not changed by the use of a sharp or flat
  8. a passage that brings a song to the end
  9. a style of music
  10. 4 beats of sound
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  1. genre of music performed in the theatre using live music
  2. lowers the pitch
  3. pants with flared leg
  4. suddenly or quickly
  5. sing medium soft
  6. sing shorter and clearly
  7. area on the staff where the notes are written
  8. gradually getting louder
  9. group of performers who make up the characters in a stage production
  10. two notes connected with a curved line
  11. a style of jazz music known for its syncopation

21 Clues: sing loudly • lowers the pitch • sing medium soft • raises the pitch • a style of music • 4 beats of sound • highest vocal part • suddenly or quickly • pants with flared leg • electronic instrument • sing shorter and clearly • gradually getting louder • changes in the normal rhythm pattern • two notes connected with a curved line • a passage that brings a song to the end • ...

Music Appreciation 2023-11-27

Music Appreciation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Which 2012 Adele song won an Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy?
  2. Elvis Presley cut his first single at what Memphis recording studio?
  3. Who sang “Wonderwall"?
  4. Billy Idol hit
  5. Dawn Robinson, Cindy Herron, Maxine Jones and Terry Ellis were singers in what ‘90s group?
  6. What rock star sings backup vocals on Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain"?
  7. Lead singer of the band Hole
  8. What Irish band spent 24 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 with the song “Linger?”
  9. The Spice Girls had a No. 1 hit in 1997. What was the name of the song?
  10. What actor was in the video for the Paul Simon song “You Can Call Me Al"?
  11. What country is Rihanna from?
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  1. Dave Grohl, founder of the Foo Fighters, was in what other notable ‘90s band?
  2. What was Madonna's first billboard hot 100 entry?
  3. What video was played the most on MTV?
  4. What kind of car does Prince sing about in his 1983 hit?
  5. Johnny Cash performed a concert at what California prison?
  6. What is Lady Gaga's real name?
  7. What was Paula Abdul’s first Top 40 hit?
  8. What 3 Doors Down song references Superman?
  9. What band was known as the “Fab Five” in the 1980s?
  10. What Pink Floyd album inspired a movie by the same name?
  11. Michael Jackson had his first solo No. 1 hit with which 1972 song?

22 Clues: Billy Idol hit • Who sang “Wonderwall"? • Lead singer of the band Hole • What country is Rihanna from? • What is Lady Gaga's real name? • What video was played the most on MTV? • What was Paula Abdul’s first Top 40 hit? • What 3 Doors Down song references Superman? • What was Madonna's first billboard hot 100 entry? • What band was known as the “Fab Five” in the 1980s? • ...

Music Vocabulary 2024-01-22

Music Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Sing soft
  2. indicates you are reading low notes
  3. a quarter of a beat of sound or four sounds on one beat
  4. Where all the music happens.
  5. indicates you are reading high notes
  6. space between the bar lines
  7. Indicates the end of a piece or section
  8. tells you how many beats per measure at the beginning of your song
  9. Sing loud
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  1. raise a note by a half step
  2. very loud
  3. tells you how many flats/sharps to use at the beginning of your song
  4. Two beats of sound
  5. One beat of sound
  6. medium loud
  7. four beats of sound
  8. Lines that divide the staff into more manageable pieces.
  9. medium soft
  10. lower a note by a half step
  11. very soft
  12. half a beat of sound or two sounds on one beat
  13. indicates to hold a note for as long as the person in charge says to

22 Clues: very loud • Sing soft • very soft • Sing loud • medium loud • medium soft • One beat of sound • Two beats of sound • four beats of sound • raise a note by a half step • lower a note by a half step • space between the bar lines • Where all the music happens. • indicates you are reading low notes • indicates you are reading high notes • Indicates the end of a piece or section • ...

music appreciation 2024-01-23

music appreciation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. very slow, solemn.
  2. using notes that are not part of the key.
  3. growing louder in volume.
  4. very loud, loudly (ff)
  5. when the individual tones of a chord are sounded one after another.
  6. degree of loudness or softness
  7. series of notes arranged in order to form a distinctive recognizable musical note
  8. gradual speeding up of tempo.
  9. when the player plucks the strings.
  10. gathering of beats formed into regular units.
  11. loud, loudly (f)
  12. as fast as possible
  13. to change keys.
  14. distance between 2 pitches of a melody.
  15. highness and lowness of tones frequency.
  16. a sequential arrangement of pitches.
  17. very soft, softly (Pp)
  18. moderate
  19. the end of a phrase, creating a pause before the next phrase.
  20. tone color: quality of sound produced by voice and instrument.
  21. strings played by drawing the hair of the bow across them.
  22. distance between highest and lowest pitch.
  23. moderately slow, walking pace, moderately slow tempo.
  24. the speed of the beat.
  25. the interval compromising the 1st and 8th tones.
  26. regular pulse that divides time into segments.
  27. fast, happy, cheerful, brisk tempo.
  28. music with single melodic line with cords and other material
  29. flow of the music through time.
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  1. growing softer in volume
  2. composed of 2 or more voice parts.
  3. a combination of tones that sounds discordant, in need of resolution.
  4. lively
  5. tonal center built on a tonic note and making use of a scale.
  6. the way chords are constructed and how they follow each other.
  7. shows the pitch of each line and space on the staff.
  8. very slow, broad, very slow tempo
  9. very fast, quick tempo.
  10. soft, subdued (P)
  11. alphabet 7 natural tones (A, B,C ,D,E,F,G)
  12. slow, at ease, gentle
  13. measured segments of silence.
  14. a concordant, or agreeable, combination of musical tones that provide a sense of relaxation and fulfillment.
  15. a deliberate upsetting of the normal pattern of accents shifted to offbeat or weak beat.
  16. gradual slowing down of tempo.
  17. a series of 5 parallel lines separated by 4 spaces.
  18. signature sharp signs or flat signs immediately following the clef.
  19. moderately soft (mp)
  20. moderately loud (mf)
  21. music with a single melodic, one voice.
  22. moderately fast
  23. a unit of two or more pitches that sound at the same time.
  24. a shorter part of a melody.

53 Clues: lively • moderate • to change keys. • moderately fast • loud, loudly (f) • soft, subdued (P) • very slow, solemn. • as fast as possible • moderately soft (mp) • moderately loud (mf) • slow, at ease, gentle • very loud, loudly (ff) • very soft, softly (Pp) • the speed of the beat. • very fast, quick tempo. • growing softer in volume • growing louder in volume. • a shorter part of a melody. • ...

Music Theory 2022-06-12

Music Theory crossword puzzle
Across
  1. To play or sing 2 or more notes smoothly connected
  2. Mode that is a major scale
  3. Mode that is a major scale with the 7th lowered a half step
  4. Loud
  5. Rate of speed
  6. Very loud
  7. Very slow
  8. 4th step of a scale
  9. Four
  10. Slow tempo (60 bpm)
  11. A 3-note chord consisting of a root, 3rd and 5th.
  12. 1st step of a scale
  13. The Interval of an 8th
  14. Moderately
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  1. The 3rd scale degree
  2. Gradually louder
  3. Gradually softer
  4. 5th step of a scale
  5. Gradually faster
  6. Mode that is a natural minor scale
  7. Soft
  8. The note from which the chord gets its name
  9. Using all semitones
  10. Quick tempo (180 bpm)
  11. The distance in pitch between two notes
  12. Mode that is a natural minor scale with the 6th raised a half step
  13. Mode that is a major scale with the 4th raised a half step
  14. Augmented 4th or Diminished 5th
  15. Clef used for notes in the lower pitch range

29 Clues: Soft • Loud • Four • Very loud • Very slow • Moderately • Rate of speed • Gradually louder • Gradually softer • Gradually faster • 5th step of a scale • Using all semitones • 4th step of a scale • Slow tempo (60 bpm) • 1st step of a scale • The 3rd scale degree • Quick tempo (180 bpm) • The Interval of an 8th • Mode that is a major scale • Augmented 4th or Diminished 5th • Mode that is a natural minor scale • ...

Liptak - Music 2022-07-06

Liptak - Music crossword puzzle
Across
  1. "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz"
  2. "The Band" Drummer
  3. To Sing Without Accompaniment
  4. In Song, Building to a Peak
  5. Most Famous Brooklyn Born Rapper
  6. Most Concerts Played at MSG
  7. Best Selling Album of All Time
  8. Chicago Bluesman that owns "Legends" club
  9. ATX Bluesman Died by Plane Crash
  10. "At Last", "Tell Mama" singer
  11. Best Selling Jazz Record of All Time
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  1. Nickname of Louis Armstrong
  2. The Company That Makes Stratocaster
  3. "One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain"
  4. Slang Term for Reggae Music
  5. Billy Joel and This Band are the Only Non-Sports Banners hanging in MSG
  6. "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" singer
  7. Original member of "The Wailers" (also code for weed)
  8. Man in Black
  9. This guitarist died in a motorcycle accident at the age of 24
  10. Famous Hoboken Born Singer
  11. One of the "Three Blues Kings"
  12. Mckinley Morganfield
  13. Famously Lit His Guitar on Fire on Stage
  14. One of the "Three Blues Kings"
  15. One of the "Three Blues Kings"

26 Clues: Man in Black • "The Band" Drummer • Mckinley Morganfield • Famous Hoboken Born Singer • Nickname of Louis Armstrong • Slang Term for Reggae Music • In Song, Building to a Peak • Most Concerts Played at MSG • To Sing Without Accompaniment • "At Last", "Tell Mama" singer • Best Selling Album of All Time • One of the "Three Blues Kings" • One of the "Three Blues Kings" • ...

Music Crossword 2022-08-11

Music Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Michael Jackson is known for wearing a rhinestone-covered what?
  2. What pop singer is known as "The Material Girl"?
  3. Percussion instrument named after its shape?
  4. US festival hosted over 350,000 music fans in 1969?
  5. Billie Eilish’s brother name?
  6. Singer with stage name that is also a colour?
  7. What language is the song Frere Jacques?
  8. A famous German composer is Ludwig Van who
  9. Lady Gaga got her stage name from a _____ song.
  10. What nationality is the signer Adele?
  11. Michael Jackson’s biggest hit?
  12. The American hip hop star Dr. Dre also has a popular brand of which product with his name?
  13. What colour was the submarine in the song by the Beatles
Down
  1. How many members were in the Spice Girls?
  2. Member of an orchestra that holds a baton?
  3. Number of strings on a Violin
  4. Instrument you associate with Scotland?
  5. Metal used to make a trombone?
  6. Who was the King of Rock and Roll from Memphis Tennessee
  7. The highest female voice
  8. Animal hair usually used to make the bow of a violin?
  9. Oldest musical instrument in use today?
  10. Smallest flute?
  11. An instrument with 47 strings

24 Clues: Smallest flute? • The highest female voice • Number of strings on a Violin • Billie Eilish’s brother name? • An instrument with 47 strings • Metal used to make a trombone? • Michael Jackson’s biggest hit? • What nationality is the signer Adele? • Instrument you associate with Scotland? • Oldest musical instrument in use today? • What language is the song Frere Jacques? • ...

Music Appreciation 2023-02-14

Music Appreciation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mr. Corona's office can be used as an isolation ______
  2. The brand of the upright piano
  3. A two-letter word that means audio effects
  4. Category of music
  5. The part of the song that changes into something completely different
  6. Another word for chorus
  7. The catchy part of the song
  8. number of ceiling lights (the rectangular ones)
  9. Number of doors in this room
  10. Winner of the line rider race
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  1. number of lamps
  2. Digital Audio Convertor
  3. The part of the song that's at the very beginning and is usually instrumental
  4. Device that records and/or amplifies sound
  5. Total number of guitars hanging on the wall
  6. The Part of the song that unravels the story
  7. The microphone's sensitivity levels
  8. Digital Audio Workstation
  9. ____track; it's what recording artist listen to as they record so that they are in perfect rhythm.
  10. The speed of the song

20 Clues: number of lamps • Category of music • The speed of the song • Digital Audio Convertor • Another word for chorus • Digital Audio Workstation • The catchy part of the song • Number of doors in this room • Winner of the line rider race • The brand of the upright piano • The microphone's sensitivity levels • Device that records and/or amplifies sound • ...

Music Vocab 2023-02-14

Music Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. gets 2 beats
  2. gradually get louder
  3. what note is played
  4. low brass read in this clef
  5. walking speed
  6. lowers a note
  7. tells how many beats are in a measure
  8. originally a Thanksgiving song
  9. raises a note
  10. gradually get softer
Down
  1. flats and sharps
  2. gets 1/2 a beat
  3. indicates silence in music
  4. how long a note is played
  5. composer of In the Bleak Midwinter
  6. fast tempo
  7. cancels out sharps or flats
  8. the first song most beginning bands learn
  9. flutes read in this clef
  10. play loud or full
  11. slow tempo
  12. play quiet or soft
  13. 5 lines and 4 spaces

23 Clues: fast tempo • slow tempo • gets 2 beats • walking speed • lowers a note • raises a note • gets 1/2 a beat • flats and sharps • play loud or full • play quiet or soft • what note is played • gradually get louder • gradually get softer • 5 lines and 4 spaces • flutes read in this clef • how long a note is played • indicates silence in music • low brass read in this clef • cancels out sharps or flats • ...

Music #1 2023-02-16

Music #1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. He created four seasons
  2. E.g. Avril Lavigne, Bryan Adams, The Weeknd
  3. The Way You Make Me Feel producer
  4. Ri says shut up and do this
  5. First name of late rapper DMX
  6. ________ Value, Timbaland album
  7. Kanye and Coldplay tune
  8. Singer who famously slept on Jamie Foxx's couch pre-fame
  9. Jason of country music
  10. Instrument Lizzo plays
  11. People behind Baby Shark
Down
  1. E.g. Rascal Flatts, Destiny's Child, Blink 182
  2. Singer formerly of The SteelDrivers
  3. 'Popular' and 'Defying Gravity'
  4. Van Morrison's home country
  5. One of McCartney's other bands
  6. When You __________, from The Prince of Egypt
  7. Musical symbol
  8. Criss of Glee fame
  9. Nickelback comeback song in 2005
  10. Woodwind instrument
  11. Song of the Year at the 2001 Grammys by a certain piano woman
  12. 'Dance with me under the diamonds, see me like breath in the cold' by a certain YouTube success story
  13. First name of Limp Bizkit frontman

24 Clues: Musical symbol • Criss of Glee fame • Woodwind instrument • Jason of country music • Instrument Lizzo plays • He created four seasons • Kanye and Coldplay tune • People behind Baby Shark • Van Morrison's home country • Ri says shut up and do this • First name of late rapper DMX • One of McCartney's other bands • 'Popular' and 'Defying Gravity' • ________ Value, Timbaland album • ...

Music 80s 2024-04-22

Music 80s crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Eddie Van Halen's brother
  2. Michael Jackson's pet monkey
  3. on One Hall and Oates play this basketball game
  4. Public Enemy Bring the
  5. Syd's Nancy
  6. U2's debut album
  7. Derek and the Dominoes sessions
  8. Former GnR guitarist
  9. Comedians Penn and
  10. Last Zeppelin album
  11. Vulgar Display of
  12. Hammer 2 Legit 2 Quit artist
Down
  1. Band: Joy
  2. Late Night Live TV show short form
  3. Operator without an edge
  4. TV show Square
  5. R.E.M. album
  6. Grand Illusion artist
  7. Joy and Pain Rob
  8. Pro Skater Tony
  9. Mick Jagger attented The London School of this
  10. Four Horsemen Artist

22 Clues: Band: Joy • Syd's Nancy • R.E.M. album • TV show Square • Pro Skater Tony • U2's debut album • Joy and Pain Rob • Vulgar Display of • Comedians Penn and • Last Zeppelin album • Former GnR guitarist • Four Horsemen Artist • Grand Illusion artist • Public Enemy Bring the • Operator without an edge • Eddie Van Halen's brother • Michael Jackson's pet monkey • Hammer 2 Legit 2 Quit artist • ...

Music Vocab 2024-03-06

Music Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Lower a note by a half step
  2. Musical Element that tells us how loud or soft to sing
  3. Raise a note by a half step
  4. Short and snappy
  5. The type of step between "mi" and "fa"
  6. The muscle connecting to the bottom of the rib cage separating the lungs from the abdominals
  7. The distance between two notes
  8. Smooth and connected
  9. The space between bar lines
  10. Gradually get louder
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  1. A small dash above or below the staff
  2. The enunciation of words in a song or speech
  3. Where we place notes and rhythms to create/read music
  4. A collection of flats or sharps at the beginning of a line of music
  5. Tells us to emphasize a note
  6. The type of step between "do" and "re"
  7. A curved line connecting two notes on the same line or space. We add their rhythms together
  8. Musical element that determines how fast or slow we sing
  9. The order of sections in a piece of music
  10. A curved line connecting different notes

20 Clues: Short and snappy • Smooth and connected • Gradually get louder • Lower a note by a half step • Raise a note by a half step • The space between bar lines • Tells us to emphasize a note • The distance between two notes • A small dash above or below the staff • The type of step between "do" and "re" • The type of step between "mi" and "fa" • A curved line connecting different notes • ...

Music Terms 2024-02-20

Music Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Creating music without preparation
  2. Huge annual pop music festival in Southern California
  3. Loose and lively music style from the New Orleans Black community
  4. American Singer-Songwriter known for his distinctive voice. He recently won the Nobel Prize in Literature
  5. New York Street dancers often associated with hiphop
  6. Spiritual music style originating from Southern Black church singers
  7. American pop Singer-Songwriter popular with young American women for her meditative love songs
  8. Fan of the Grateful Dead, many were part of the Hippie Movement
  9. “The King” of Rock and Roll, lived at Graceland, TN
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  1. Popularity of British culture and bands that changed American music in the 1960s
  2. American swing and jazz singer known as “Old Blue Eyes”
  3. “Entertainment Capital of the World” in the Nevada desert that hosts many aging musicians
  4. A Type of Country Music created by fiddle players in the Appalachian Mountains
  5. American five-stringed instrument that‘s often in Country songs
  6. The most important American music award ceremony
  7. A thrilling, dance-centric type of music that was popular in New York clubs in the 1970s
  8. Four-Stringed small instrument from the islands of Hawaii
  9. West Coast Rap artist known for his poetic messages and laid-back beats
  10. Renowned Street in NYC which hosts the musical theater district
  11. A Black rhythm and blues pop music style from Detroit, MI
  12. Home of the Grand Ole Opry, the most respected of Country venues
  13. Now known as Rap, this beat-heavy, urban music of the 1990s is considered more “old school”

22 Clues: Creating music without preparation • The most important American music award ceremony • “The King” of Rock and Roll, lived at Graceland, TN • New York Street dancers often associated with hiphop • Huge annual pop music festival in Southern California • American swing and jazz singer known as “Old Blue Eyes” • Four-Stringed small instrument from the islands of Hawaii • ...

Music Puzzle 2024-03-19

Music Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Looking out for a place to go, Looking out for a place to go
  2. The moment that I step outside, So many reasons for me to run and hide
  3. Something in your eyes is makin' such a fool of me When you hold me in your arms you love me till I just can't see.
  4. His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
  5. On a dark desert highway, Cool wind in my hair
  6. Cause I'll be lonely without you, And I'll need your love to see me through
  7. Show me, show me, show me how you do that trick
  8. Miller Band You're the cutest thing that I ever did see I really love your peaches wanna shake your tree
  9. of Leon Lay where you're laying, don't make a sound, I know they're watching, they're watching
  10. Jovi Shot through the heart and you're to blame
  11. When I get older losing my hair, Many years from now
  12. No, I don't want to give you mine, No, I don't want to give you mine
  13. I don't care if it hurts I wanna have control. I want a perfect body, I want a perfect soul
Down
  1. Makin' my way downtown, Walkin' fast, faces pass And I'm homebound
  2. With the lights out, it's less dangerous, Here we are now entertain us
  3. A singer in a smokey room, A smell of wine and cheap perfume
  4. Words like violence, break the silence
  5. Too late, my time has come Sends shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time.
  6. We make plans to go out at night, I wait 'til 2 then I turn out the light
  7. How was I supposed to know, How was I supposed to know, that something wasn't right here?
  8. Oh, thunder only happens when it's rainin' Players only love you when they're playin'

21 Clues: Words like violence, break the silence • On a dark desert highway, Cool wind in my hair • Show me, show me, show me how you do that trick • Jovi Shot through the heart and you're to blame • When I get older losing my hair, Many years from now • Looking out for a place to go, Looking out for a place to go • A singer in a smokey room, A smell of wine and cheap perfume • ...

MUSIC CROSSWORD 2024-04-24

MUSIC CROSSWORD crossword puzzle
Across
  1. how loud or soft a sound is
  2. the character of a sound
  3. very quiet
  4. instruments you strike/ hit
  5. very loud
  6. an instrument, also an anime character
  7. combination of long and short sounds
  8. this constant ____ forms the beat
  9. this note is worth 1 beat
  10. instrument played by Squidward
  11. the grouping of beats
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  1. instruments you pluck or strum
  2. gradually get louder
  3. device made of wood and horse hair
  4. quiet
  5. how fast or slow
  6. how high or low a sound is
  7. made of metal, but is a woodwind
  8. loud
  9. symbols used for no sound
  10. instrument named after a shape
  11. a combination of sound and _______

22 Clues: loud • quiet • very loud • very quiet • how fast or slow • gradually get louder • the grouping of beats • the character of a sound • symbols used for no sound • this note is worth 1 beat • how high or low a sound is • how loud or soft a sound is • instruments you strike/ hit • instruments you pluck or strum • instrument named after a shape • instrument played by Squidward • ...

Music Artists 2024-02-03

Music Artists crossword puzzle
Across
  1. colombian singer known for moving her hips
  2. famous "gold digger" rap star
  3. famous "firework" singer
  4. got his start w/his brother in the jackson 5
  5. created the most famous Christmas song
  6. musical queen of TN: "jolene"
  7. got her start on Victorious as Kat
  8. slim shady
  9. famous "Hello" ballad singer
  10. forever famous for her vocals in songs like "i will always love you"
  11. blind artist singing "superstition"
  12. iconic pop star of the 90s singing "toxic" and more
  13. the 50s king of rock n roll
Down
  1. most famous one direction singer
  2. "Bad Guy" creator w/green hair
  3. pop star w/first big hot "new rules"
  4. dated brittany spears; singer in nsync
  5. nicknamed Queen B; married to Jay Z
  6. a star is born female lead
  7. famous ginger singer; dated taylor swift
  8. wrote viral song "hotline bling"
  9. alter ego of Hannah Montana
  10. christian rapper singing "let you down"
  11. blonde superstar reimagining all her former albums

24 Clues: slim shady • famous "firework" singer • a star is born female lead • alter ego of Hannah Montana • the 50s king of rock n roll • famous "Hello" ballad singer • famous "gold digger" rap star • musical queen of TN: "jolene" • "Bad Guy" creator w/green hair • most famous one direction singer • wrote viral song "hotline bling" • got her start on Victorious as Kat • ...

Music crossword 2024-04-30

Music crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What year was singer Taylor Swift born?
  2. Trumpet, saxophone, flute, tuba
  3. Music streaming app
  4. How many lines are in a modern music staff/pentagram?
  5. Charli XCX music genre
  6. Which city is the Massey music school based in?
  7. Last week’s Massive issue theme
  8. Te Reo word for song
  9. “Hey BLANK, don't make it bad”
  10. R&B
  11. Clef A symbol used to show that music notes are above middle C
  12. A small concert
  13. Manawatu’s student radio station
Down
  1. Who sings the hit TikTok song 35?
  2. Who is Ziggy Stardust?
  3. London’s Broadway
  4. 2011 infamous song about a day of the week
  5. A list of songs that can be played on loop or shuffle
  6. Saying for someone with only one popular song
  7. “Can anybody find me somebody to BLANK”
  8. Who voices Disney’s Moana?
  9. The art of directing a music performance
  10. Musical starring Ben Platt
  11. Robert Smith’s band
  12. Lead singer in band The 1975

25 Clues: R&B • A small concert • London’s Broadway • Music streaming app • Robert Smith’s band • Te Reo word for song • Who is Ziggy Stardust? • Charli XCX music genre • Who voices Disney’s Moana? • Musical starring Ben Platt • Lead singer in band The 1975 • “Hey BLANK, don't make it bad” • Trumpet, saxophone, flute, tuba • Last week’s Massive issue theme • Manawatu’s student radio station • ...

Music Essentials 2024-04-25

Music Essentials crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a melody that moves to the nearest note
  2. the part of the range the melody resides. low, middle, high
  3. notes that sound bad together
  4. combining multiple melodies
  5. two or more notes played together
  6. a three part form with 1st and 3rd repeating
  7. how melody, harmony and rhythm combine
  8. melody that is copied by the next melody
  9. perceived total of instrumentation, range and acoustics
  10. melody only texture
  11. a musical note
  12. a unit of time
  13. a main musical idea
  14. Notes that sound good together
  15. large scale organization of music
  16. the placement of notes and silence
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  1. the combination of multiple musical notes
  2. verses and chorus form
  3. the subversion of expectation in the beat
  4. the note everything is built around
  5. the organization of the beats
  6. distance between lowest and highest note. from what note to what note
  7. all parts play together texture
  8. list of all instruments
  9. multiple notes per word
  10. bmp
  11. a melody that moves to a distant note
  12. a two part form
  13. one note, one word

29 Clues: bmp • a musical note • a unit of time • a two part form • one note, one word • melody only texture • a main musical idea • verses and chorus form • list of all instruments • multiple notes per word • combining multiple melodies • the organization of the beats • notes that sound bad together • Notes that sound good together • all parts play together texture • two or more notes played together • ...

Music Terms 2024-03-27

Music Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Fast and lively
  2. Seperated, Detached
  3. Medium Loud
  4. From the sign
  5. Soft
  6. Gradually growing slower
  7. Order of the sharps
  8. From the beginning
  9. Without
  10. All, with all performers
  11. Slow
  12. Very soft
  13. Moderately Fast
  14. Gradually becoming louder
Down
  1. Gradually growing faster
  2. Return to the original tempo
  3. Medium Soft
  4. Continue in the same manner
  5. Loud
  6. Becoming softer
  7. A concluding passage added to the form proper
  8. Divided parts where there are normally one
  9. The level of loudness
  10. with
  11. Moderately, neither fast or slow
  12. Majestic, With Dignity
  13. A part for one performer
  14. Order of the flats
  15. Rate of Speed

29 Clues: Loud • Soft • with • Slow • Without • Very soft • Medium Soft • Medium Loud • From the sign • Rate of Speed • Fast and lively • Becoming softer • Moderately Fast • From the beginning • Order of the flats • Seperated, Detached • Order of the sharps • The level of loudness • Majestic, With Dignity • Gradually growing faster • Gradually growing slower • All, with all performers • A part for one performer • ...

Music Renaissance 2024-03-28

Music Renaissance crossword puzzle
Across
  1. PEOPLE WHO SURVIVE
  2. PEOPLE WHO BELEIVE IN GOD
  3. INEXPERIENCE
  4. PEPLE WHO LIVE IN EUROPE
  5. SO OLD
  6. ONE OF THE DIRECTIONS
  7. a story or an account of a series of events
  8. PLACE WHERE ROMAN LIVE
  9. A LAND MASS SMALLER THAN STATES
  10. a person who helps take control of an area or a country that is not their own
Down
  1. INDIVIDUAL
  2. SOMETHING WE DO ON SKETCH BOOK
  3. people or things belong to the country in which they are found
  4. PEOPLE OF ROME
  5. BEHAVE
  6. PLACE WHICH IS FAMOUS FOR The Acropolis, Athens
  7. A pointed arch, ogival arch, or Gothic arch is an arch with a pointed crown meet at an angle at the top of the arch.
  8. A COUNTRY IN WHICH PIZZA IS VERY FAMOUS
  9. CULTURE
  10. PERSON NAME STARTING FROM M

20 Clues: BEHAVE • SO OLD • CULTURE • INDIVIDUAL • INEXPERIENCE • PEOPLE OF ROME • PEOPLE WHO SURVIVE • ONE OF THE DIRECTIONS • PLACE WHERE ROMAN LIVE • PEPLE WHO LIVE IN EUROPE • PEOPLE WHO BELEIVE IN GOD • PERSON NAME STARTING FROM M • SOMETHING WE DO ON SKETCH BOOK • A LAND MASS SMALLER THAN STATES • A COUNTRY IN WHICH PIZZA IS VERY FAMOUS • a story or an account of a series of events • ...

90s music 2024-05-21

90s music crossword puzzle
Across
  1. British Band: Glycerin, Machinehead, etc.
  2. -182
  3. Loser
  4. The world is a vampire...
  5. The Next Episode (Dr.)
  6. Seattle Sound
  7. Grunge - Smells Like Teen Spirit
  8. ______ Boys
  9. "Hi my name is... Slim Shady"
  10. ____ Bizkit
  11. Counting _____
Down
  1. released "OK Computer" and "The Bends"
  2. Whose Addiction?
  3. Closing Time...
  4. Pearl Jam Song (Vs.)
  5. The #1 Goo Goo Dolls song
  6. Under the Bridge
  7. Britpop Legends: Wonderwall & Supersonic
  8. ______ Morisette
  9. A.T. M. - Bulls on Paradise
  10. Ice ____
  11. D-O Double G
  12. Blue Album
  13. _____ Brooks
  14. Where one could watch Beevis and Butthead

25 Clues: -182 • Loser • Ice ____ • Blue Album • ______ Boys • ____ Bizkit • D-O Double G • _____ Brooks • Seattle Sound • Counting _____ • Closing Time... • Whose Addiction? • Under the Bridge • ______ Morisette • Pearl Jam Song (Vs.) • The Next Episode (Dr.) • The #1 Goo Goo Dolls song • The world is a vampire... • A.T. M. - Bulls on Paradise • "Hi my name is... Slim Shady" • Grunge - Smells Like Teen Spirit • ...

Music Crossword 2024-06-17

Music Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - A composition for one or more solo instruments.
  2. - A sequence of notes that are perceived as a single entity.
  3. - A composer known for developing the twelve-tone technique.
  4. - The speed at which a piece of music is played.
  5. - A renowned German composer and musician of the Baroque period.
  6. - The relationship between voices that are harmonically interdependent yet independent in rhythm and contour.
  7. - A symbol used to indicate the pitch of written notes.
  8. - A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase, either in the middle or the end of a composition.
  9. - A famous German composer and pianist.
Down
  1. - A group of notes played together.
  2. - The quality of a musical note that distinguishes different types of sound production.
  3. - The volume of sound in music.
  4. - An influential composer of the Classical period.
  5. - An elaborate musical composition for full orchestra.
  6. - The pattern of sounds and silences in music.
  7. - The combination of different musical notes played or sung simultaneously.
  8. - The difference in pitch between two sounds.
  9. - A compositional technique characterized by the systematic repetition of a principal theme.
  10. - The interval between one musical pitch and another with double its frequency.
  11. - A sequence of musical notes in ascending or descending order.

20 Clues: - The volume of sound in music. • - A group of notes played together. • - A famous German composer and pianist. • - The difference in pitch between two sounds. • - The pattern of sounds and silences in music. • - The speed at which a piece of music is played. • - A composition for one or more solo instruments. • - An influential composer of the Classical period. • ...

Music theory 2024-06-18

Music theory crossword puzzle
Across
  1. MORE THAN ONE MAIN MELODY
  2. NOTE PLAYED WITH EMPHASIS
  3. WORTH A QUARTER OF A NOTE
  4. TELLS YOU THE SPEED OF THE SONG
  5. THE RHYME FOR THE SPACES ON THE TREBLE CLEF
  6. ITALIAN WORD FOR 'FAST AND LEVEL'
  7. PIANO USES BOTH BASS CLEF AND ___________
  8. ONE MAIN MELODY
  9. ITALIAN WORD FOR SOFT
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  1. ITALIAN FOR GRADUALLY GETTING SOFTER
  2. BASS GUITARS MUSIC IS WRITTEN USING ______
  3. NOTE WORTH 4 BEATS
  4. WORTH WORTH AN EIGHTH OF A NOTE
  5. WORTH ONE BEAT
  6. BROKEN UP CHORDS
  7. SHORTENED NOTES FOLLOWED BY SILENCE
  8. LINES NOTES SIT ON
  9. NOTE WORTH 2 BEATS
  10. MAIN MELODY PLAYED ON GUITAR
  11. GROUP OF INSTRUMENT THAT USES A REED

20 Clues: WORTH ONE BEAT • ONE MAIN MELODY • BROKEN UP CHORDS • NOTE WORTH 4 BEATS • LINES NOTES SIT ON • NOTE WORTH 2 BEATS • ITALIAN WORD FOR SOFT • MORE THAN ONE MAIN MELODY • NOTE PLAYED WITH EMPHASIS • WORTH A QUARTER OF A NOTE • MAIN MELODY PLAYED ON GUITAR • WORTH WORTH AN EIGHTH OF A NOTE • TELLS YOU THE SPEED OF THE SONG • ITALIAN WORD FOR 'FAST AND LEVEL' • ...

Music Production 2024-09-04

Music Production crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Very grand and classical instrument
  2. The disk compilation of songs
  3. Also called Electronic/Dance
  4. It's fire
  5. A type of *synthesized* instrument
  6. A big group of people playing lots of string instruments
  7. Acoustic instrument
  8. A group of people playing a variety of instruments
  9. The person usually behind the instrumental track (not the singer)
  10. The style of a song or type of music
  11. You play them and the make sounds
  12. A big disk with music
  13. This town aint big enough for the 2 of us
  14. A ~low~ sound played in songs
Down
  1. Typically what the big disk with music is made of
  2. The person in which the song is released under their name
  3. Commonly confused with RnB
  4. Drums fit in this category
  5. Very *funky*
  6. Multiple notes played at once that make a harmony
  7. You hit them and they make a beat
  8. Arguably the most POPular genre
  9. The face of the production studio (rhymes with fable)
  10. Another word for music
  11. e.g. Violin and Cello
  12. The main voice of the song
  13. The secondary voice of the song, usually layered on top of the main voice
  14. They do the vocals in songs
  15. e.g. Trumpets and Tubas
  16. And roll

30 Clues: And roll • It's fire • Very *funky* • Acoustic instrument • e.g. Violin and Cello • A big disk with music • Another word for music • e.g. Trumpets and Tubas • Commonly confused with RnB • Drums fit in this category • The main voice of the song • They do the vocals in songs • Also called Electronic/Dance • The disk compilation of songs • A ~low~ sound played in songs • ...

Music Terms 2024-08-30

Music Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What kind of clef would a low brass read from?
  2. What kind of accidental lowers a note by a half step?
  3. What kind of instrument is a triangle or cymbal?
  4. How many beats does a Dotted Half Note get?
  5. What is all music written on?
  6. How many beats does a Half Note get?
  7. How many beats does a Quarter Note get?
  8. What symbol adds half of a notes value to it?
  9. What are the space letter names on the Bass Clef?
  10. What kind of rest gets one beat?
  11. What are the line letter names on the Treble Clef?
Down
  1. What Kind of instrument is a trumpet or tuba?
  2. What tells you how many beats are in a measure?
  3. What are the space letter names on the Treble Clef?
  4. How many beats does a Whole Note Get?
  5. What is the word for the speed of a piece of music?
  6. What kind of clef would a flute or clarinet read?
  7. What kind of instrument is a flute or saxophone?
  8. What are the line letter names on the Bass Clef?
  9. What kind of accidental raises a note by a half step?

20 Clues: What is all music written on? • What kind of rest gets one beat? • How many beats does a Half Note get? • How many beats does a Whole Note Get? • How many beats does a Quarter Note get? • How many beats does a Dotted Half Note get? • What Kind of instrument is a trumpet or tuba? • What symbol adds half of a notes value to it? • ...

80s music 2024-05-28

80s music crossword puzzle
Across
  1. most famous rock band at the Time
  2. Who made the song call me
  3. who made the song push it ?
  4. what was Prince best hit song?
  5. who made the song what’s love got to do with it
  6. running up that ____
  7. who made the song I wanna dance with somebody
  8. who made the song beat it
Down
  1. who made the song super freak
  2. who made the song like a Virgin
  3. Billie ____
  4. careless _______
  5. don’t stop ________
  6. what is the name of Michael Jackson Halloween song
  7. who made the song uptown, girl
  8. Who made the song, sweet dreams
  9. who made the song take on me
  10. _____ just wanna have fun
  11. master of _______
  12. should I ____ or should I go?

20 Clues: Billie ____ • careless _______ • master of _______ • don’t stop ________ • running up that ____ • Who made the song call me • _____ just wanna have fun • who made the song beat it • who made the song push it ? • who made the song take on me • who made the song super freak • should I ____ or should I go? • who made the song uptown, girl • what was Prince best hit song? • ...

Music Puzzle 2024-10-17

Music Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What finger has to move down to create a 7th chord.
  2. How many notes are played when playing a CAGE chord
  3. Name given to vertical lines that divide written music into small segments
  4. How many keys on a typical piano
  5. Who invented the piano
  6. A musical symbol that asks for silence
  7. True or False? "Musicians brains have more nerves and nerve connections that non-musicians"
  8. How many notes in an octave
  9. A chord that leaves you "up in the air"
  10. True or false? "Old people can't learn to play music"
  11. How many bars make up the blues order
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  1. A chord that feels strong and happy
  2. A symbol that instructs you to move down a half-step
  3. A chord that feels sad or moody
  4. The oldest piece of written music ever found
  5. A musical genre that dates back 300+ years
  6. A symbol that instructs you to move up a half-step
  7. Who wrote Fur Elise
  8. How many lines in one musical stave
  9. A musical genre that originated with the African-Americans in 1860
  10. The first musical instrument, found 60,000years ago
  11. How many named regions are there on the keyboard
  12. How many different positions are in the blues order

23 Clues: Who wrote Fur Elise • Who invented the piano • How many notes in an octave • A chord that feels sad or moody • How many keys on a typical piano • A chord that feels strong and happy • How many lines in one musical stave • How many bars make up the blues order • A musical symbol that asks for silence • A chord that leaves you "up in the air" • ...

Music Vocabulary 2024-10-10

Music Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. speeding up
  2. represents higher voices and is also the favorite clef of our class as expertly written by Miles and Cabell
  3. performed by a single musician
  4. performed by two musicians
  5. synonym of measure
  6. defines the number many beats in a measure and provides the duration of each beat
  7. this is a member of the woodwind family which is often erroneously listed as a brass instrument
  8. this is the highest pitched instrument of the string family
  9. slow tempo
  10. grouping of four musicians
  11. played smoothly
  12. to hold longer (extending the duration of the note or rest)
  13. we use this term to describe a choir or part of a common musical form in pop music
  14. five horizontal lines where music is written
  15. lowers the pitch
  16. speed of work
  17. creating music on the spot without any prewritten material (common in Jazz)
  18. base note of the key and chordal inversion
Down
  1. raises the pitch
  2. hypothetical instrument introduced to us by Logan as an important part of the keyboard's historical development and contribution
  3. shorter name of a member of the percussion family made famous as the intro of Mariah Carey's Christmas hit and Zach's in class performance
  4. gradually getting louder
  5. another famous piano manufacturer mentioned in our recent article
  6. the trumpet and tuba are members of this instrument family
  7. piano factory we are visiting
  8. distance between the 1st and 8th notes of a scale (When singing the "O Canada" Reid would begin on c4 and Dr. M would start on c5)
  9. Anthony and Brae often embody this quieter dynamic in class
  10. collaboration of three musicians
  11. louder dynamic (Jack and Jake often create this dynamic when talking loudly)
  12. distance between two pitches
  13. essentially the volume shifts in music
  14. a person with exceptional talent
  15. to change keys
  16. also known as a broken chord and frequently played by Charlie
  17. head musician responsible for the main interpretation of a musical work (Higor and EJ played this role with sharing their synopses of our recent readings)

35 Clues: slow tempo • speeding up • speed of work • to change keys • played smoothly • raises the pitch • lowers the pitch • synonym of measure • gradually getting louder • performed by two musicians • grouping of four musicians • distance between two pitches • piano factory we are visiting • performed by a single musician • collaboration of three musicians • a person with exceptional talent • ...

Music Words 2023-06-08

Music Words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A word that means to play a set of notes in a connected manner
  2. Resembles casting Harry Potter spells and is used to keep a group of performers together; also changes based on the TIME SIGNATURE
  3. The person who writes a piece of music
  4. The family of instruments responsible for most fanfares and being loud
  5. The most common CLEF
  6. A sharp, flat or natural sign that changes a pitch for one measure
  7. The steady pulse of a song, sometimes following the word "heart"
  8. The most common two are BASS and TREBLE
  9. Means lower pitch, sometimes used before an instrument name; also a kind of fish
  10. How high or low a note sounds, also matches how high or low it's marked on a staff
  11. This modifies another dynamic to mean 'medium'
  12. This means to play a piece at a quick pace
  13. How loud to play or sing a song
  14. The family of instruments with softer, more melodic instruments
  15. A mark next to a note that tells a performer to lower a note by half a pitch
  16. A dot above a note that tells a performer to play the note short and separated
  17. This means to play a piece at a slow, walking, speed
Down
  1. The family of instruments that includes all instruments struck with another object
  2. A mark next to a note that tells a performer to play the note as is without any raised or lowered changes
  3. This means to play LOUD
  4. A triangular symbol that marks a note to be played with emphasis
  5. A set of 5 lines and 4 spaces that we read music with
  6. The words of a song, also sometimes a boy's name
  7. This means to play SOFTLY. Also the name of an instrument
  8. How to play a note beyond its pitch, rhythm and dynamics
  9. How fast or slow a song goes
  10. The pleasing sound when two or more complimentary pitches are played or sung together
  11. The specific length and how long to play or sing a note or set of notes
  12. A specialized set of 6 lines used to read guitar music without any rhythms
  13. Tells how many beats are in a measure and what kind of note gets the beat
  14. This Signature tells how many sharps or flats there are
  15. The main line of a piece of music, also sometimes a girl's name
  16. A mark next to a note that tells a performer to raise the note half a pitch
  17. The family of instruments that includes violins and guitars
  18. A line above a note that tells a performer to play the note smoothly and connected

35 Clues: The most common CLEF • This means to play LOUD • How fast or slow a song goes • How loud to play or sing a song • The person who writes a piece of music • The most common two are BASS and TREBLE • This means to play a piece at a quick pace • This modifies another dynamic to mean 'medium' • The words of a song, also sometimes a boy's name • ...

Disco Music 2023-06-24

Disco Music crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Flashing light effect
  2. High-heeled shoe
  3. Rhythmic pattern
  4. Disco producer Moroder
  5. French term for nightclub
  6. Disco band
  7. Popular activity
  8. Dance style
  9. Night fever song
  10. Instrument used in disco
  11. Disco group
  12. Disco band Light Orchestra
  13. Lipps Inc. hit.
  14. Disco group
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  1. Village People hit
  2. Nostalgic style
  3. Disco ball
  4. Disco band
  5. Famous nightclub
  6. Fashion and music
  7. Genre of music
  8. Danceable style
  9. Singer Summer
  10. Sparkly decoration
  11. Fabric associated with disco fashion
  12. Influential genre
  13. Dance craze
  14. Performance technique
  15. Disco diva Donna
  16. Bee Gees hit

30 Clues: Disco ball • Disco band • Disco band • Dance style • Dance craze • Disco group • Disco group • Bee Gees hit • Singer Summer • Genre of music • Nostalgic style • Danceable style • Lipps Inc. hit. • High-heeled shoe • Famous nightclub • Rhythmic pattern • Popular activity • Night fever song • Disco diva Donna • Fashion and music • Influential genre • Village People hit • Sparkly decoration • Flashing light effect • ...

music definitions 2023-04-25

music definitions crossword puzzle
Across
  1. raises a note by one half step
  2. time C
  3. the speed of music
  4. to increase volume
  5. sharps and flats found in music
  6. lowers a note by one half step
  7. the volume of music
  8. Tells how many beats are in one measure and what note gets 1 beat
  9. the adjustment of volume
  10. line that connects 2 different notes
  11. mp
  12. to decrease volume
Down
  1. divides the staff into measures
  2. Play the note with separation
  3. Sequence of notes moving in 1/2 steps
  4. to emphasis a note
  5. Flats or Sharps next to the clef that apply to the piece
  6. Go back to the beginning and play until fine
  7. line that connects 2 of the same notes
  8. half note gets one beat
  9. loud,immediately soft
  10. mf
  11. Play in a smooth and connected style

23 Clues: mf • mp • time C • the speed of music • to emphasis a note • to increase volume • to decrease volume • the volume of music • loud,immediately soft • half note gets one beat • the adjustment of volume • Play the note with separation • raises a note by one half step • lowers a note by one half step • divides the staff into measures • sharps and flats found in music • ...

Music Crossword 2023-04-19

Music Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. greatest university in the world (yes, I'm biased)
  2. device used to amplify a singer through a speaker
  3. stage name used by Prince for a Bangles song
  4. highest singer in a chorus
  5. in the middle
  6. lowest treble voice
  7. very loud
  8. four string instrument used to play a bottom line
  9. one of Josie's favorite movies that has the song, "I'll Make a Man Out of You"
  10. clef and range used for lower sounding voices
  11. six string instrument that can be used in many genres
  12. one of Mr. Shaul's favorite singers who writes about New York and Long Island
  13. clef and range used for higher sounding voices
  14. southern city where the first major form of jazz was founded
Down
  1. one of Mr. Shaul's favorite singers who writes songs about "island life"
  2. naughty singers with the most fach divisions
  3. ________ Epitaph: earliest complete piece of music ever found, basically YOLO
  4. Japanese three string fretless banjo
  5. Josie's favorite TV show with a theme song that shouts out the characters' names (it also is mixed meter)
  6. hilariuos movie series about a capella singing
  7. "first lady of the opera", pop equivalent is diva
  8. common keyboard instrument
  9. generally considered the United States' most musical president, dreamed of being a rapper in his later years
  10. The _______, famous band from Liverpool
  11. large keyboard instrument common in instruments
  12. number of rehearsals until the spring concert
  13. one of Josie's favorite movies that has the song, "One Jump Ahead"
  14. instrument made famous in Hawai'i whose predecessor came from Portugal
  15. culture whose court musicians were all female
  16. country whose early dynasties established a music conservatory and an imperial office of music
  17. Chinese violin

31 Clues: very loud • in the middle • Chinese violin • lowest treble voice • common keyboard instrument • highest singer in a chorus • Japanese three string fretless banjo • The _______, famous band from Liverpool • naughty singers with the most fach divisions • stage name used by Prince for a Bangles song • number of rehearsals until the spring concert • ...

Music Terminology 2023-01-14

Music Terminology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The easiest way to picture an octave is by looking at the keys on a piano. Start at Middle C and count up eight notes to the next C. Each similar interval of eight notes is known as an octave. If a piece is played “one octave higher” it means that the player has to start one octave up from the original starting point.
  2. The speed of a piece of music.
  3. When several notes are played together to form chords in some type of progression, it is known as a harmony. In general, harmonies form a pleasing sound.
  4. Largo, translated literally from Italian, means broad. In a musical context, it is an instruction to play slowly.
  5. The pattern or beat that occurs in a piece of music. For example, a waltz is very distinctive by its three-beat rhythm.
  6. An interlude is a piece of music that acts as a bridge to join two other pieces or works.
  7. Unison indicates playing together. A piece or part of a piece might require playing in unison, where multiple musicians would have to play the piece together.
  8. Signature – In sheet music, each section typically shows a key signature. The key signature is denoted as a combination of flats or sharps to indicate the key in which the piece should be played.
  9. Typically a folk song, or a piece of music written to imitate such a song. Sometimes spelled as ballad.
  10. Typically a classical piece designed for only a soloist, sometimes with a pianist in the background.
  11. An instruction in sheet music to play loudly; often abbreviated as f.
  12. The sound of notes played together that lack harmony. Dissonant chords often convey feelings such as discomfort, doom or anger.
  13. – Any series of successive notes played ascending or descending.
  14. A male voice positioned in the middle of the choir’s range.
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  1. A metronome is a small device that makes a steady ticking sound according to the tempo that it is set at. Metronomes are used to help players practice a piece at different speeds. When people mention playing or recording to a metronome, it simply means that a metronome was set in the background.
  2. Stemming from the Latin quartus meaning four, a quartet is a group of four musicians.
  3. Usually written in sheet music to indicate that the player should reduce the volume of their playing.
  4. A gradual increase in volume of the music.
  5. Mezzo means half, and it is used in conjunction with other words. For example, mezzo-forte would mean half as loud as normal.
  6. A piece of music that expresses grief or sorrow.
  7. When notes are played legato, they are played smoothly so that they flow together seamlessly.
  8. A style of creating a vibration effect when playing or singing.
  9. Music ranging from the 1600s to around 1750 is generally described as belonging to the baroque era. Examples of baroque composers include Vivaldi, Bach and Handel.
  10. An Italian word referring to a quick and lively tempo. It generally has a very upbeat feel to it.
  11. In music terminology, piano is not referring to the musical instrument but rather the way in which music is played. Piano means that it should be played softly. The word ‘piano’ can a suffix to indicate the degree of softness. Pianissimo (pp) means even softer.

25 Clues: The speed of a piece of music. • A gradual increase in volume of the music. • A piece of music that expresses grief or sorrow. • A male voice positioned in the middle of the choir’s range. • A style of creating a vibration effect when playing or singing. • – Any series of successive notes played ascending or descending. • ...

Music Appreciation 2023-01-10

Music Appreciation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Georg Frederic Handel was a main composer of this era
  2. a major instrument of the Baroque Era
  3. one of the most celebrated artists of the Country & Western genre; Jolene. Jolene!
  4. The Greatest Group of All Time; Shining Star
  5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a main composer of this era
  6. one of the early influencers of the Original Rap genre; These Are The Breaks!
  7. the Ayatollah of Rock & Roll-a; Good Golly Miss Molly!
  8. one of The Greatest Composer/Arrangers of All Time;
  9. moderately loud
  10. this era introduced the lute as a main instrument
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  1. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was a main composer of this era
  2. my favorite composer from the Renaissance era; also known as the Father of Modern Music
  3. soft
  4. not only one of the greatest Jazz trumpeters of all time, but he's from South Carolina!
  5. loud
  6. one of the most prolific composers of the Early 20th Century era
  7. one of the major composers of the Funk genre; member of the group Parliament/Funkadelic
  8. he and Billy Strayhorn created one of the most enduring Jazz standards ever; Take The A Train!
  9. very loud
  10. very soft
  11. moderately soft

21 Clues: soft • loud • very loud • very soft • moderately soft • moderately loud • a major instrument of the Baroque Era • The Greatest Group of All Time; Shining Star • one of The Greatest Composer/Arrangers of All Time; • this era introduced the lute as a main instrument • Georg Frederic Handel was a main composer of this era • the Ayatollah of Rock & Roll-a; Good Golly Miss Molly! • ...

Music concepts 2022-11-14

Music concepts crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A music structure consisting of two forms
  2. High or low
  3. lively and fast
  4. The way the music is structured
  5. The musical from which has three sections
  6. Moderately soft
  7. Walking pace
  8. Major or minor
  9. Moderate speed
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  1. A large group of four families of instruments
  2. The common way in which sound is made
  3. The thicker or thinner a piece is
  4. The family of the clarinet
  5. Fast or slow
  6. Gradually becoming louder
  7. Short or long sounds played in specific patterns
  8. Moderately loud
  9. Very slow
  10. Loud or soft
  11. a quick break between notes
  12. very fast

21 Clues: Very slow • very fast • High or low • Fast or slow • Loud or soft • Walking pace • Major or minor • Moderate speed • Moderately loud • lively and fast • Moderately soft • Gradually becoming louder • The family of the clarinet • a quick break between notes • The way the music is structured • The thicker or thinner a piece is • The common way in which sound is made • ...

Music stuff 2022-11-15

Music stuff crossword puzzle
Across
  1. getting louder
  2. two lines placed at the end of music
  3. drums, timpani, cymbols
  4. 1/4 beats
  5. what is being played and how
  6. what category pp and my go into
  7. gradually becoming softer
  8. trumpet, trombone, tuba
Down
  1. pp
  2. Xavs favourite instrument
  3. 4 beats
  4. two texture
  5. Usain bolt or grandma
  6. violin, viola, gutair
  7. tells us how many beats there are in a bar
  8. the way it’s put together
  9. clarinet, oboe, flute
  10. long or short
  11. woodwind that’s extremely difficult to play
  12. five lines and four spaces

20 Clues: pp • 4 beats • 1/4 beats • two texture • long or short • getting louder • Usain bolt or grandma • violin, viola, gutair • clarinet, oboe, flute • drums, timpani, cymbols • trumpet, trombone, tuba • Xavs favourite instrument • the way it’s put together • gradually becoming softer • five lines and four spaces • what is being played and how • what category pp and my go into • ...

Music Terms 2022-11-01

Music Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. raises the note 1/2 step
  2. slow tempo
  3. play medium loud
  4. play soft
  5. 1/2 beat of sound
  6. 1 beat of sound
  7. play loud
  8. divides staff in to measure
  9. 4 beats of silence
  10. flute, clarinet, sax, oboe, bassoon
  11. medium tempo
  12. gradually get louder
  13. two parts played at the same time
  14. 1 beat of silence
  15. play again
Down
  1. tells you how loud or soft to play
  2. notes that come before the first measure of music
  3. 5 lines and 4 spaces that music is written
  4. 2 beat of silence
  5. 2 beats of sound
  6. tell you how fast or slow to play
  7. staff is divided in to these
  8. 4 beats of sound
  9. tells you how many beats in a measure
  10. 1/2 beat of silence
  11. tells you what notes are flat or sharp
  12. gradually get softer
  13. lowers the note 1/2 step
  14. fast tempo
  15. trumpet, french horn, trombone, baritone, tuba
  16. one person plays
  17. drums, mallets, auxiliary
  18. one group plays

33 Clues: play soft • play loud • slow tempo • fast tempo • play again • medium tempo • 1 beat of sound • one group plays • 2 beats of sound • 4 beats of sound • play medium loud • one person plays • 2 beat of silence • 1/2 beat of sound • 1 beat of silence • 4 beats of silence • 1/2 beat of silence • gradually get softer • gradually get louder • raises the note 1/2 step • lowers the note 1/2 step • ...

Classical Music 2023-01-07

Classical Music crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Xenakis' first piano concerto.
  2. Gustav Heinrich Ernst Martin Wilhelm _______
  3. Wagner was the dedicatee to his 3rd symphony
  4. What happened in Leo Ornstein's airplane?
  5. The American Wolfgang
  6. He was named after St. John of Nepomuk
  7. Georg Friedrich _________
  8. He wrote four pieces for a single note
  9. His 4th piano concerto was in C minor and had 2 movements
  10. Micropolyphony inventor
  11. A danish pharmacist that trained with Liszt
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  1. The Divine Bohemian
  2. A Mozart serenade, a Schoenberg sextet, and a Schubert Lied
  3. Schubert's fish
  4. He shares a name with a famous pianist, and his 2nd symphony shares a name with a famous Chopin etude.
  5. Schnittke composed 5, Shostakovich composed 10
  6. Brahms' final movement of his 4th symphony adapted Bach's _______
  7. Liszt's operatic transcriptions
  8. Composer of the infamous 60 etudes.
  9. Using the wood part of the bow on the strings (3,5)
  10. 555 sonatas

21 Clues: 555 sonatas • Schubert's fish • The Divine Bohemian • The American Wolfgang • Micropolyphony inventor • Georg Friedrich _________ • Xenakis' first piano concerto. • Liszt's operatic transcriptions • Composer of the infamous 60 etudes. • He was named after St. John of Nepomuk • He wrote four pieces for a single note • What happened in Leo Ornstein's airplane? • ...

Music - (UK) 2022-12-18

Music - (UK) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 30 years later still running up a hill
  2. wake him up before he gives it to someone special
  3. rehab is not for everyone
  4. sound out these three letters and you will get the first name of a legendary grime artist
  5. love does not care what they say
  6. sign in a sushi restaurant
  7. impossible physics water+fire
  8. part owner of ipswich united
  9. he fits his boots mere perfectly
  10. when all is falling he will be standing
  11. ready for a night at the opera
Down
  1. got their start playing the cavern club
  2. so good in verdansk he made a tune about it
  3. stay with him at the body shop
  4. he will shutdown events in a tracksuit
  5. home of the songbird
  6. feel that? it's the air
  7. lets get crazy, but on a train
  8. legendary band, legendary magazine
  9. description: Black and Peng

20 Clues: home of the songbird • feel that? it's the air • rehab is not for everyone • sign in a sushi restaurant • description: Black and Peng • part owner of ipswich united • impossible physics water+fire • stay with him at the body shop • lets get crazy, but on a train • ready for a night at the opera • love does not care what they say • he fits his boots mere perfectly • ...

Music Crossword 2022-07-11

Music Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. George Ridgleys Band! (Band 4)
  2. The third in line is a child (Artist 3,6)
  3. The Boss hatched in the USA (Artist 5,10)
  4. Shockingly bright big band (Band 1,1,1)
  5. Franks Red Planet (Artist 5,4)
  6. Jarvis lives like these (Song 6,6)
  7. Is the present time direct or alternating ? (Band 2/2)
  8. Liverpool athletes be very popular ( Band 3,6)
  9. Found on the sand in Cromer ( Band 3,5,4)
  10. Prettier than the North (Band 3,9,5)
  11. Try not to upset it (Band 6,3)
Down
  1. Tony dancing behind bars in Berlin (Band 7,6)
  2. Do you prefer Dons or Madge’s version? (Song 8,3)
  3. Martin and Chris their Bananas this way (Song 6)
  4. Shoots in Yorkshire n’ Lancashire (4,1,4)
  5. HRH likes ladies with a larger behind( Band 5)
  6. The rumour is two female cod sang everywhere. (Band 9,3)
  7. Mick and Kieth still can’t get none (Song 12)
  8. The viler pair annoy JBJ by not using a G ( Song 5,2,1,6)
  9. Metal Spinster (Band 4,6)
  10. Extremley foolish behaviour (Band 7)
  11. Ti ( Song 8)
  12. The first insect ? (Artist 4,3)
  13. Water in the desert (Band 5)

24 Clues: Ti ( Song 8) • Metal Spinster (Band 4,6) • Water in the desert (Band 5) • George Ridgleys Band! (Band 4) • Franks Red Planet (Artist 5,4) • Try not to upset it (Band 6,3) • The first insect ? (Artist 4,3) • Jarvis lives like these (Song 6,6) • Extremley foolish behaviour (Band 7) • Prettier than the North (Band 3,9,5) • Shockingly bright big band (Band 1,1,1) • ...

Music theory 2022-08-25

Music theory crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one note at a time
  2. fast
  3. slow
  4. getting louder
  5. very loud
  6. volume of a song
  7. when notes have greater intervals than two
  8. notes with an interval of 8
  9. 8 notes moving by step in the same direction
Down
  1. very soft
  2. soft
  3. medium soft
  4. walking speed
  5. different notes played a the same time
  6. getting softer
  7. length of a note
  8. medium loud
  9. distance between two notes
  10. notes that move in abc order
  11. speed of a song

20 Clues: soft • fast • slow • very soft • very loud • medium soft • medium loud • walking speed • getting softer • getting louder • speed of a song • length of a note • volume of a song • one note at a time • distance between two notes • notes with an interval of 8 • notes that move in abc order • different notes played a the same time • when notes have greater intervals than two • ...

Eighties Music 2023-09-15

Eighties Music crossword puzzle
Across
  1. '- Dance', 1983 Men Without Hats song (6)
  2. What type of trekkin did The Firm sing about in 1987 (4)
  3. Italian singer who released 'Tarzan Boy' in 1985 (9)
  4. What type of radio did Wall Of Voodoo sing about in 1982? (7)
  5. 'Sweet Little -', 1987 song by Wet Wet Wet (7)
  6. - MC, sang 'Bust A Move' in 1989 (5)
  7. 1987 track from Jamaican duo Sly And Robbie (5)
  8. Where were The Four Tops going loco in 1988? (8)
  9. Released the song 'Owners Of A Lonely Heart' (3)
  10. Stacy Q sang about two of these in 1986? (6)
  11. Which Billy sang 'Tell Her About It?' in 1983 (4)
  12. What were Kajagoogoo in 1983? (3-3)
  13. Kool And The –, released 'Celebration' in 1980 (4)
Down
  1. 1986 Janet Jackson song (5)
  2. Sang 'I Am The Music Man' in 1989 (5-4)
  3. Kylie's 1988 'The Loco-motion' was first recorded by this little lady (3)
  4. 'It's -' , 1987 Run DMC track (6)
  5. '- To Be Square', 1986 Huey Lewis And The News song (3)
  6. Sang 'The Time Warp' from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (6)
  7. 'I Wanna Be A -', 1985 song by Boys Don't Cry (6)
  8. The Sugarhill Gang sang about this delight in 1989 (7)
  9. 1985 Madonna song featured on the Vision Quest movie soundtrack (7)
  10. Village People's 1980 song, 'Can't - the Music' (4)
  11. '- Reaction', 1986 Diana Ross' hit (5)

24 Clues: 1986 Janet Jackson song (5) • 'It's -' , 1987 Run DMC track (6) • What were Kajagoogoo in 1983? (3-3) • - MC, sang 'Bust A Move' in 1989 (5) • '- Reaction', 1986 Diana Ross' hit (5) • Sang 'I Am The Music Man' in 1989 (5-4) • '- Dance', 1983 Men Without Hats song (6) • Stacy Q sang about two of these in 1986? (6) • 'Sweet Little -', 1987 song by Wet Wet Wet (7) • ...