music Crossword Puzzles
Ancient Music 2020-09-04
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- Greeks called the performing arts this. It is also where we get our word melody from.
- In Greece, the high, fortified area of Athens where the Parthenon is.
- What is formed between two notes of music.
- Where the oldest music notation is from
- The oldest surviving complete piece of music.
- The Greek view that is the unification of parts in an orderly whole.
- Three or more different pitches in either ascending or descending order.
- The Ancient Greeks viewed that too much of a certain subject made one weak and irritable.
- One of the oldest flutes
- When metal instruments began to appear
- Notes that are not within the current key of music.
- The Ancient Greek doctrine that said the music you listen to will cause you to imitate the ethos it is modeled after.
- The Greeks believed music could affect this, which is their ethical character.
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- Located in the Fertile Crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates
- Pipe instrument which was important in Ancient Greek Life and music
- The Ancient Greeks viewed that too much of a certain subject made one uncivilized, violent, and ignorant
- Summerian Lyre whose sound box features an animal that had religious significance
- The main way musicians passed on their musical knowledge in the Ancient World
- Larger lyre used in processions and sacred ceremonies as well. Also important in Ancient Greek Life
- Only notes within the key
- Usually has seven strings and strummed with a plectrum or pick. Was also important in Ancient Greek Life
- in ancient Greece, a market and open space used for public meetings.
- relating to the writing system used in parts of the ancient Middle East, which consisted of wedge-shaped characters
- A poem from ancient Mesopotamia, one of the earliest surviving major works of literature.
- The building blocks of all music.
- Notes that sound the same but have different names.
- Surviving Ancient Greek music was in this style of music. It consisted of a single melody line.
27 Clues: One of the oldest flutes • Only notes within the key • The building blocks of all music. • When metal instruments began to appear • Where the oldest music notation is from • What is formed between two notes of music. • The oldest surviving complete piece of music. • Notes that are not within the current key of music. • Notes that sound the same but have different names. • ...
Medieval Music 2021-01-19
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- French composer who wrote in Ars Nova style and composed chansons motets and the first complete setting of the Mass Ordinary
- the quality created by the combination of the different elements in a work of music
- Painting the musical technique of composing music that reflects the literal meaning of a song's lyrics or story elements in programmatic music
- monk whose was among the first to discuss polyphony
- German music theorist who wrote Ars Cantus Mensurabilis
- the structure of a musical composition or performance
- Songs music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing
- a medieval singer or musician especially one who sang or recited lyric or heroic poetry to a musical accompaniment for the nobility
- an existing melody used as the basis for a polyphonic composition
- period of European history for 5th to 15th century
- blind organist and composer was a leading figure in the Italian Trecento style
- the new art
- Italian music form from the 13th century AbbaA
- is in general any lyric-driven French song, usually polyphonic and secular
- 13th century music treatise
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- a form of early polyphony based on an existing plainsong
- nun, philosopher, and composer
- English composer began using the triadic sound of the Renaissance
- the combination of qualities expected of an ideal knight especially courage honor courtesy justice and a readiness to help the weak
- consisting of a single musical line, without accompaniment
- a short musical passage in two or more phrases used for singing unmetrical words, a psalm or canticle sung to such music
- late Medieval form ABaAabAB
- a short piece of sacred choral music typically polyphonic and unaccompanied
- a composition for two voices arranged in unaccompanied polyphony
- in two or more parts each having a melody of its own
- a form of sacred musical composition, is a choral composition that sets the invariable portions of the Eucharistic liturgy to music
- a type of musical scale coupled with a set of characteristic melodic behaviors
- late medieval form ABbaA
- a form of chant that has been given formalized rules credited to Pope Gregory I
- the style of simultaneously combining a number of parts each forming an individual melody and harmonizing with each other
- a book document or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed.
- denoting attitudes activities or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis
- late medieval form AaB
33 Clues: the new art • late medieval form AaB • late medieval form ABbaA • late Medieval form ABaAabAB • 13th century music treatise • nun, philosopher, and composer • Italian music form from the 13th century AbbaA • period of European history for 5th to 15th century • monk whose was among the first to discuss polyphony • in two or more parts each having a melody of its own • ...
Music Quiz 2020-12-09
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- a person who is really nice and sweet to everybody is .......
- if you are very famous and every where you go people are following you. what are those people called?
- most famous music type of Jamaica
- Schubert - Bach - Mozart they are all famous for this type of music
- if something is very shiny for example the sun
- if your voice isn't strong and loud you have a ...... voice
- group of musicians performing together
- if you did something wrong (for example stealing) than you probably have to go infront of the .......
- an instrument that is usuall made from metal and you have to use your mouth to make a sound with
- word in a songtext
- if you are the best in making people happy and laugh then this is your biggest .......
- if you had a busy day and you are tired when you go home you don't have a lot of .......
- e-guitar and drums are usually used in this music genre
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- if you want to reach your peronal goal - for example to win the X-Factor. This means you have an ....
- when you are singing you have to use your .........
- someone who is famous for his/her music and makes a lot of money
- something you eat in the break or between lunch and dinner
- an instrument that has strings and you make music by using your hands
- if you need to study for an exam and repeat the topic
- a type of music or a dance that is famous especially in South America
- if your song is number one in the charts and everybody knows it
- someone who usually works in a club and makes music
- if you put two different styles together you get a .........
- if you like a song and you want to have it on your phone you have to ......... it
- this type of music comes from the word "popular"
25 Clues: word in a songtext • most famous music type of Jamaica • group of musicians performing together • if something is very shiny for example the sun • this type of music comes from the word "popular" • when you are singing you have to use your ......... • someone who usually works in a club and makes music • if you need to study for an exam and repeat the topic • ...
Music terminology 2020-11-23
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- recurring theme or character trait that serves as the structural foundation of a work
- practice of directly quoting another work in a new composition
- without instrumental accompaniment
- musical texture made up of a single unaccompanied melodic line
- method of composition using series of pitches, rhythms, dynamics, timbres or other musical elements
- vocal music composition, usually written for one voice with piano accompaniment
- The Ordinary of the mass employs texts that remain the same for every mass
- musical chord comprising at least three adjacent tones in a scale
- continuous slide upward or downward between two notes
- self-contained piece for solo voice, usually accompanied by orchestra
- initial presentation of the thematic material of a musical composition, movement, or section
- short melodic phrase repeated throughout a composition
- a repeated rhythmic phrase
- expressive and rhythmic freedom by a slight speeding up and then slowing down of the tempo of a piece at the discretion of the soloist or the conductor
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- music that is intended to evoke images or convey the impression of events
- refers to the transformation and restatement of initial material
- type of composition in three sections (exposition, development, and recapitulation) in which two themes or subjects are explored according to set key relationships
- musical technique of composing music that reflects the literal meaning of a song's lyrics
- genre of music in which the rhythms, melodies, or instrumentation are designed to evoke the atmosphere of far-off lands or ancient times
- medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form
- short instrumental refrain
- emphasizes and imitates the rhythms and accents of spoken language
- lacks a tonal center
- non-traditional methods of singing or of playing musical instruments employed to obtain unusual sounds or timbres
- occurs after the movement's development section, and typically presents once more the musical themes from the movement's exposition
25 Clues: lacks a tonal center • short instrumental refrain • a repeated rhythmic phrase • without instrumental accompaniment • medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form • continuous slide upward or downward between two notes • short melodic phrase repeated throughout a composition • practice of directly quoting another work in a new composition • ...
Music Final 2020-12-02
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- a famous melody that appears in all five movements of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique to represent the beloved from the program
- practice of directly quoting another work in a new composition
- vocal music without instrumental accompaniment a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts.
- a musical style employing a single melodic line without accompaniment
- composing music using a series of values assigned to musical elements such as pitch, duration, dynamics, and instrumentation. Arnold Schoenberg’s 12-tone technique is one of the most important examples of this.
- a composition setting a poem to music, generally for one solo voice and piano accompaniment; in German, a Lied
- employs texts that remain the same for every mass
- music a group of adjacent notes played simultaneously, either in an orchestral score or, on the piano, by depressing a whole set of adjacent keys.
- is a glide from one pitch to another
- Homophonic compositions featuring a solo singer over orchestral accompaniment. Very melodic primarily utilized in operas, cantatas, and oratorios.
- first section of a sonata form movement, in which the themes and key areas of the movement are introduced; the section normally modulates from the home key to a different key
- a musical figure repeated persistently at the same pitch throughout a composition
- text set to a melody written in monophonic texture with un-notated rhythms. Typically used in religious worship
- the momentary speeding up or slowing down of the tempo within a melody line, literally “robbing” time from one note to give to another
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- A type of music, usually instrumental in form, that is intended to evoke a scene, communicate an idea, or tell a story
- the middle section of a sonata-form movement in which the themes and key areas introduced in the exposition are developed;
- a form often found in the first and last movements of sonatas, symphonies, and string quartets, consisting of three parts – exposition, development, and recapitulation
- was utilized by Renaissance composers to represent poetic images musically. For example, an ascending melodic line would portray the text “ascension to heaven.” Or a series of rapid notes would represent running.
- genre in which the rhythms, melodies, or instrumentation are designed to evoke the atmosphere of far-off lands or ancient times
- a musical piece for several solo voices set to a short poem. They originated in Italy around 1520. Most were about love.
- repeated unifying sections founds in between the solo sections of a concerto grosso
- An operatic number using speech-like melodies and rhythms, performing using a flexible tempo, to sparse accompaniment, most often provided by the basso continuo. Often performed between arias and have texts that tend to be descriptive and narrating.
- Music that seeks to avoid both the traditional rules of harmony and the use of chords or scales that provide a tonal center
- unconventional technique of playing a musical instrument or of singing
- third and final second of a sonata-form movement, in which the themes of the exposition return, now in the home key of the movement
25 Clues: is a glide from one pitch to another • employs texts that remain the same for every mass • practice of directly quoting another work in a new composition • a musical style employing a single melodic line without accompaniment • unconventional technique of playing a musical instrument or of singing • ...
Music Artists 2021-02-23
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- Tom Holland’s lip sync battle
- Alexis Texas
- the iconic ponytail; started career on Nickelodeon
- Baby baby baby
- 'To All the Boys' iconic song
- country singer turned pop singer
- group formed on X factor
- 22 year old canadian
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- both last and first name start with S
- born on Dec. 2, 1991
- released 3 albums between the ages of 15 and 17
- performed at Super Bowl 55
- 3 brothers form a band
- WoWP; Wolves
- former member of fifth harmony
- former member of one direction
- #selfie
- from Las Vegas, Nevada
- Taylor’s rival
- Ron Weasley look alike
20 Clues: #selfie • WoWP; Wolves • Alexis Texas • Baby baby baby • Taylor’s rival • born on Dec. 2, 1991 • 22 year old canadian • 3 brothers form a band • from Las Vegas, Nevada • Ron Weasley look alike • group formed on X factor • performed at Super Bowl 55 • Tom Holland’s lip sync battle • 'To All the Boys' iconic song • former member of fifth harmony • former member of one direction • ...
YOUR MUSIC 2021-03-01
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- oH SHES SWEET BUT A _____. (AVA MAX)
- WHY YOU ALWAYS IN A ____? (24KGOLDEN)
- 24/7 GOT YOU ON MY ____. (MABEL)
- WERE GUNNA RIRIRIRIRISE TIL WE_____. (JONAS BLUE)
- ALL THE ____ LADIES (BEYONCE)
- ___ ME. FEED ME. LET ME REST. (SOFI TUCKER)
- CAUSE AH AH IM IN THE ____ TONIGHT (bts)
- I LOVE IT WHEN YOU CALL ME _____ (SHAWN MENDEZ)
- YOURE A __. MY LOVE WOULD BE TOO MUCH. (POSTY)
- NO, I DONT WANT NO ____. (TLC)
- WE'RE TAKIN IT, TAKIN IT, WERE TAKIN IT __. PITBULL
- IF ALL OF THE KINGS HAD THEIR ___ ON THE THRONE.
- COME A LITTLE CLOSER CUZ YOUR LOOKING THIRSTY (BLACKPINK)
- BOY YOURE LOOKING LIKE MY ____. (MABEL)
- I GET UP, I GET DOWN. AND IM ___ AROUND (AJR)
- I'M A ____ FOR YOU (JONAS BROS)
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- WITH A PISTOL ON MY HIP LIKE IM A ____. (DABABY)
- SHE GOT THE MMM BROWN EYES, CARAMEL THIGHS (ED SHEERAN).
- hEY____. DONT YOU BE A MEANIE
- TASTES LIKE ___ ON A SUMMER EVENING (HARRY STYLES)
- ITS ____ DOWN ON ME. WATER LIKE MISERY (LADY GAGA)
- FEELING ____ LIKE I SHOULD. (SURFACES)
- GOOD GIRLS GOTTA GET DOWN WITH THE _____.
- I NEED MORE _____. MORE TEXTS CALLS AND EMAILS (MEGAN TRAINOR)
- ____, TIME TO IMPRESS (FIFTH HARMONY)
- BABY WOULD YOU LOVE ME _____? (MAX)
- I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER, THE DAY YOU __ MY LIPS (ANNE MARIE)
- WE DONT NEED NO ___ FLOOR. LET ME SEE YOUR BEST MOVE (JASON DERULO)
- IF YOU WANNA ____ WITH ME. I KNOW A GALAXY AND I CAN TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE (DUA LUPA)
- ____ MY NAME. SAY MY NAME (DESTINYS CHILD)
- EVERYTHING MEANS NOTHING IF I CANT HAVE ___. (SM)
- WHY YOU GOTTA BE SO ____? (MORGAN WALLEN)
- ___ LOVE. DID SOMEBODY DID SOMEBODY BREAK YOUR HEART? (JAWSH 685)
- EVERYBODY WAS __ FIGHTING. THE KICKS WERE FAST AS LIGHTNING
- MY ___ DONT LIE. (SHAKIRA)
35 Clues: MY ___ DONT LIE. (SHAKIRA) • hEY____. DONT YOU BE A MEANIE • ALL THE ____ LADIES (BEYONCE) • NO, I DONT WANT NO ____. (TLC) • I'M A ____ FOR YOU (JONAS BROS) • 24/7 GOT YOU ON MY ____. (MABEL) • BABY WOULD YOU LOVE ME _____? (MAX) • oH SHES SWEET BUT A _____. (AVA MAX) • WHY YOU ALWAYS IN A ____? (24KGOLDEN) • ____, TIME TO IMPRESS (FIFTH HARMONY) • ...
IRISH MUSIC 2016-11-30
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- Mixture of major and minor
- Common melody feature of Irish Music the end of a phrase of a section
- Note/Chord played continuously throughout a piece of music
- 'The _ _ _ _ _ Music of _ _ _ _ _ _ _'
- Provides chordal accompaniment on the uilleann pipes
- Button accordion player
- Pumps the air into the Uilleann Pipes
- Bodhrán, Bones and Spoons player
- Style of music O'Carolan was influenced by
- Woman who provided music lessons for Turlough
- Dance in 4/4 with an upbeat and a dotted rhythm
- Music learned by ear
- Collector from Co. Cork
- Whistle player
- Harp tune written in honour of a patron
- Plays the melody on the Uilleann Pipes
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- Older harper to attend the Belfast Harp Festival 1792
- Notes of the scale are left out
- Composer who influenced Turlough O'Carolan
- Traditional dance in 2/2 or 4/4
- Collector from Armagh
- Fiddle player
- Feature of Sean Nós Singing
- Songs in both English and Irish
- Songs in which the rhythm matches the physical movement
- Flute player
- Uilleann Piper
- Feature of Sean Nós Singing
- Most common type of dance with a time signature of 6/8
- Feature of Sean Nós Singing
- Song about loss
31 Clues: Flute player • Fiddle player • Uilleann Piper • Whistle player • Song about loss • Music learned by ear • Collector from Armagh • Button accordion player • Collector from Co. Cork • Mixture of major and minor • Feature of Sean Nós Singing • Feature of Sean Nós Singing • Feature of Sean Nós Singing • Notes of the scale are left out • Traditional dance in 2/2 or 4/4 • ...
Music Vocab 2017-05-25
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- the main idea or main line of a song
- a small melody that layers and repeats
- a musical symbol having to do with dynamics. It tells you to sing or play softly
- tells you to play or sing loud
- how soft or loud you play or sing
- says if there are any sharps or flats in a song; tells what key the song is in
- a line used to show notes when they are above or below the staff
- the 5 lines where the notes are
- the different pitches on the staff
- the room between 2 notes
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- when you go from a white key, skip a black key, and then go to another white key or vice versa
- musical symbol relating to dynamics that tells you to go from soft to loud
- a whole step between 2 tones
- a half step between 2 tones
- you have a steady beat and another beat where you put the emphasis on the 2nd beat.
- tells you how many beats in a measure and what kind of note gets the beat
- a note that lasts for 4 beats or a whole measure
- the sound or tone of a note
- tells you to repeat a section of a song or the whole song
- a musical symbol that joins together 2 notes to makes it longer
20 Clues: the room between 2 notes • a half step between 2 tones • the sound or tone of a note • 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 • ...
Music Crossword 2018-06-01
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- A smooth, pulsing articulation
- The unit of musical rhythm
- A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists
- Among other things famous for "The four season"(Le quattro stagioni) [just last name]
- Very soft or very quiet
- Very loud
- At a walking pace
- A symbol that indicates to play loud
- The speed of music
- A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo
- At a rapid tempo
- An indication to play a note with particular emphasis
- The distance in pitch between two notes
- With each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others
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- Among other things Famous for "The magic flute" (Die Zauberflöte) [just last name]
- A symbol of musical notation indicating that the note should be prolonged beyond the normal duration its note value would indicate
- Harsh, discordant, and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord
- A decrease in loudness
- The highest vocal line
- A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase
- As fast as possible
- A gradual increase in loudness in a piece of music
- A symbol that indicates to play quiet
- A chord with the notes spread out in time
- Up-tempo
- A piece or performance to be played by a single musician
- A group of singers
27 Clues: Up-tempo • Very loud • At a rapid tempo • At a walking pace • The speed of music • A group of singers • As fast as possible • A decrease in loudness • The highest vocal line • 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 Crossword 2018-05-31
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- Highest adult male voice.
- Clashing musical instruments.
- Last movement of a sonata.
- Lowest adult male voice.
- Love the music.
- Person who steals another musician's work.
- Musical purchase outlets.
- Increase in intensity.
- Musical performance by singers
- Sounded like an elephant.
- Additional.
- Strike a drum.
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- What fido did when he heard high pitched music.
- High in pitch
- Notes forming a melodic unit.
- Percussion instrument played with hammers. Xylophone
- Stack of music sheets.
- Gently and sweetly.
- To have been successful in selling a CD.
- Melodies
- Instrument with a membrane.
- Soloist performance.
- Musical sounds.
- Metal insert of woodwind instruments.
- Encased music ribbon.
25 Clues: Melodies • Additional. • High in pitch • Strike a drum. • Love the music. • Musical sounds. • Gently and sweetly. • Soloist performance. • Encased music ribbon. • Stack of music sheets. • Increase in intensity. • Lowest adult male voice. • Highest adult male voice. • Musical purchase outlets. • Sounded like an elephant. • Last movement of a sonata. • Instrument with a membrane. • ...
Music Crossword 2018-05-31
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- Highest adult male voice.
- Lowest adult male voice.
- Metal insert of woodwind instruments.
- Additional.
- Musical sounds.
- Clashing musical instruments.
- Love the music.
- Melodies
- Strike a drum.
- Notes forming a melodic unit.
- Percussion instrument played with hammers. Xylophone
- High in pitch
- Gently and sweetly.
- Increase in intensity.
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- To have been successful in selling a CD.
- Encased music ribbon.
- Musical performance by singers
- Sounded like an elephant.
- Soloist performance.
- Person who steals another musician's work.
- Stack of music sheets.
- Last movement of a sonata.
- What fido did when he heard high pitched music.
- Musical purchase outlets.
- Instrument with a membrane.
25 Clues: Melodies • Additional. • High in pitch • Strike a drum. • Musical sounds. • Love the music. • Gently and sweetly. • Soloist performance. • Encased music ribbon. • Stack of music sheets. • Increase in intensity. • Lowest adult male voice. • Highest adult male voice. • Sounded like an elephant. • Musical purchase outlets. • Last movement of a sonata. • Instrument with a membrane. • ...
Music Review 2018-09-10
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- Three valves.
- Instruments with long, twisted tubes with a mouthpiece and a flared bell.
- Played together.
- Gradually faster.
- Slow and steady.
- Gradually louder.
- Woodwind instrument with a barrel.
- Moderately soft.
- Instruments with long, hollow tubes with holes and a mouthpiece.
- The study of the past.
- Writing music.
- The speed of music
- Slowing down.
- Short and detached.
- Walking pace.
- Sudden accent.
- Loud.
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- Very loud.
- Moderately.
- Gradually softer.
- Very slow
- Extremely fast.
- Soft.
- The volume of music.
- Fast and lively.
- Moderately loud.
- The device that holds sheet music.
- Woodwind instrument with a neck.
- Very fast.
- Very soft.
- Sound is made by striking or shaking.
- Has a slide.
- The main tune of a song.
- Slow and solemn.
- The lines where notes are written.
35 Clues: Soft. • Loud. • Very slow • Very loud. • Very fast. • Very soft. • Moderately. • Has a slide. • Three valves. • Slowing down. • Walking pace. • Writing music. • Sudden accent. • Extremely fast. • Played together. • Slow and steady. • Fast and lively. • Moderately loud. • Moderately soft. • Slow and solemn. • Gradually softer. • Gradually faster. • Gradually louder. • The speed of music • Short and detached. • ...
Music Theory 2018-11-06
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- kinda loud
- loud
- what happens on and between the beat
- very soft
- gradually get louder
- gradually get softer
- soft
- both clefs
- lowers note half step
- smoothly connects notes of different pitches
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- joins two notes of the same pitch
- very loud
- notes above or below the staff
- kinda soft
- raises note a half step
- G clef
- how many beats per measure and what note gets 1 beat
- order of sharps (major)
- order flats (major)
- F clef
20 Clues: loud • soft • G clef • F clef • very loud • very soft • kinda loud • kinda soft • both clefs • order flats (major) • gradually get louder • gradually get softer • lowers note half step • raises note a half step • order of sharps (major) • notes above or below the staff • joins two notes of the same pitch • what happens on and between the beat • smoothly connects notes of different pitches • ...
Music Vocabulary 2016-11-14
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- The highness or lowness of sound measured in Hz.
- Based on a scale of w/w/h/w/w/w/h steps
- Notes played or sung in one breath
- A style where all parts have the same rhythm
- The beginning of a sound
- Sitting/standing correctly and efficiently
- Two or more vowel sounds blended together
- Singing without accompaniment
- Music that is written for entertainment
- Based on a scale of w/h/w/w/h/w/w steps
- Correct and clear pronunciation of consonants
- Two or more pitches sounding together
- Being in tune with accompaniment or others
- Relative loudness or softness
- Pitches in sequence that form a pattern
- Playing a series of pitches without tonguing
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- The speed at which a regular pulse is repeated
- The system of moving from chord to chord
- The way a sound is started and ended
- Mouth position in brass and woodwinds
- Italian system of pitch and interval ear training
- Moving in half-steps
- How a sound is ended
- The relative brightness or darkness of a sound
- Music that is written for spiritual or religious use
- Moving within a key without changes
- Emphasis on a note, word, or phrase
- Everyone on the same pitch
- How a sound is placed in time
- The division of time into units
30 Clues: Moving in half-steps • How a sound is ended • The beginning of a sound • Everyone on the same pitch • Singing without accompaniment • How a sound is placed in time • Relative loudness or softness • 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 • The way a sound is started and ended • ...
Music crossword 2016-12-21
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- - Tone color, quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
- - Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
- : relative loudness or softness
- - A rhythmic succession of musical tones, a melody for instruments and voices.
- - A melodic or, sometimes a harmonic idea presented in a musical form.
- - Three note chords consisting of a root, third, and fifth.
- : the speed at which a regular pulse is repeated
- - A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three
- - A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer’s own time, and the characters are modeled after every day life.
- : being in tune with accompaniment or others
- : vocal term--where the sound is placed in the head
- : the highness or lowness of sound measured in Hz.
- beginning of a sound
- music - Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.
- meter: Meter that is made up of simple meters 2/4+3/4
- - The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
- : mentally breaking down a rhythm into divisions
- time - Time signature with three beats to the measure.
- : sitting/standing correctly and efficiently
- - Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
- cappella:Singing without accompaniment
- : how a sound is ended
- note - A whole note is equal to 2 half notes, 4 quarter notes, 8 eighth notes, etc.
- - Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.
- : two or more pitches sounding together
- : emphasis on a note, word, or phrase
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- : the system of moving from chord to chord
- - Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
- less - Unmusical, without tone.
- - The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
- : moving within a key without changes
- : playing a series of pitches without tonguing
- - The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
- : notes played or sung in one breath
- : the way a sound is started and ended
- : mouth position in brass and woodwinds
- - Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
- - Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
- : music that is written for spiritual or religious use
- : moving in half-steps
- : pitches in sequence that form a pattern
- -The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.
- : italian system of pitch and interval ear training
- scale - A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
- : one cycle of inspiration/expiration
- - Pertains to tone or tones.
- : feeling where the beat is
- - The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.
- : the division of time into units
- : music that is written for entertainment
- Signature - A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
- : how a sound is placed in time
52 Clues: beginning of a sound • : moving in half-steps • - Pertains to tone or tones. • less - Unmusical, without tone. • : how a sound is ended • : relative loudness or softness • : feeling where the beat is • : the way a sound is started and ended • cappella:Singing without accompaniment • : moving within a key without changes • ...
Music Crossword 2016-12-20
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- a fast, boisterous dance of scandalous repute, characterized by high kicking, which originated in 19th century Paris and was immortalized in Offenbach's opera Orpheus in the Underworld (1858).
- cutting itself loose from the harmonic and rhythmic shackles of the past, free jazz was a radical improvising style of the 1960's.
- a note equal in time value to two quarter notes or fourth eighth notes; in Britain it is called a minim.
- a sequence of two chords that brings a phrase to an end, with an air of wither finality or partial completion.
- an action undertaken by a union of two people
- an instrumental composition of playful or unpredictable nature.
- a musical form in which a tune in imitated by individual parts at regular intervals; known as a round when each part is continuously repeated. In simple examples, such as "London Bridge is Falling Down," the successive voices enter at a same pitch and at the same speed. In more elaborate examples, such as the canons in J.S. Bach's keyboard work known as the Goldberg Variation, the voices may enter at different pitches and present the tune at different speeds or even backwards or upside down (in inversion).
- to organize strategically, with a possible connotation of conniving or conspiracy
- the range of levers pressed by the player on an instrument such as a piano or harpsichord to sound the note; also; generically, an instruments having such a keyboard.
- the position of the lips in wind instrument playing, by which the player controls the sound, especially for brass and the flute.
- a device used to dampen the tone of an instrument, affecting its volume and tone color.
- to be very impressive or pleasing
- an instrumental lament.
- a church song, often choral.
- pessimistic
- a preexisting tune, often familiar, used by medieval and Renaissance composers as the basis of a polyphonic composition in which the other parts are invented.
- a lively American popular dance in duple time.
- the interval between notes two whole tones and a semitone apart is a perfect fourth - for example, C natural to F natural. Reduced by one semitone, it becomes a diminished fourth - C sharp to F natural. increased by one semitone, it becomes an augmented fourth-C natural to f sharp.
- without inbuilt electrical equipment to amplify the sound
- signature the sharps or flats at the beginning of each line of music to indicate the key of the music.
- interval: two notes that sound the same (as played on a modern keyboard instrument) and differ from each other only in name-for instance, A sharp and B flat, or E sharp and F natural.
- to make sounds louder, especially by using electrical equipment
- the target of a stimulus
- originally an improvised decoration of a cadence by a soloist; later a more or less elaborate and written-out passage in a aria or concerto to display performance skills by a singer or an instrumentalist.
- the lowest female voice.
- the combination of sounds of different pitch to form chord, which developed initially from the weaving together of two or more melodic lines; and, within the tonal system, the interrelationship of the major and minor chords based on each of the seven degrees of the scale. Although a sophisticated harmonic sense may be discerned in relatively early music, the modern sense of tonal harmony dates back only to the 17th century.
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- folk music of Trinidad
- an electric guitar with thick strings for playing low "bass" notes
- a tempo marking meaning "energetically".
- in a singing style.
- dynamic marking meaning "loud", indicated by the letter f. May by strengthened to fortissimo (ff).
- a brief measure or pause
- metal: loud, riff-centered rock, fixated on the power and symbolism of the electric guitar.
- speed or rate
- music produced by live performers on electronic instruments; or sound manipulated by electronic means into a recording, which contains a piece of music rather than being a record of performance of a piece.
- a form of disco music, with dominant bass motifs, developed in Detroit in the early 1980's.
- an extra piece played at the end of a recital in response to an audience's enthusiastic reaction to the performance.
- a non-contrapuntal chordal style, in which all the parts move together in the same rhythm or a melody with a chordal accompaniment.
- expressively.
- a slow Cuban dance in duple time.
- a group of performers; also, the term used to describe the quality of playing together with unanimity of attach and balance of tone.
- the rate of vibration that produces a particular pitch. On the piano, the lowest C has a frequency of 32 vibrations per second, the next C has 64 per second, and so on.
- in diatonic harmony, a group of tones that are heard as a compatible combination when sounded together; its opposite is dissonance.
- a high point
- the part played, in Baroque music, by a bass instrument and keyboard. Generally, only the bass line is written out, with the harmonics indicated by means of chord numbers, which the keyboard player fills in and decorates in appropriate style.
- When a note is played on an instrument, along with the fundamental there may often be heard higher pitches, extending in a series up to four octaves above the note. The sounds are known as harmonics, or overtones. In some instruments, such as a bell, they may be heard strongly; in others, they are relatively faint.
- the theoretical and historical study of music.
- on some stringed instruments such as guitar, a metal band on the fingerboard to mark a particular position of the fingers.
- a lively British folk dance in duple or triple time, originally accompanied by a reed instrument of the same name, and which became popular among sailors.
- a lighthearted, improvisational, usually quick instrumental or orchestral piece.
- a vocal work, wither sacred or secular. Some early examples approach operatic style and may have narratives; others, such as Bach's church cantatas, are inventions on chorales. Twentieth-century revivals of the form, most notably by Stravinsky and Webern, have been meditative rather than storytelling.
- another name for rap music.
- a group of instruments, in Renaissance and early Baroque music. A "whole consort" constitutes instruments of one sort (for instance, a consort of viols); a "broken consort" is made up of instruments of different sorts.
- originally a round dance with singing, later a popular song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
54 Clues: pessimistic • a high point • speed or rate • expressively. • in a singing style. • folk music of Trinidad • an instrumental lament. • a brief measure or pause • the target of a stimulus • the lowest female voice. • another name for rap music. • a church song, often choral. • a slow Cuban dance in duple time. • to be very impressive or pleasing • a tempo marking meaning "energetically". • ...
Music Crossword 2017-08-02
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- ‘Heaven's on Fire’
- ‘Sweet Emotion’
- ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
- ‘Livin on a Prayer’
- ‘God Only Knows’
- ‘Space Oddity’
- ‘Let it Be’
- ‘Stairway To Heaven’
- ‘Glory Days’
- ‘Thriller’
- ‘Gimme Shelter’
- ‘Blowin in the Wind’
- ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
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- ‘Sweet Caroline’
- ‘Like a Virgin’
- ‘She’s Long Gone’
- ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’
- ‘R U Mine?’
- ‘Working Class Hero’
- ‘Hotel California’
- ‘Rocket Man’
- ‘It’s Gonna Be Me’
- ‘Comfortably Numb’
- ‘Hound Dog’
- ‘Proud Mary’
- ‘Come Fly With Me’
- ‘Roxanne’
27 Clues: ‘Roxanne’ • ‘Thriller’ • ‘R U Mine?’ • ‘Let it Be’ • ‘Hound Dog’ • ‘Rocket Man’ • ‘Proud Mary’ • ‘Glory Days’ • ‘Space Oddity’ • ‘Like a Virgin’ • ‘Sweet Emotion’ • ‘Gimme Shelter’ • ‘Sweet Caroline’ • ‘God Only Knows’ • ‘She’s Long Gone’ • ‘Heaven's on Fire’ • ‘Hotel California’ • ‘It’s Gonna Be Me’ • ‘Comfortably Numb’ • ‘Come Fly With Me’ • ‘Livin on a Prayer’ • ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ • ‘Working Class Hero’ • ...
Music Terms 2019-01-30
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- A music symbol that represents silence
- Volume of a piece, measure, or section of a piece
- The symbol that indicates lowering a note a half-step
- It comes from the qualities of music and effects how the music sounds
- The pulse
- A group of notes
- The five lines and four spaces upon which music is written to show pitch
- A symbol that connects two notes of the same pitch
- The symbol that indicates repeating a piece, a measure, or a section of a piece
- Speed of a piece, measure, or section of a piece
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- The symbol that indicates how many sharps and flats are in a measure
- A pattern of sounds and silences
- The symbol that shows the end of a piece
- The symbol that indicates raising a note a half-step
- The symbol to indicate repeating from the beginning
- Pick-up beat
- Strong first beat of a measure
- A clef that is also known as the G Clef because it's tail wraps around g
- The musical symbol that indicates how many notes are in a measure and what note gets the beat
- A music symbol that represents sound
20 Clues: The pulse • Pick-up beat • A group of notes • Strong first beat of a measure • A pattern of sounds and silences • A music symbol that represents sound • A music symbol that represents silence • The symbol that shows the end of a piece • Speed of a piece, measure, or section of a piece • Volume of a piece, measure, or section of a piece • ...
Music Terms 2019-01-09
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- Do not tongue
- Gets one beat in 4/4 time
- Cancels a sharp or flat
- Play very softly
- Gradually get louder
- Play medium loud
- Play softly
- Play very loud
- Separate the notes
- Play loud
- Speed
- Tells which sharps or flats to use
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- Medium speed
- Lowers a note one half step
- Gradually get softer
- Walking speed
- Song writer
- Gets 2 beats in 4/4 time
- Fast
- Gets four beats in 4/4 time
- Push hard at the beginning of the note
- Play medium soft
- Gradually slowing
- Raises a note one half step
- signature How many beats in a measure
25 Clues: Fast • Speed • Play loud • Song writer • Play softly • Medium speed • Do not tongue • Walking speed • Play very loud • Play very softly • Play medium soft • Play medium loud • Gradually slowing • Separate the notes • Gradually get softer • Gradually get louder • Cancels a sharp or flat • Gets 2 beats in 4/4 time • Gets one beat in 4/4 time • Lowers a note one half step • Gets four beats in 4/4 time • ...
Music Terms 2019-01-09
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- Lowers a note one half step
- Do not tongue
- Play softly
- Play medium soft
- Song writer
- Play very loud
- Play medium loud
- Medium speed
- Separate the notes
- Gradually get softer
- Gradually get louder
- Cancels a sharp or flat
- Gradually slowing
- Speed
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- Fast
- Gets one beat in 4/4 time
- Play very softly
- Tells which sharps or flats to use
- Gets four beats in 4/4 time
- Walking speed
- signature How many beats in a measure
- Play loud
- Gets 2 beats in 4/4 time
- Push hard at the beginning of the note
- Raises a note one half step
25 Clues: Fast • Speed • Play loud • Play softly • Song writer • Medium speed • Do not tongue • Walking speed • Play very loud • Play very softly • Play medium soft • Play medium loud • Gradually slowing • Separate the notes • Gradually get softer • Gradually get louder • Cancels a sharp or flat • Gets 2 beats in 4/4 time • Gets one beat in 4/4 time • Lowers a note one half step • Gets four beats in 4/4 time • ...
Music Appreciation 2019-01-23
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- ordered flow of music through time
- vibrations; 4 main properties being pitch, timbre, duration, dynamics
- series of notes adding up to recognizable whole
- unstable, in need of resolution
- very fast
- 5th scale degreee
- determines how many notes in a measure and what note = beat
- moving to consonant sound
- Staff two staves, one with treble clef and the other bass bracketed together
- resting place at the end of a phrase
- shifting from one key to another
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- uses all black and white notes in a major scale
- all voice parts are of equal value
- home; involves a key note, chord and scale
- pattern of whole and half steps, 3rd is always lowered
- three part form
- slow
- pleasing, stable sounding
- added lines above or below staff
- how slow or fast the music should be played
- home key, first degree scale
- rhythmic group set off by bar lines
- broken chord
- steady, recurring pulsation
- moderately
25 Clues: slow • very fast • moderately • broken chord • three part form • 5th scale degreee • pleasing, stable sounding • moving to consonant sound • steady, recurring pulsation • home key, first degree scale • unstable, in need of resolution • added lines above or below staff • shifting from one key to another • ordered flow of music through time • all voice parts are of equal value • ...
1980s Music 2021-04-16
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- Ice Ice Baby was based on the baseline of this song
- The Blondie song in American Gigolo
- Tina Turner's biggest hit
- A Michael Jackson song from his thriller album
- This song by Prince is also the name of a movie that came out in 1984
- Journey's number one hit
- The opening track from Tom Petty's debut solo album, Full Moon Fever (1989)
- Song from Pat Benatar used in Pitch Perfect 2
- Olivia Newton-John's song which remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s
- Guns N' Roses'only single to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100
- Song with these lyrics "All the old paintings on the tombs, They do the sand dance don't you know? If they move too quick (oh whey oh)They're falling down like a domino"
- Cyndi Lauper won the mtv video music award for best female video for this song
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- Whitesnake's second biggest hit
- Whitney Houston's 4th number one single
- Van Halen's biggest hit
- George Michaels most famous single
- Dexys Midnight Runners' one hit wonder
- Bonnie Tyler's biggest hit
- "Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past,You must fight just to keep them alive its the_________"
- A one hit wonder by the B-52's
20 Clues: Van Halen's biggest hit • Journey's number one hit • Tina Turner's biggest hit • Bonnie Tyler's biggest hit • A one hit wonder by the B-52's • Whitesnake's second biggest hit • George Michaels most famous single • The Blondie song in American Gigolo • Dexys Midnight Runners' one hit wonder • Whitney Houston's 4th number one single • Song from Pat Benatar used in Pitch Perfect 2 • ...
Music Vocabulary 2021-04-06
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- This tells musicians what collection of notes are correct within a piece of music.
- This is a beat or a note that is stronger than others. It gives emphasis to a song.
- This is 3 or more notes that are played at the same time and support a song.
- Musicians use this formula to write music that sounds good and correct.
- These are the 5 lines that music notes are written on.
- This is a repeated pattern or idea in music that is used throughout a piece.
- This is a group of people who usually play classical music.
- This is a natural note raised by one half step.
- This written music sign tells a musician not to play for a specific amount of time.
- This is the word for singing without any instruments.
- This family of instruments is played with breath and includes flutes.
- This number system can help people play an instrument without reading music.
- This is the word used for a musical sound that gradually gets louder.
- This is the waving quality or a voice or sound.
- This is a combination of sounds that compliment the lead part of a song.
- This family of instruments includes guitars, cellos and violins.
- These notes are often described as sad, dark, or mysterious.
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- This family of instruments includes drums, piano and xylophone.
- This is the person who directs a big group of musicians with a baton.
- This describes when strong notes are placed on the upbeats or “off” beats.
- This is a series of notes that go together and form an intentional pattern.
- This word describes sounds with lower voices.
- This family of instruments is played with the mouth and includes trumpets.
- This number tells how fast a song plays - measured in beats per minute (BPM).
- This is a natural note lowered by one half step.
- This defines how much higher or lower notes are from each other.
- This is the half or double the frequency of a note, which makes the same note, higher or lower.
- This describes when a whole musical piece is shifted up or down.
- This is a series of specific notes that are played separately to outline a chord.
- This tells how a piece of music is counted so musicians can count it. Ex: 4/4
- This word describes a specifically arranged work of written music.
- This word describes sounds with higher voices.
- This is the part of a song that gets stuck in your head. It’s catchy.
- This is the word for a repeated pattern of sounds.
- This collection of notes is often described as happy or energetic.
- This is the specific voice or sound of an instrument.
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 word for singing without any instruments. • ...
Asian music 2021-03-31
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- skeletal melody in Javanese gamelan
- complex interlocking patterns between marwas
- Single-headed frame drum. Skin attached to the wooden body by rattan laces and made taut by wooden pegs inserted between the body and a cane ring located at the bottom end of the body. Held upright in the player's lap and struck with hands.
- Plucked fretless lute with 17-25 metal strings: 4-5 main strings, 1-2 drone strings, 2 chikari strings (special drone strings) and 9-11 sympathetic strings. Played with a plectrum
- Metallophone with 10-14 tuned metal bars suspended over tuned resonator tubes of bamboo or metal in a wooden frame. Played with two padded short wooden mallets
- 5-tone scale in gamelan
- ending section in zapin characterised by loud extended kopak
- Mouth-blown free reed aerophone with vertical pipes and fingerholes.
- metered melodic section in Hindustani music played with rhythmic accompaniment
- Plucked long-necked lute with movable frets and 6-7 playing strings, and 11-15 sympathetic strings. It has a main resonator at the base of the instrument, and 2 bridges (1 for the playing and drone strings, 1 for the sympathetic strings
- term used for the rhythmic cycle in Indian music
- Metallophone with 6-7 bronze bars placed over a wooden resonating frame and played with a wooden hammer.
- Plucked long-necked fretless string instrument with 4 strings played in a continuous cycle. The strings are tuned to sa and pa.
- Double-headed barrel drum played on both sides with fingers and palms of the hands. Wooden frame made of jackfruit wood. Typically played in pairs in Javanese gamelan
- opening section of zapin
- transverse bamboo flute with a blowing hole, 6 finger holes and a mokong covered by a dimo
- term used for the melodic mode in Indian music
- End-blown vertical bamboo flute with either 4 or 5 finger holes, depending on the tuning of the flute (4 for slendro, 5 for pelog). The top end is surrounded by a rattan bamboo ring, leaving a small slit where the player will place his mouth
- 2-string bowed fretless fiddle with a round sound box covered on one end with snakeskin. The bow passes between the 2 playing strings. The instrument is usually held between the knees when played.
- metrical characteristic where there is increased embellishment of the qupai (basic melody) due to the slower tempo
- Highest-pitched Metallophone with 6-7 bronze bars placed over a wooden resonating frame and played with a buffalo horn hammer.
- term used to describe embellishment in Indian music
- A collection of 12-14 kettle gongs suspended in 2 rows over a strings in a wooden frame. Played with a pair of wooden padded beaters.
- Xylophone with 17-21 wooden bars mounted on a wooden frame played with a pair of long flexible padded beaters.
- 4-string pear-shaped fretted wooden lute played with artificial fingernails
- metered melodic section in Carnatic music played with rhythmic accompaniment. Also a song genre in Carnatic music
- Plucked long-necked fretted lute with 24 fixed frets, 4 main playing strings and 3 drone strings tuned to sa, pa and upper sa. A second resonator is attached to the upper part of the neck, beneath the tuning pegs.
- Metallophone with 6-7 tuned metal bars suspended over tuned bamboo resonator tubes in a wooden frame. Played with a mallet with a short handle and thin padded wooden disc.
- a texture where all instruments play the basic melody simultaneously but with idiomatic embellishments
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- end-blown vertical bamboo flute with 5-8 finger holes
- 7-tone scale in gamelan
- Box-shaped, bellows-driven free-reed aerophone that is played by compressing or expanding the bellows while pressing buttons or keys. The melody is played on the right-hand manual while the accompaniment is played on the pre-set chord buttons
- Pair of single-headed drums of different size and shape. The right drum (dayan) is made from wood and tuned to sa while the left low-pitched drum (bayan) is made of metal and usually tuned to pa. The head of each drum has a circle of black paste made from starch and black powder and is held by leather tuning straps over the body of each drum.
- a set of 6 gongs that resemble the bonang, but in a single row put up in a half circle
- Small double-headed hand drum played in zapin. Parchment is stretched tightly over the open sides of the hollowed jackfruit wood cylinder and tied in place with rattan strings. Played by beating in interlocking patterns with others.
- 3-string plucked fretless lute with a long fingerboard and a large resonator covered with snakeskin on the front end. Played by plucking with a plectrum.
- opening section of Carnatic music
- metrical characteristic of Chinese music which features minimal embellishment due to the tempo of the music
- Wooden zither with 11 to 13 pairs of strings strung on each side of the wooden frame. It is played by plucking the strings with the thumbs
- polyphonic............... texture in gamelan characterised by differing melodic density depending on the register of the instrument.
- 2-string bowed spike fiddle which is played while seated, with the spike on the floor.
- Double-headed barrel drum made from a hollowed piece of jackfruit wood. The 2 heads are covered with goatskin and laced to each other with leather straps around the circumference of the drum. The 2 heads are of different diameters, resulting in both bass and treble sounds. It is tuned most often to either sa or pa. The smaller head has a black disk made of rice flour, starch and iron powder.
- 2-string bowed fretless fiddle with a hexagonal sound box covered on one end with snake-skin. The bow is attached between the two playing strings.
- Bowed fretless string instrument carved out of a single block of wood into a box-like shape with 3 hollow chambers. 35-37 sympathetic strings and 3 main playing strings. The main playing strings are played with the nails, and cuticles rather than the fingertips.
- Trapezoidal wooden hammered dulcimer with 144 strings strung in courses over bridges. Played by striking with rubber-tipped flexible bamboo hammers.
- opening section of Hindustani music
- Dance of Portugese origins
- pear-shaped lute with 5 to 8 strings in double courses and a single string, played with a plectrum
- 4-string bowed fiddle. The player plays seated cross-legged on the floor with the scroll resting on his right foot.
- opening section of Javanese gamelan
- Set of pitched hanging knobbed gongs suspended on a wooden rack. Played with a large padded beater.
51 Clues: 7-tone scale in gamelan • 5-tone scale in gamelan • opening section of zapin • Dance of Portugese origins • opening section of Carnatic music • skeletal melody in Javanese gamelan • opening section of Hindustani music • opening section of Javanese gamelan • complex interlocking patterns between marwas • term used for the melodic mode in Indian music • ...
Music concepts 2021-03-29
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- To keep the pulse of a music piece
- Gradually getting faster
- Gradually getting louder
- The thickness or thinness of a sound
- Soft
- Very fast
- A sixteenth note
- Long and short sounds
- Loud
- High and low sounds
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- Moderately soft
- At a moderate pace
- A slow tempo
- A fast and lively pace
- A whole note
- Gradually getting slower
- Moderately loud
- Half a beat
- A half note
- 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 • To keep the pulse of a music piece • The thickness or thinness of a sound • ...
Music Artists 2021-07-07
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- Rockstar, I Fall Apart, Sunflower
- released album about husband's infidelity
- dabbles in music, NBA player
- got lost at sea on a Seadoo
- under her father's conservatorship, last name
- singer of "Fallen Leaves"
- "Racks in the Middle", first name
- Astroworld, last-name
- greatest white rapper of all time
- album was forced upon us years ago
- Lizzy Grant
- Aubrey's favourite artist and influencer
- not allowed in Canada
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- a perfectionist, first name
- performed half-time show of Super-Bowl 2021
- Shawn Corey Carter
- currently dating ASAP Rocky
- dated Selena Gomez
- OVO creator
- a woman crush
- one member is dating a Kardashian
- threw a shoe at Nicki Minaj
- best known for his "emo-rap", "sad!"
- Band name, "Sleeping with _______"
- "...take these broken wings and learn to fly."
25 Clues: OVO creator • Lizzy Grant • a woman crush • Shawn Corey Carter • dated Selena Gomez • Astroworld, last-name • not allowed in Canada • singer of "Fallen Leaves" • a perfectionist, first name • currently dating ASAP Rocky • got lost at sea on a Seadoo • threw a shoe at Nicki Minaj • dabbles in music, NBA player • Rockstar, I Fall Apart, Sunflower • one member is dating a Kardashian • ...
America's music 2021-07-18
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- trumpeter Davis
- long, tall
- Sonny Rollins nickname
- To Be or not To..
- oop-bop
- pejorative term for Appalachian
- calling Captain Marvel
- form of morality
- excess enthusiasm
- law of thermodynamics
- Blues In The .....
- swing royalty
- county of Faulkner
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- Celtics 33
- Louis Armstrong
- blues shouter Big Joe
- old term for groovy
- pot leaving
- hog food
- aka Bismark
- awestruck
- aka John Birks
- take the A .....
- subway fare
- yardbird
- drummer Joe Jones
- kind of music
- pandemic meeting venue
28 Clues: oop-bop • hog food • yardbird • awestruck • Celtics 33 • long, tall • pot leaving • aka Bismark • subway fare • kind of music • swing royalty • aka John Birks • trumpeter Davis • Louis Armstrong • form of morality • take the A ..... • To Be or not To.. • excess enthusiasm • drummer Joe Jones • Blues In The ..... • county of Faulkner • old term for groovy • blues shouter Big Joe • law of thermodynamics • ...
Music Vocab 2024-04-26
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- church music
- musical effect where a note changes pitch subtly and quickly
- flat, sharp, or natural next to a note
- non-church music
- in the style of music in 3/4 time
- tells you how many beats are in each measure
- go back to the original tempo
- played or sung with sudden emphasis
- holding or singing a note until the director tells you to stop
- marching style of music
- very fast and lively tempo
- tells you what key the music is in
- slow tempo
- playing rhythms that accent or emphasize the offbeats
- smooth and connected
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- playing or singing together on the same part
- gradually getting slower
- a series of 8 notes occupying the interval between 2 notes
- slow dance style of music
- continuous slide upward or downward between notes
- very fast tempo
- increasing in tempo
- fast tempo
- singing or playing without piano accompaniment
- moderate walking tempo
25 Clues: fast tempo • slow tempo • church music • very fast tempo • non-church music • increasing in tempo • smooth and connected • moderate walking tempo • marching style of music • gradually getting slower • slow dance style of music • very fast and lively tempo • go back to the original tempo • in the style of music in 3/4 time • tells you what key the music is in • ...
Music Terms! 2024-06-03
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- Loud, then suddenly soft right away abbreviation
- To play with the bow
- Soft
- Gradually getting louder abbreviation
- Volume
- To pluck the string
- Hold the note until the conductor cuts it off
- F Major has ______ Flat
- Notes in order ascending and descending
- Short, sticky bows
- Left hand motion used to produce slight fluctuations in the pitch
- Loud
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- moderately loud abbreviation
- Very soft
- Emphasize the beginning of the note
- Marked, accented bows
- Gradually getting softer abbreviation
- Connecting two or more different notes in one bow
- moderately soft abbreviation
- Strong, heavy accent abbreviation
- Long, smooth bows
- D Major has ______ sharps
- Connecting two of the same notes in one bow
- Very loud
- Gradually slow down abbreviation
25 Clues: Soft • Loud • Volume • Very soft • Very loud • Long, smooth bows • Short, sticky bows • To pluck the string • To play with the bow • Marked, accented bows • F Major has ______ Flat • D Major has ______ sharps • moderately loud abbreviation • moderately soft abbreviation • Gradually slow down abbreviation • Strong, heavy accent abbreviation • Emphasize the beginning of the note • ...
Music Mime 2023-11-13
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- Switching to a new scene.
- A frozen scene that tells a story.
- A movement of part of the body to show an idea or meaning.
- Explain or know the big idea of the conversation.
- Moving specific body parts independently.
- The area where the performance takes place
- Who is the main character?
- Tells a story with movement but no words.
- Pretending to use props that aren't actually there.
- Sounds used to mimic objects or actions.
- To create and perform without having time to prepare.
- Make your expressions bigger than they would naturally be to clearly show how you feel.
- Point of most tension.
- Asking questions that help make things clearer.
- You concentrate on what the speaker is saying.
- How much attention an element draws.
- Have an open mind to new ideas.
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- Finishing up the story.
- The clothing worn by the actors
- The text of the play
- The person who writes the play
- Make funny or serious faces and use your body to show how you feel.
- Beginning of a story.
- Story starts to get interesting.
- The end of a story.
- The person who performs a role in a play
- Uneven stage.
- Copying someone or something.
- Objects used during the play to enhance the setting and story
- The group of people who watch the performance
- To really listen closely to another person.
- Even stage.
- Pretending to touch invisible walls, doors, or other surfaces.
- When there is a break in conversation, paraphrase what the other person said to make sure that you understood.
34 Clues: Even stage. • Uneven stage. • The end of a story. • The text of the play • Beginning of a story. • Point of most tension. • Finishing up the story. • Switching to a new scene. • Who is the main character? • Copying someone or something. • The person who writes the play • The clothing worn by the actors • Have an open mind to new ideas. • Story starts to get interesting. • ...
Music Review 2023-11-14
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- red means one, blue means two
- "___, yakwaabo"
- language of Zaminamina
- the island my candy darling is on
- country of "Greensleeves"
- what's in Idaho, or Greensleeves' heart
- how many eighths in a quarter
- +
- "bil ___"
- o'er beds of ___
- this note gets four beats
- lumberjacks are ______boys
- A ___ zain
- left and right, abbrev.
- the color of her sleeves
- the djembe is one
- color of C boomwhacker
- type of line that restarts counting
- when I say ___ and not before
- country of Zaminamina
- what the boys spend winter a-cuttin' down
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- I say apple, you say ____
- Lady Greensleeves was all my ___
- _____ and response
- this note gets one beat
- what you've broken, other than my heart
- the three notes after "f"
- the first count in a measure, always
- go this way on the staff if a note is lower
- wild mountain ______
- steamboat that visits Quebec
- makes a note 50% longer
- city San Pedro is part of
- this note gets two beats
- what you listen with
- language of Ástrapsen i Anatolí
- start of class activity: ___ now
- Juanita, amiga ____
- go this way on the staff if a note is higher
39 Clues: + • "bil ___" • A ___ zain • "___, yakwaabo" • o'er beds of ___ • the djembe is one • _____ and response • Juanita, amiga ____ • wild mountain ______ • what you listen with • country of Zaminamina • language of Zaminamina • color of C boomwhacker • this note gets one beat • makes a note 50% longer • left and right, abbrev. • this note gets two beats • the color of her sleeves • ...
MUSIC TTS 2024-05-18
Across
- A style of music originating in the Southern United States, characterized by its syncopated rhythms and call-and-response format.
- Italian composer known as "The Red Priest" and for his Baroque masterpieces like "The Four Seasons."
- A genre of American roots music originating from the Appalachian region, characterized by its use of acoustic instruments such as the banjo, fiddle, and mandolin, often played in a fast-paced, virtuosic style.
- British composer who composed "The Dream of Gerontius"
- A musical composition for one or more instruments, typically in several movements, often showcasing contrasting themes and moods within a structured framework.
- Referring to a period in music history spanning roughly from the mid-18th to early 19th centuries, characterized by composers like Mozart, Haydn, and early Beethoven.
- One of the most celebrated composers in history, known for his groundbreaking compositions despite experiencing deafness later in life.
- Music was related to the worship of this god, also a former teacher's surname
- Hungarian composer who composed Hungarian folk music
- Composition method developed by Arnold Schoenberg
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- A German composer of the romantic period who composed "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
- A German composer who composed "Twilight of the Gods"
- A French composer who once taught Tchikovsky's patron
- Spanish orchestrator
- Composer known as Picasso of the music world
- Composer of Norwegian-style music and "In the Halls of the Giants"
- Russian composer who was a pivotal figure in the transition from the Classical to Romantic eras, known for works like "Symphony No. 9."
- A group of Russians who aimed to carry forward Russian music
- A period in music history known for its ornate and elaborately styled compositions, spanning roughly from 1600 to 1750.
- Soviet composer who composed "Symphony No.7" during WW2
20 Clues: Spanish orchestrator • Composer known as Picasso of the music world • Composition method developed by Arnold Schoenberg • Hungarian composer who composed Hungarian folk music • A German composer who composed "Twilight of the Gods" • A French composer who once taught Tchikovsky's patron • British composer who composed "The Dream of Gerontius" • ...
Music Vocabulary 2024-02-22
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- A medium loud volume
- A fast tempo
- Get gradually softer
- A medium tempo
- Get gradually louder
- A slower walking tempo
- Two or more notes played at the same time
- The speed of the music
- Tells you how many beats per measure
- a curved line connecting two or more different notes
- Section of music separated by a bar line
- Emphasize a note
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- Sharps or flats at the beginning of the music
- A musical Ladder
- The person who wrote a piece of music
- Treble or Bass
- A broken chord
- The distance between a low and high note with the same letter name
- A soft volume
- A sharp, flat, or natural not in the key singature
- 5 lines and 4 spaces
- The volume of the music
- one or more notes before the first measure
- A loud volume
- a curved line connecting two of the same note
25 Clues: A fast tempo • A soft volume • A loud volume • Treble or Bass • A broken chord • A medium tempo • A musical Ladder • Emphasize a note • A medium loud volume • Get gradually softer • Get gradually louder • 5 lines and 4 spaces • A slower walking tempo • The speed of the music • The volume of the music • Tells you how many beats per measure • The person who wrote a piece of music • ...
Music Crossword 2024-02-16
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- Fleetwood Mac's vocalist
- Annual music festival in Chicago
- The Miseducation of ___
- Highest grossing world tour of all time
- Black Sabbath’s vocalist
- Drake’s “IDGAF” feat ___
- Feminist punk music movement from the 90’s
- Rapper whose name is Aubrey
- “I got my driver’s license last week”
- The French Exit
- Performed during Super Bowl’s 2023 halftime
- Led ___
- Brazilian genre of Samba and Jazz combined
- 32x Grammy winner
- Poker Face
- 5 member UK boyband
- Something in the Orange
- Boys Don't Cry
- Band from Liverpool
- “Will the real ___ please stand up”
- “Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong”
- “I look just like Buddy ___”
- All I Want for Christmas
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- Hit song adapted from John Cooper Clarke’s poem
- “Vienna waits for you”
- 9 to 5
- Nirvana’s vocalist
- Capital of Country music
- Rock band, same name as magazine
- Author of The Rose That Grew From Concrete
- Lana del Rey and Father John Misty’s song
- King of Pop
- Beyonce’s world tour
- Gangsta’s ___
- Rolling in the Deep
- Pablo Honey
- ____’s Version
- My Love Mine All Mine
38 Clues: 9 to 5 • Led ___ • Poker Face • King of Pop • Pablo Honey • Gangsta’s ___ • Boys Don't Cry • ____’s Version • The French Exit • 32x Grammy winner • Nirvana’s vocalist • Rolling in the Deep • 5 member UK boyband • Band from Liverpool • Beyonce’s world tour • My Love Mine All Mine • “Vienna waits for you” • The Miseducation of ___ • Something in the Orange • Fleetwood Mac's vocalist • Black Sabbath’s vocalist • ...
Music artists 2024-02-21
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- This artist created the soundtrack for the game "Doom".
- a band from the 90's that addresses harassment, addiction, and the exploitation of celebrities and religious figures.
- A very popular German artist who shares the name of a German city.
- a band that sings about many different historical events in an effort to honor those who lost their lives fighting.
- This famous band created the song, "ever long".
- This band was said to pave the way for rock genres everywhere to be accepted, their most popular song is "Tom Sawyer".
- A religious band that sings about Christianity.
- "Maybe I wasn't there." is a quote from this modern artist.
- a very theatrical artist who is also featured in the band "White Zombie".
- These two are a duo who sing about the abuse the citizens of Russia undergo.
- the band that created the song, "creep" a widely popular song.
- Their newest album is titled "The gray chapter".
- this artist's most popular song, "numb" is described as very emotionally in depth.
- Someone you can't touch.
- this artist has an album with two iconic blue and pink figures.
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- this band is known for its eerie and provocative music style, its named after a blood type.
- this artist created a well known song called, "little dark age".
- a band with a distinct music style, they made the song "burning pile".
- a band that touches on the subject of the Armenian genocide.
- this band is known for experimenting with many different sounds and has been around for quite the while.
- Made the song "Got the Life" which caused a riot at one of their concerts.
- a popular song artist in this age who's most popular song is "My love is mine all mine".
- This artist created the album, "crybaby" which takes a child-like perspective to household and school bound abuse.
- this band's earliest album titled, "The second stage turbine blade" was released in 2002.
- Mrs. Kuhns Favorite band.
25 Clues: Someone you can't touch. • Mrs. Kuhns Favorite band. • This famous band created the song, "ever long". • A religious band that sings about Christianity. • Their newest album is titled "The gray chapter". • This artist created the soundtrack for the game "Doom". • "Maybe I wasn't there." is a quote from this modern artist. • ...
Pop music 2024-07-02
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- ___ On The Dance Floor (song)
- george and john played guitar
- dad's new song Let's ____
- they sang Hotel California (The ___)
- houdini singer(2 words)
- you don't like this color but she's a great singer
- vampire singer (last name)
- love is like this object (1 word)
- singer who did The Walker at Wolf Trap
- ____ At The Disco (band)
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- Gwen Stefani's band (2 words)
- bohemian band with Freddie Mercury
- most atrocious 80s singer (last name)
- Take On __ by Aha
- sabrina carpenter's coffee song
- yellow craft for navigating underwater
- We Built This City On Sausage ____
- Shot To The Heart band (2 words)
- Travis Kelce's girlfriend who is speedy (last name)
- 3 brothers who we saw in concert
- Who? (2 words)
21 Clues: Who? (2 words) • Take On __ by Aha • houdini singer(2 words) • ____ At The Disco (band) • dad's new song Let's ____ • vampire singer (last name) • Gwen Stefani's band (2 words) • ___ On The Dance Floor (song) • george and john played guitar • sabrina carpenter's coffee song • Shot To The Heart band (2 words) • 3 brothers who we saw in concert • love is like this object (1 word) • ...
M12 MUSIC 2024-07-13
Music Vocabulary 2024-08-25
Across
- Moving your body to music
- How the words are spoken/sung in a song.
- The words or text of a song
- An instrument you hum through to play
- Plays on the radio.
- Two people singing/playing together
- Supports the melody.
- A type of note that gets half a beat
- Instrument that has keys.
- One person singing/playing alone
- An instrument that is played by hitting the floor
- The person who waves their arms in front of a group of singers/instrumentalists
- A large production on a stage that has singing, dancing, costumes, lights, and an orchestra
- Three or more notes played at the same time
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- Steady _____. (Fill in the blank)
- The part of the song you remember the most. It's usually very catchy.
- A type of note that gets one beat
- A group of singers
- The speed of a song. i.e. fast or slow
- The volume of a section of music i.e. loud, soft
- The highest part sung in a choir.
- A sound you make with your hands
- Silence in music
23 Clues: Silence in music • A group of singers • Plays on the radio. • Supports the melody. • Moving your body to music • Instrument that has keys. • The words or text of a song • One person singing/playing alone • A sound you make with your hands • Steady _____. (Fill in the blank) • A type of note that gets one beat • The highest part sung in a choir. • Two people singing/playing together • ...
Music Crossword 2023-01-31
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- That's alright mamma, Such a night, A little less conversation, Suspicious minds
- The Longest Time, We didn't start the fire, Piano man
- Coal Miners Daughter, Honytonk Girl
- Thunderstruck, Back in Black
- Walk this way, I don't wanna miss a thing
- Beat it, Thriller, Smooth Criminal, Bad
- Fly me to the moon, That's life, I won't dance
- Help, Yellow Submarine, Eleanor Rigby
- I wanna dance with somebody, I will always love you
- Neon Moon, Brand New Man, Boot Scootin Boogie, Red dirt road
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- Sweet Caroline
- Fancy, The night the lights went out in Georgia
- Raspberry Beret, Purple Rain
- Hello, All night long, Dancing on the ceiling
- Saturday Night Fever, Stayin Alive
- The Gambler, Lady
- I want it that way
- Dixieland Delight, Mountain Music, Song of the South
- Don't Stop Believing
- Another one bites the dust, Bohemian Rhapsody, We will rock you
20 Clues: Sweet Caroline • The Gambler, Lady • I want it that way • Don't Stop Believing • Raspberry Beret, Purple Rain • Thunderstruck, Back in Black • Saturday Night Fever, Stayin Alive • Coal Miners Daughter, Honytonk Girl • Help, Yellow Submarine, Eleanor Rigby • Beat it, Thriller, Smooth Criminal, Bad • Walk this way, I don't wanna miss a thing • ...
Music crossword 2023-02-24
Across
- - succession of pitches in rhythm
- - a singing voice between baritone and alto
- - position of a single sound in the complete range of sound
- - General term used to describe a deeper manly voice
- - highest female voice type
- - the speed at which a piece of music should be played
- - three or more single pitches heard simultaneously
- - general term used to describe a lower female voice
- - musical term that means ‘soft’
- - how quietly or loudly a piece of music should be played
- - Using your voice to construct music
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- - gradual increase especially in the loudness of music
- - musical composition consisting of the singing of melody with vowel sounds
- - gradual decrease in the volume of music
- - musical term that means 'loud'.
- - an interval of time that a player is not sounding a note on their instrument
- Structure - The arrangement and order of the parts or sections of the music
- - the music should be played cheerfully
- - any song whose vocals are the main focal point of the track.
- - the sound of two or more notes heard simultaneously
- - placement of sounds in time
- - any tone with characteristics such as controlled pitch and timbre
- - momentary emphasis on a particular rhythmic or melodic detail
- - vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.
24 Clues: - highest female voice type • - placement of sounds in time • - musical term that means ‘soft’ • - musical term that means 'loud'. • - succession of pitches in rhythm • - Using your voice to construct music • - the music should be played cheerfully • - gradual decrease in the volume of music • - a singing voice between baritone and alto • ...
Music #1 2023-02-16
Across
- He created four seasons
- E.g. Avril Lavigne, Bryan Adams, The Weeknd
- The Way You Make Me Feel producer
- Ri says shut up and do this
- First name of late rapper DMX
- ________ Value, Timbaland album
- Kanye and Coldplay tune
- Singer who famously slept on Jamie Foxx's couch pre-fame
- Jason of country music
- Instrument Lizzo plays
- People behind Baby Shark
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- E.g. Rascal Flatts, Destiny's Child, Blink 182
- Singer formerly of The SteelDrivers
- 'Popular' and 'Defying Gravity'
- Duffy's home country
- One of McCartney's other bands
- When You __________, from The Prince of Egypt
- Musical symbol
- Criss of Glee fame
- Nickelback comeback song in 2005
- Woodwind instrument
- Song of the Year at the 2001 Grammys by a certain piano woman
- 'Dance with me under the diamonds, see me like breath in the cold' by a certain YouTube success story
- First name of Limp Bizkit frontman
24 Clues: Musical symbol • Criss of Glee fame • Woodwind instrument • Duffy's home country • Jason of country music • Instrument Lizzo plays • He created four seasons • Kanye and Coldplay tune • People behind Baby Shark • 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 #2 2023-02-17
Across
- Dua Lipa's parents are from...
- Bieber + Mendes collab
- Mac Miller studio album released posthumously
- Derulo's singing ex
- Jason Mraz has his own farm growing these
- McFly member who was almost Busted's 4th member
- Gaga + Ronson award-winning movie hit
- The best-known member of Blink
- It gave Gavin DeGraw his big break
- Brains behind Halo, Rumour Has It, and What A Man Gotta Do
- a British band, or another word for rubbish
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- Mumford & Sons 2012 Grammy-winning album
- Hozier's nationality
- e.g. Penate, Johnson, Antonoff
- Pink's Just Give Me A Reason collaborator
- 'There's gotta be more to life' singer
- Actor Miller, who starred in Mariah's We Belong Together video
- She's had 18 number ones
- Starr of Save The Last Dance
- Guitar pedal that sounds like a baby's cry...
- Air hostess, nude bodysuit, red wig, caped superhero
- Collab partners include Christina, Tim, and Justin
- Band made up of Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, and Dave Haywood
- This singer's estate sued Sheeran for Thinking Out Loud
24 Clues: Derulo's singing ex • Hozier's nationality • Bieber + Mendes collab • She's had 18 number ones • Starr of Save The Last Dance • Dua Lipa's parents are from... • e.g. Penate, Johnson, Antonoff • The best-known member of Blink • It gave Gavin DeGraw his big break • Gaga + Ronson award-winning movie hit • 'There's gotta be more to life' singer • ...
World Music 2023-05-18
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- the name of the Japanese drumming ensemble with massive drums
- the oldest of Japan's music traditions
- an African finger piano
- organization of a variety of beats
- the Roaring 20s were known for what type of music
- a Maori stick game
- an instrument whose sound is created by scraping, striking, or shaking the instrument
- the largest country in South America
- humanly organized sound
- Mr. Price's middle name
- the mountains where Bluegrass originated
- what the Latin word "argentum" means
- the name of the shaker instrument in Kpanlogo
- an instrument whose sound is created by striking a stretched membrane over a surface
- a music genre based in Korea that markets to world-wide fans and distributes music digitally
- an instrument whose sound is created electronically
- the official language of Argentina
- the initials for where Hip-Hop originated
- an instrument whose sound is created using strings
- the Indian Hollywood
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- when two or more notes are played together to create a pleasing sound
- the name of the bell instrument used in Kpanlogo
- the characteristic sound of a specific instrument
- the official language of Brazil
- the name of the percussion ensemble using gongs and metal instruments
- loud or soft
- a series of notes connected together to express one idea
- the first name of the Father of Bluegrass
- where Carnival takes place
- a Japanese dramatic form specializing in dancing and singing
- a continent with 54 countries
- the official language of Mexico
- deriving from a native land with a unique culture of dance, music, and history
- all of the elements of music combined
- the name of the support drum in Kpanlogo
- an instrument whose sound is created using air
- the name of the Master Drum in Kpanglogo
- speed or pace of the music
- Buddhist ritual music
39 Clues: loud or soft • a Maori stick game • the Indian Hollywood • Buddhist ritual music • an African finger piano • humanly organized sound • Mr. Price's middle name • where Carnival takes place • speed or pace of the music • a continent with 54 countries • the official language of Brazil • the official language of Mexico • organization of a variety of beats • ...
Classical Music 2023-05-17
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- Considered as Ravel's most complete work, tells of a story of two lovers searching for each other.
- The composer of a multi-movement suite, "Pictures at an Exhibition"
- Gershwin's new idea for combining jazz and orchestral music was first (and best) demonstrated in this piece.
- The tomb of this person was an inspiration for Ravel's multi-movement suite for piano, later orchestrated for an orchestra.
- Also known as "Heroic", it is the nickname for the famous Beethoven's Third Symphony.
- The Bringer of War, the first movement of Holst's Planets Suite.
- The Bringer of Peace, the second movement of Holst's Planets Suite.
- The number of piano concertos that Mozart wrote plus the number of piano concertos that Rachmaninoff wrote.
- Also known as symphonic fairy tale for children, the orchestra, along with the narrator, illustrates and tells a children's story. Composed by Prokofiev.
- The standard number of movements in a classical piece.
- The Bringer of Jollity, the fourth movement of Holst's Planets Suite.
- The nickname for Mahler's grave sixth symphony.
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- The nickname for Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto and is widely regarded as his best piano work.
- A monumental work in the band repertoire, best known for its use of low reeds. Composed by Grainger.
- The nickname for Mendelssohn's Third Symphony, best known for its blazingly brilliant second movement.
- The most well known piano piece written by Beethoven to his love.
- An orchestral composition by Debussy, known for its use of symbolism and impressionism.
- The nickname for Dvorak's Ninth Symphony, best known for its dramatic finale.
- The number of Symphonies Beethoven wrote.
- A multi-movement ballet suite, widely regarded as Stravinsky's best composition, at the time of the premiere.
- Stravinsky's monumental work, caused a riot during the premiere of this piece.
- The number of movements of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony (also known as the eighth).
- The nickname for Beethoven's symphony that he wrote when he was losing his hearing and vision.
23 Clues: The number of Symphonies Beethoven wrote. • The nickname for Mahler's grave sixth symphony. • The standard number of movements in a classical piece. • The Bringer of War, the first movement of Holst's Planets Suite. • The most well known piano piece written by Beethoven to his love. • The composer of a multi-movement suite, "Pictures at an Exhibition" • ...
Music History 2023-05-22
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- This composer could play anything after one hearing
- Instruments were used for this during the Renaissance.
- This era means "extravagance".
- The term used to describe a family of instruments.
- A 4 movement piece used predominantly in the Classical Era
- A 7 part piece performed in the Catholic Church.
- The term used to describe a composer writing for a specific person.
- A song sung in an Opera to portray a character's emotions
- This era means "rebirth".
- This composer was a master of the Organ.
- This composer bridged the Classical and Romantic
- The term used to signify the emotions for a particular piece.
- A sacred piece performed in the Renaissance Era.
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- This invention moved music forward in the Renaissance
- This major instrument was invented in the Classical
- This piano player composed Nocturnes in the Romantic Era
- The music of the Medieval Period
- This era had an emphasis on emotions.
- This era saw most of the modern instruments invented.
- Invented during the Baroque, but popular during the Classical Era
- This composer wrote the "Messiah".
21 Clues: This era means "rebirth". • This era means "extravagance". • The music of the Medieval Period • This composer wrote the "Messiah". • This era had an emphasis on emotions. • This composer was a master of the Organ. • A 7 part piece performed in the Catholic Church. • This composer bridged the Classical and Romantic • A sacred piece performed in the Renaissance Era. • ...
4 Music 2023-05-26
27 Clues: duuri • molli • sointu • säestys • kaiutin • roudari • sovitus • säestää • kertosäe • rytmikäs • sävellys • melodinen • orkesteri • säveltäjä • vahvistin • sävellaji • akustinen • sävelkuuro • äänen särö • nuottiavain • alavireinen • taustalaulaja • musikaalisuus • lukea nuotteja • kapellimestari • tapahtumapaikka • elokuvan musiikki
1960s Music 2023-08-22
Across
- - Famous music festival
- - Rock band with a "Stairway to Heaven"
- - "Twist" singer Checker
- - Folk singer Bob
- - Queen of Soul
- - Eastern instrument used by George Harrison
- - TV band
- - King of Rock and Roll
- - Diana Ross' group
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- - Mind-altering genre
- - Detroit-based music label
- - "Man in Black" musician
- - R&B subgenre
- - Blues-rock singer Janis
- - Guitar legend Jimi
- - Eric Clapton's band
- - Dance genre
- - Iconic British band
- - Part of a folk trio
- - Beach-themed music
20 Clues: - TV band • - Dance genre • - R&B subgenre • - Queen of Soul • - Folk singer Bob • - Diana Ross' group • - Guitar legend Jimi • - Beach-themed music • - Mind-altering genre • - Eric Clapton's band • - Iconic British band • - Part of a folk trio • - Famous music festival • - King of Rock and Roll • - "Twist" singer Checker • - "Man in Black" musician • - Blues-rock singer Janis • ...
Music 1 2021-10-25
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- The Rapper on MENULOG.
- A stringed instrument smaller than a double bass.
- A brass instrument with a slide.
- A long necked modern Greek instrument.
- The Queen of Soul.
- Meaning loud.
- A form of theatre where dramatic roles are sung.
- A famous Australian trumpeter. James.
- A musical sign showing the absence of sound.
- Composed THE FOUR SEASONS.
- A person who plays a clarinet.
- A 19th century Indian instrument similar to a sitar.
- Composed The Planets.
- A one beat note.
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- An instrument consisting of bells or metal bars.
- I am a 6 stringed acoustic instrument.
- A percussion instrument.
- A small trumpet.
- A triangular shaped Russian stringed instrument.
- The Father of Rock and Roll.
- _ _ _ _ _ Cyrus.
- An ancient stringed instrument similar to a guitar.
- These can be paper money as well.
- To play softly.
- The Queen of Latin music.
- A traditional Korean instrument with 2 strings and played with a bow.
- A famous Austrian composer born 27.1.1756.
- A half size flute.
- A two beat note.
- A traditional Lebanese instrument consisting of 2 short bamboo pipes with reed tips.
- A 92 stringed Persian instrument.
- Famous for his Waltzes born 1804.
32 Clues: Meaning loud. • To play softly. • A small trumpet. • _ _ _ _ _ Cyrus. • A two beat note. • A one beat note. • The Queen of Soul. • A half size flute. • Composed The Planets. • The Rapper on MENULOG. • A percussion instrument. • The Queen of Latin music. • Composed THE FOUR SEASONS. • The Father of Rock and Roll. • A person who plays a clarinet. • A brass instrument with a slide. • ...
Folk Music 2021-12-13
Across
- actor and singer
- a father and son team of musicologists from the Library of Congress
- group that made the song "Tom Dooley"
- the queen of folk
- welsh poet idolized by Bob Dylan
- Greenwich Village was located in
- an informal gathering with folk music and dancing
- Dylan's fifth and most important album
- Woody Guthrie's memoir
- formed the Weavers and Almanac Singers
- Bob Dylan formed a rock & roll combo called
- Bob Dylan was originally from
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- Dylan performed his new electric material with the
- Bob Dylan's mother
- Bob Dylan's father
- Bob Dylan's original name
- wrote the song "This Land is Your Land"
- folk music of Trinidad
- the first folk festival was held in
- wrote Peter, Paul, and Mary's song "Leaving on a Jet Plane"
20 Clues: actor and singer • the queen of folk • Bob Dylan's mother • Bob Dylan's father • folk music of Trinidad • Woody Guthrie's memoir • Bob Dylan's original name • Bob Dylan was originally from • welsh poet idolized by Bob Dylan • Greenwich Village was located in • the first folk festival was held in • group that made the song "Tom Dooley" • Dylan's fifth and most important album • ...
Folk Music 2021-12-07
Across
- In 1966, the Lovin Spoonful was based in
- Positively 4th street is constructedin what form
- The kingsme, Cannibal and the Headhunters, and the Mysterians could all be categorized as
- Who was the lead vocalist of the Four Seasons, know for his falsetto signing
- Like many folk rock groups, the Mamas and the Papas migrated from New York to
- What was Simon and Garfunkel first major hit song
- Bob Dylan generated controversy at the Newport Folk Festivalin 1965 when he played
- In December of 1964 Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys
- Who performed most of the music for the Byrds' recording of Mr Tambourine Man
- SimonArtGarfunkel Tom and Jerry was an early name used by
- Who sang with Woody Guthrie in the Almanac singers
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- Persecuted by the FBI
- Pop music aimed at young teens was sometimes called
- Whose recording of "Mr Tambourine Man hit the top of both the US and the Uk charts in 1965
- Actor and singer
- At wich festival did Bob Dylan first "plug in"
- The queen of Folk
- The Monkees were crreated by
- Dylan's early lyrics addresed social injustice, and were modeled on those of his idol
- who signs roll on Columbia
- Whose version of Louie Louie was investaged by the FCC for profanity
- Where was Bob Dylan orginnaly from
22 Clues: Actor and singer • The queen of Folk • Persecuted by the FBI • who signs roll on Columbia • The Monkees were crreated by • Where was Bob Dylan orginnaly from • In 1966, the Lovin Spoonful was based in • At wich festival did Bob Dylan first "plug in" • Positively 4th street is constructedin what form • What was Simon and Garfunkel first major hit song • ...
MUSIC CROSSWORD 2021-04-30
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- Tennessee city that is the Country Musical Capital of the World
- This type of music originated in the 1970s when Sugarhill Gang looped a jazz beat.
- Rap is poetic rhyming set to a heavy ___ beat.
- the Queen of Country Music (2 words)
- the British band viewed on The Ed Sullivan Show by a record 73 million people
- briefly known as Makaveli, the best-selling music artist of all time, 75 million records worldwide (2 words)
- the King of Country Music (2 words)
- type of music that pulled from rhythm and blues, jazz, country, classical and gospel
- Kentucky is the home of this type of music.
- first rapper and hip hop DJ (2 words)
- Rap dates back to West African ___ ___. (2 words)
- combined elements of African-American gospel music, rhythm and blues and jazz; influential in the Civil Rights Era
- U.S. DJ that coined the term "rock and roll"
- the Queen of Soul (2 words)
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- Some Negro spirituals may contain instructions on how to escape this.
- form of singing used in the fields of plantations that allowed the slaves to complain (2 words)
- King of Rock and Roll who brought this music to the mainstream
- the instrument at the center of rock music
- a form of vocal percussion
- the King of Pop
- a Czech form of music and dance, means "a Polish lady" (most likely Anna Slezakova)
- originated during the Harlem Renaissance
- West African singer who served as a historian and teacher
- a musical genre with the cardinal trait of a syncopated or "ragged" rhythm
- a smooth ballroom dance performed in triple time (1-2-3)
- a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements: MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching, break dancing, and graffiti writing (2 words)
- where rock and roll originated
- Country music has its roots in this traditional Scot/Irish/British music.
28 Clues: the King of Pop • a form of vocal percussion • the Queen of Soul (2 words) • where rock and roll originated • the King of Country Music (2 words) • the Queen of Country Music (2 words) • first rapper and hip hop DJ (2 words) • originated during the Harlem Renaissance • the instrument at the center of rock music • Kentucky is the home of this type of music. • ...
Music Vocab 2021-04-29
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- a symbol that tells you to repeat part of the music
- the family of instruments that has reeds and use wind over a mouthpiece
- a note that has two sounds to one beat
- speed of the music
- a note that has one sound for two beats
- the steady pulse of the music
- a sign written at the beginning of music to indicate higher pitches
- a section of a song that repeats using the SAME melody and SAME words
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- a note that has one sound and one beat
- the space between barlines
- the family of instruments that can be played by striking, shaking, or scraping
- a section of the song that repeats using the same melody but different words
- how loud or quiet the music is (FF,F,mf mp, p, pp)
- a pattern of pitches that move up, down, or stay the same
- the long and short sounds in music the way the words go
- how high or low a sound is
- a note that has one sound for four beats
- a sign that marks the end of the music
- the five lines and four spaces where music is written
- a line that marks the end of the measure
- the family of instruments that have a wooden body and are played by plucking or bowing
- the family of metal instruments that has tubing and buzzes into a mouthpiece
22 Clues: speed of the music • the space between barlines • how high or low a sound is • the steady pulse of the music • a note that has one sound and one beat • a sign that marks the end of the music • a note that has two sounds to one beat • a note that has one sound for two beats • a note that has one sound for four beats • a line that marks the end of the measure • ...
music artists 2021-05-13
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- beauty behind the madness
- it was divine
- broke with expensive taste
- endless
- you're dead to her
- neon guts
- new n3on
- "all girls are the same"
- thriller
- beyonce's sister
- wrap like saran
- 90210
- you cannot say pop & forget the ____
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- he knows
- barbie dreams
- by himself cause these people yes men
- bye polar
- is the loneliest man alive
- is a single lady
- #freebritney
- has ocean eyes
- babushka boi
- beauty and a beat
- best he's ever had
- moooooo!
25 Clues: 90210 • endless • he knows • new n3on • moooooo! • thriller • bye polar • neon guts • #freebritney • babushka boi • it was divine • barbie dreams • has ocean eyes • wrap like saran • is a single lady • beyonce's sister • beauty and a beat • you're dead to her • best he's ever had • "all girls are the same" • beauty behind the madness • broke with expensive taste • is the loneliest man alive • ...
Music Vocab 2022-04-13
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- the smallest distance between notes
- the duration pattern of notes
- a steady sound with pitch and duration
- the perceived sound of a note
- sound gets gradually louder
- the organization of pitches into a main idea
- the point a string is pressed to change notes
- the frequency of a sound
- a fast tempo
- music made from 1730-1820
- creating original music in a moment
- signal to a musical group to start playing
- the organization of notes in a key
- measuring the wavelength of a pitch
- two or more pitches sounding at once
- use of dynamics in a piece of music
- a period of music in the 17th and 18th century
- use constructive criticism to evaluate a performance
- multiple notes played at once
- the volume at which music is played
- changing mood through music
- the accuracy of a pitch
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- a regular pulsating change of pitch
- music with no instruments
- emotional quality of musical experience
- writing songs with different patterns
- a symbol to represent pitch and duration
- how loud one section is compared to the group
- using stereo sound to divide music left and right
- the group of notes used to write a song
- a musical sentence
- the tone color of an instrument
- music that isn't electric
- a group of performers
- an ensemble or piece written for 4 voices
- a basic form of music usually in 3 parts
- the speed of music
- brushing strings to make sound
- sound
39 Clues: sound • a fast tempo • a musical sentence • the speed of music • a group of performers • the accuracy of a pitch • the frequency of a sound • music with no instruments • music made from 1730-1820 • music that isn't electric • sound gets gradually louder • changing mood through music • the duration pattern of notes • the perceived sound of a note • multiple notes played at once • ...
Music Appreciation 2022-03-29
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- J. S. Bach's era
- the art song phantom of Schubert
- Poland's famous romantic composer
- Mozart's era
- early trombone, not an insult
- Bach's instrument of choice
- an ending, or Mr. T's feline friend
- Wolfgang's papa
- you need one of these to have a variation
- a group of recorders, viols, etc.
- Haydn's wake-up symphony; subito
- Melody + Melody= Harmony
- a wee sonata
- His canon is really a chaconne!
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- a composer for (and of) all seasons
- Deck the tune with trills and grace notes
- Fugue theme or class theme
- this keyboard was for the birds (crows)
- The Age of Enlightenment
- Oratorio composer - hallelujah!
- a sonata for soloist and orchestra
- 3 phases, 9 symphonies
- the first part of a sonata
- a sonata for orchestra
- the enchanted woodwind of Mozart's opera
- piano piece evoking the night
26 Clues: Mozart's era • a wee sonata • Wolfgang's papa • J. S. Bach's era • 3 phases, 9 symphonies • a sonata for orchestra • The Age of Enlightenment • Melody + Melody= Harmony • Fugue theme or class theme • the first part of a sonata • Bach's instrument of choice • early trombone, not an insult • piano piece evoking the night • Oratorio composer - hallelujah! • His canon is really a chaconne! • ...
music theory 2022-02-24
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- extended chord
- lower in pitch
- notes of different pitches played together
- The fifth note of a scale
- type of scale
- two semitones between two different notes.
- sequence of notes played one after the other to produce a tune.
- Rising in pitch
- Falling in pitch
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- order of notes in a chord is changed
- complements a pitch
- shift a piece of music
- short sequence
- The first note
- An interval of 12 semitones
- two notes played
- lowest note of a chord
- most common scale in Western music
- scale
- theory
20 Clues: scale • theory • type of scale • extended chord • lower in pitch • short sequence • The first note • Rising in pitch • two notes played • Falling in pitch • complements a pitch • shift a piece of music • lowest note of a chord • The fifth note of a scale • An interval of 12 semitones • most common scale in Western music • order of notes in a chord is changed • ...
Music Terms 2022-02-24
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- A line through staves to mark music into sections
- A group of performers; not an ensemble
- A group of five performers
- An instrument with chord
- A symbol at the end of a stave to indicate pitch
- A group of performers
- Having an interval or semitone between the second and third degree or fifth and sixth degree.
- The highest range of female singing
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- Wind instruments not including brass
- A group of four performers
- When a song is meant to be played cheerfully
- Percussion instruments are this
- A group of three performers
- Two performers
- The frequency of vibration of sound
- Produced with the voice
- A song of religious worship
- Middle
- An interval or semitone between the third and fourth degree or seventh and eighth degree
- A type of upbeat music, normally including brass instruments
20 Clues: Middle • Two performers • A group of performers • Produced with the voice • An instrument with chord • A group of four performers • A group of five performers • A group of three performers • A song of religious worship • Percussion instruments are this • The frequency of vibration of sound • The highest range of female singing • Wind instruments not including brass • ...
Vocal Music 2022-02-17
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- highest female voice in a choir
- "from the chapel"; singing with no other instruments
- lowest female voice in a choir
- unusually high and flexible female voice
- song in one genre is popular in another genre
- a collection of musical recordings, usually vinyl
- one layer of sound
- way in which music is layered or organized
- making much money or profit
- unique and distinctive quality of an instrument
- male voice between bass and tenor
- highest male voice in a choir
- used by bass/tenor to sing very high notes
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- many interweaving layers of sound (round)
- lowest male voice in a choir
- a group of singers divided into SATB sections
- a tune with harmony
- lowest to highest notes produced by an instrument
- female voice between alto and soprano
- different ways of producing sound (head/chest)
- unusually high male voice
- reading and hearing music silently w/o playing
22 Clues: one layer of sound • a tune with harmony • unusually high male voice • making much money or profit • lowest male voice in a choir • highest male voice in a choir • lowest female voice in a choir • highest female voice in a choir • male voice between bass and tenor • female voice between alto and soprano • unusually high and flexible female voice • ...
Music Trivia 2022-05-25
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- They sang about smoke on the water and their recording studio burning down
- The ___ boys are known for the single “Good Vibrations”
- This Hawaiian singer sang “That’s What I Like” and “Uptown Funk”
- First name of the lead singer for Black Sabbath.
- She is the first/only artist in history to produce seven top five hits from one album
- He was the king.
- He’s the real Slim Shady.
- Named his guitar “Lucille”
- She initially turned down a nomination for the 2022 Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame
- This Canadian musician was discovered by Usher
- Her partner was Sonny.
- The color of Carl Perkins suede shoe.
- Known for her eccentric outfits and song “Bad Romance”
- She was in the most resent remake of “A Star is Born”
- Drake’s number one song in the U.S. in 2015 was Hotline_______
- His original artist name was “Puff Daddy”
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- Billie Eilish’s newest album Than Ever
- This Jamaican musician Bob _____ sang “One Love”
- He was the “Rocket Man”
- Neil Diamond sang about sweet_____
- One of her biggest hits is the same name as a fashion magazine; strike a pose.
- Lynyrd is an American rock band that sang the song “Sweet Home Alabama”
- Michael Jackson denied he was this person’s lover.
- Lennon asked us to envision there are no countries in this classic tune of his from 1971.
- This man in black walked the line.
- LZ did this track about a domestic animal
- McCartney sang this one alone in 1965.
- She is known as Queen Bee and is known for one of her popular songs “Single Ladies”
- A British musician who just released her new album “30”
- This all girl R&B group has had hits like “No Scrubs” and “Waterfalls”
30 Clues: He was the king. • Her partner was Sonny. • He was the “Rocket Man” • He’s the real Slim Shady. • Named his guitar “Lucille” • Neil Diamond sang about sweet_____ • This man in black walked the line. • The color of Carl Perkins suede shoe. • McCartney sang this one alone in 1965. • Billie Eilish’s newest album Than Ever • LZ did this track about a domestic animal • ...
Music Trivia 2022-05-25
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- This all girl R&B group has had hits like “No Scrubs” and “Waterfalls”
- “Just a small-town girl, livin’ in a lonely world…” were lyric by the band
- A British musician who just released her new album “30”
- Michael Jackson denied he was this person’s lover.
- This man in black walked the line.
- She was in the most resent remake of “A Star is Born”
- She is known as Queen Bee and is known for one of her popular songs “Single Ladies”
- This Canadian musician was discovered by Usher
- She is the first/only artist in history to produce seven top five hits from one album
- He was the king.
- The color of Carl Perkins suede shoe.
- Named his guitar “Lucille”
- Lynyrd is an American rock band that sang the song “Sweet Home Alabama”
- One of her biggest hits is the same name as a fashion magazine; strike a pose.
- Her partner was Sonny.
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- Neil Diamond sang about sweet_____
- The ___ boys are known for the single “Good Vibrations”
- She initially turned down a nomination for the 2022 Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame
- This Jamaican musician Bob _____ sang “One Love”
- First name of the lead singer for Black Sabbath.
- Billie Eilish’s newest album Than Ever
- This Hawaiian singer sang “That’s What I Like” and “Uptown Funk”
- Lennon asked us to envision there are no countries in this classic tune of his from 1971.
- He was the “Rocket Man”
- LZ did this track about a domestic animal
- Known for her eccentric outfits and song “Bad Romance”
- Toni Braxton had to wait how many days for to find her boyfriend.
- His original artist name was “Puff Daddy”
- He’s the real Slim Shady.
- Drake’s number one song in the U.S. in 2015 was Hotline_______
- McCartney sang this one alone while he was in the Beatles in 1965.
- They sang about smoke on the water and their recording studio burning down
32 Clues: He was the king. • Her partner was Sonny. • He was the “Rocket Man” • He’s the real Slim Shady. • Named his guitar “Lucille” • Neil Diamond sang about sweet_____ • This man in black walked the line. • The color of Carl Perkins suede shoe. • Billie Eilish’s newest album Than Ever • LZ did this track about a domestic animal • His original artist name was “Puff Daddy” • ...
Music Review 2025-01-21
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- how high or low the note is
- Wind instruments made mainly from buzzing the lips
- Instruments that are blown
- the main part of the music
- Happy
- 2 notes at one time
- Instruments that are struck, Scraped, or shaken
- instruments that have a computer
- Gradually get louder
- Like a brass instrument or a woodwind instrument (Fancy)
- medium
- quiet
- Wind instrument made mainly from blowing air over a reed
- whole instrument vibrates when struck (Fancy)
- two or more pitches at the same time
- has strings vibrating (Fancy)
- loud
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- Very Loud
- the words in music
- Sad
- Gradually get softer
- How we divide the music into readable chunks
- 3 or more notes at a time
- Has a tight head over a shell (Fancy)
- the space between two notes
- Very Quiet
- uses computers to make sound (Fancy)
- instruments that are bowed, Plucked or strumed
28 Clues: Sad • loud • Happy • quiet • medium • Very Loud • Very Quiet • the words in music • 2 notes at one time • Gradually get softer • Gradually get louder • 3 or more notes at a time • Instruments that are blown • the main part of the music • how high or low the note is • the space between two notes • has strings vibrating (Fancy) • instruments that have a computer • uses computers to make sound (Fancy) • ...
Music Terminology 2025-02-14
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- Enclose a passage that is to be played more than once.
- Very Loud
- Indicates that the note should be played shorter than its written value, usually half the value, leaving the rest of the metric value silent.
- Medium Soft
- Very Very Loud
- Loud
- Tells the performer to take a breath; this does not affect the tempo.
- Very Soft
- Soft
- This symbol indicates that the note should be played at its full value; adds emphasis.
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- Indicates that a note, chord, or rest is sustained longer than its written value.
- A pause during which time is not counted.
- This notation means to slow the tempo down gradually.
- Indicates that a note should be sung louder, or with a harder attack.
- This notation is used to precisely define the tempo of the music.
- Very Very Soft
- Indicates the conclusion of a composition.
- Connects different notes to create a phrase; singers sing them in a single breath.
- Separates measures of music indicated by the time signature.
- Medium Loud
- Two notes with the same pitch are sung as a single note.
21 Clues: Loud • Soft • Very Loud • Very Soft • Medium Soft • Medium Loud • Very Very Soft • Very Very Loud • A pause during which time is not counted. • Indicates the conclusion of a composition. • This notation means to slow the tempo down gradually. • Enclose a passage that is to be played more than once. • Two notes with the same pitch are sung as a single note. • ...
Music Vocabulary 2025-02-23
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- The music feels mournful at this tempo
- A piccolo can play notes that are too high for the flute
- The piece has lots of percussion and a soloist playing piano
- What symphony was originally dedicated to a French ruler?
- The Beach Boys sang different parts together that sounded good and made chords
- The singer sounded like she was in a cathedral
- When the singer exclaims "God on high," there is a jump upwards in pitch
- A choir has unique bass, tenor, alto, and soprano lines
- The violinist attacked each of the notes vigorously
- The dance movements for "Cotton Eye Joe" occur in regular patterns of four
- The overall emotion or personality of a piece
- The music comes to a five chord, and then resolves on a one chord
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- The guitar comes through the left headphone while Paul McCartney's voice comes through the right
- Music written between 1820 and 1900
- Your friend is trying to get you to guess a song but they forgot the words. They will most likely hum this.
- this ornament rapidly switches between two pitches
- Music just for music's sake
- What a sound "sounds like"
- the middle dynamics, in Italian!
- The song switches to a minor key in the bridge
- Intro, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, solo, chorus, outro
- The way notes are spaced out in time relative to the tempo
22 Clues: What a sound "sounds like" • Music just for music's sake • the middle dynamics, in Italian! • Music written between 1820 and 1900 • The music feels mournful at this tempo • The overall emotion or personality of a piece • The singer sounded like she was in a cathedral • The song switches to a minor key in the bridge • this ornament rapidly switches between two pitches • ...
Music Terms 2025-03-04
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- Music performed by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment.
- a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range is the lowest female voice type
- A scale is any consecutive series of notes that form a progression between one note and its octave, typically by order of pitch or fundamental frequency.
- type of classical singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types.
- the words of a song in popular music.
- a song that tells a story, and it can be dramatic, funny, or romantic
- the speed or pace of a given composition.
- a contrasting section that prepares for the return of the original material section.
- when the music is interrupted, spaced out, or intervened with in some way
- a clef placing G above middle C on the second-lowest line of the staff.
- Italian for 'lively' or 'cheerful'
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- writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme.
- the most common voice types for males
- It is the highest male chest voice type.
- lip-vibrated instrument.
- a part of a song that is repeated after each verse
- a rapid, slight variation in pitch in singing or playing some musical instruments, producing a stronger or richer tone.
- when the notes of a chord are performed one after the other instead of all at the same time.
- s the end of a phrase in which the melody or harmony creates a sense of full or partial resolution.
- music without any vocals
- The beat is often defined as the rhythm listeners would tap their toes to when listening to a piece of music, or the numbers a musician counts while performing
- the layering of several tones played simultaneously - usually built on superposed thirds
- In music, notes are distinct and isolatable sounds that act as the most basic building blocks for nearly all of music.
- the second highest part in four-part music for males
- a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.
25 Clues: lip-vibrated instrument. • music without any vocals • Italian for 'lively' or 'cheerful' • the most common voice types for males • the words of a song in popular music. • It is the highest male chest voice type. • the speed or pace of a given composition. • a part of a song that is repeated after each verse • the second highest part in four-part music for males • ...
Film Music 2023-12-08
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- a musical instrument used a lot in sci fi movies
- a movie genre popular in the 1960's
- a long held on note in music
- the first ever public film featured a what?
- a famous silent movie star
- a pattern that repeats in music
- sound effects that are heard only by the audience and not in the actual movie
- John? one of the most famous film composers
- the decade in which music started to be written specifically for films
- volume in music
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- Stan Laurel's comedy partner
- where a character is represented musically
- an instrument that looks like a piano but inside has metal bars
- speed in music
- the ensemble that is used to play a lot of film scores
- the first type of film music was performed in this way
- the instrument used for the very first movie soundtracks
- a movie genre popular in the 1970's
- a rhythm featured a lot in the star wars music
- the ? singer featured the first spoken dialogue in a film
20 Clues: speed in music • volume in music • a famous silent movie star • Stan Laurel's comedy partner • a long held on note in music • a pattern that repeats in music • a movie genre popular in the 1960's • a movie genre popular in the 1970's • where a character is represented musically • the first ever public film featured a what? • John? one of the most famous film composers • ...
Music Crossword 2023-10-24
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- two or more sounds that sound pleasing together
- how many strings on a violin
- a chord that sounds sad
- Which member of an orchestra holds a baton
- the clef that spells face in the spaces
- the words for a song
- an Italian music term meaning to soft
- a musical piece for two performers called
- the clef that spells ALL COWS EAT GRASS
- a good performance makes us feel
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- a word to describe the timbre of a trumpet
- the song of the moment in yr9 music (piano)
- we have been learning 4 'what' songs
- when you raise a note half a step (1 semitone) #
- the first name of a singer who has the surname of a planet
- the speed of music
- which film features the song 'let it go'
- part of a drum kit (side drum)
- a bowed instrument in the violin family
- which percussive instrument is named after its shape?
- a note worth one beat
- the heartbeat of the music
- an Italian music term meaning slow
- the louds and softs
- an instrument that changes the sound of your voice, often used for comedy
25 Clues: the speed of music • the louds and softs • the words for a song • a note worth one beat • a chord that sounds sad • the heartbeat of the music • how many strings on a violin • part of a drum kit (side drum) • a good performance makes us feel • an Italian music term meaning slow • we have been learning 4 'what' songs • an Italian music term meaning to soft • ...
Music Vocab 2023-10-31
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- seperating the notes
- lively
- drama set to music
- mark making note sharp, natural or flat
- smooth
- distinctive property of a complex sound
- majestic
- slow
- the high or low quality of a sound
- slowly
- musical rhythm accenting normally weak beat
- decreasing volume
- gradually getting slower
- increasing volume
- close of musical section
- quck and lively
- musical notation indicating pitches on staff
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- increasing speed
- prolonged unspecified length of note
- articulation of speech
- musical interval of eight notes
- flexible tempo and beat
- rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
- basic rhythmic unit in music
- three note major or minor chord
- unchanging tone
- diatonic scale for tonal framework of piece
- without musical accompinament
- disagreeable sounds
- short musical passage
- musical work that has been created
- the distance between two or more notes
- a kind of literacy or artistic work
33 Clues: slow • lively • smooth • slowly • majestic • unchanging tone • quck and lively • increasing speed • decreasing volume • increasing volume • drama set to music • disagreeable sounds • seperating the notes • short musical passage • articulation of speech • flexible tempo and beat • gradually getting slower • close of musical section • basic rhythmic unit in music • without musical accompinament • ...
Holiday Music 2023-11-03
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- ___ night
- O ___ all ye faithful
- O Christmas ___
- I ___ as I wander
- good ___ Wenceslas
- ____in a manger
- God ___ ye merry gentlemen
- joy to the ___
- the first ___
- carol of the ___
- hark, the herald ___ sing
- Do you ___ what I hear
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- little ___ boy
- O ___ town of Bethlehem
- what ___ is this
- ___ the halls
- angels from the realms of ___
- We ___ kings
- it came upon the midnight ___
- O ___ night
- joyful, joyful, we ___ thee
- Go ___ it on the mountain
- we ___ you a merry Christmas
- 12 ___ of Christmas
24 Clues: ___ night • O ___ night • We ___ kings • ___ the halls • the first ___ • little ___ boy • joy to the ___ • O Christmas ___ • ____in a manger • what ___ is this • carol of the ___ • I ___ as I wander • good ___ Wenceslas • 12 ___ of Christmas • O ___ all ye faithful • Do you ___ what I hear • O ___ town of Bethlehem • Go ___ it on the mountain • hark, the herald ___ sing • God ___ ye merry gentlemen • ...
music terms 2023-10-27
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- The space notes are ACEG in this clef
- A very fast tempo
- Two or more notes at the same time
- Italian for soft
- Lowest sounding voice in the choir
- Perform the note smoother and connected
- The lyrics set to music
- Slowly getting louder
- This symbol lowers the pitch by a half step
- This symbol raises the pitch by a half step
- A slow tempo
- A_________________ signature tells you how many beats are in a measure
- Overall emotion the music causes
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- The combination of instruments or voices
- Sing music without accompaniment
- This rhythm is worth four beats
- A walking tempo
- Sound quality of a note
- Perform the note shorter
- The line notes are EGBDF in this clef
- This rhythm is worth one beat
- Highest sounding voice in the choir
- Slowly getting quit
- This rhythm is worth two beats
- Italian for loud
25 Clues: A slow tempo • A walking tempo • Italian for soft • Italian for loud • A very fast tempo • Slowly getting quit • Slowly getting louder • Sound quality of a note • The lyrics set to music • Perform the note shorter • This rhythm is worth one beat • This rhythm is worth two beats • This rhythm is worth four beats • Sing music without accompaniment • Overall emotion the music causes • ...
Music Crossword 2023-10-10
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- This rhythm has 4 beats
- This dynamic means soft
- This composer wrote the musical "West Side Story"
- This dynamic means moderately loud
- The instrument family with trumpet, trombone, and tuba
- This term refers to the speed of music
- This dynamic means very soft
- This dynamic means loud
- This means that music may have one or more voices
- This musical won the Tony Award in 1998
- This rhythm has 2 beats
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- This dynamic means very loud
- This composer is known as the March King
- This term means to get softer
- This rhythm has 1 beat
- This dynamic means moderately soft
- This term means to get louder
- This refers to the length of sounds
- This means the quality of sound
- This rhythm has .5 beats
20 Clues: This rhythm has 1 beat • This rhythm has 4 beats • This dynamic means soft • This dynamic means loud • This rhythm has 2 beats • This rhythm has .5 beats • This dynamic means very loud • This dynamic means very soft • This term means to get softer • This term means to get louder • This means the quality of sound • This dynamic means moderately soft • ...
Music theory! 2024-02-02
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- Equals 4 beats
- Dictates how many beats per bar
- A raised semi-tone
- Found at the end of the piece
- Play Loudly
- This separates the staff into counted measures
- Equals 1 beat
- Means "short and detached sound"
- Play moderately soft
- Equals half a beat
- Middle C and up is the ______ clef
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- this means to play Legato
- Play softly
- Play moderately loud
- Equals 2 beats
- This symbol means to give the note emphasis
- Cancels out a sharp or flat
- Middle C and down is the ____ Clef
- Equals one quarter of a beat
- Means "smoothly connected"
- Counted beats of silence
- A lowered semi-tone
22 Clues: Play softly • Play Loudly • Equals 1 beat • Equals 4 beats • Equals 2 beats • A raised semi-tone • Equals half a beat • A lowered semi-tone • Play moderately loud • Play moderately soft • Counted beats of silence • this means to play Legato • Means "smoothly connected" • Cancels out a sharp or flat • Equals one quarter of a beat • Found at the end of the piece • Dictates how many beats per bar • ...
Music Terminology 2024-10-10
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- We sit center stage.
- We sit stage left.
- Follow this person.
- You write notes on me.
- You find me between the measures.
- I don't change for the whole song.
- Lowest sounding clef.
- Play without the bow.
- My lines are E,G,B,D,F and spaces are F,A,C,E.
- If you don't use me on your bow, you won't have sound.
- Only 1 sound, pitch or tone.
- Double end line with two dots.
- Make me with notes and rests. I'm never the same.
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- I look like
- The scale with D,E,F#,G,A,B,C#,D.
- 2 beats
- Highest sounding string instrument.
- Bowing
- I am the
- Long and black and your fingers press on me when you play.
- How many beats per measure.
- I am the
- I hold up the strings.
- The bow is made of me.
- The direction you move the bow on the first note of the music.
25 Clues: Bowing • 2 beats • I am the • I am the • I look like • We sit stage left. • Follow this person. • We sit center stage. • Lowest sounding clef. • Play without the bow. • You write notes on me. • I hold up the strings. • The bow is made of me. • How many beats per measure. • Only 1 sound, pitch or tone. • Double end line with two dots. • The scale with D,E,F#,G,A,B,C#,D. • ...
Pop Music 2024-09-16
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- Taylor _____ has dominated the modern pop charts.
- It has a _________ melody that is easy to sing along to.
- Michael _____ is the "King of Pop".
- ______ Presley started out in rock n' roll & ended up in pop.
- There are more than 30 ______ songs in Spotify’s entire catalog
- Pop culture refers to categories such as ________, film and other mediums of video, video games, sports, politicians, technology, fashion, and even slang.
- Verse - ______ - Bridge structure
- Spotify ______ at least 20,000 songs each day.
- Songwriters pump out a ______ that is a safe bet to be successful.
- In the 60’s, pop music is classified as music designed to appeal to _______.
- A weird subgenre is ____ pop.
- Pop uses repetitive _______ that fit a steady rhythm.
- Pop music = music lots of _____ like
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- Chorus ______ 2-3 times
- Some musicians try to make a song most people will ______.
- There are many, many _____________ of pop.
- _____________ people are often the ones driving the masses of people since they are more open to new things and advertisers know they’ll often hold on to those things for the rest of their lives.
- Some songs unexpectedly enter the _____________ & become pop music.
- Usually, the word “pop” describes not only art, but _________.
- Pop music has a _______ rhythm.
- Pop can push the boundaries of ___ & culture.
- The band, The _____ are known for the "BritPop" craze.
22 Clues: Chorus ______ 2-3 times • A weird subgenre is ____ pop. • Pop music has a _______ rhythm. • Verse - ______ - Bridge structure • Michael _____ is the "King of Pop". • Pop music = music lots of _____ like • There are many, many _____________ of pop. • Pop can push the boundaries of ___ & culture. • Spotify ______ at least 20,000 songs each day. • ...
Music 4 2024-10-27
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- Who sings "Every breath you take"
- The Masaka kids are from this country.
- Sings Wacka Wacka
- Tina Turner is the - - - - - of Rock.
- A large group of instruments.
- Maracas are played by what action.
- This instrument makes a buzzing sound.
- Black keys on a piano are either a - - - - - or flat.
- An early German percussion instrument.
- A slightly unusual brass instrument.
- This first word in the Sydney Wanderers Team song.
- An extremely small musical instrument.
- How many families of instruments are there.
- The king of Rock and Roll.
- This devise amplifies sound.
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- A cello has 4 of these.
- Imagine Dragons formed where.
- Thought to be a traditional Scottish instrument.
- There are 3.6m of this in a French Horn.
- The largest member of the string family.
- Can also be called a mouthorgan.
- A stringed instrument with a sound board.
- 4 people in a group.
- Everyone has this instrument.
- A marimba is what sort of instrument.
- All brass instruments have 1 of these.
- A recorder is one of these types of instrument.
- Used to play some stringed instruments.
28 Clues: Sings Wacka Wacka • 4 people in a group. • A cello has 4 of these. • The king of Rock and Roll. • This devise amplifies sound. • Imagine Dragons formed where. • A large group of instruments. • Everyone has this instrument. • Can also be called a mouthorgan. • Who sings "Every breath you take" • Maracas are played by what action. • A slightly unusual brass instrument. • ...
Music 5 2024-10-28
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- A simple indigenous Australian instrument.
- A small guitar with 4 strings.
- I am in charge of the orchestra.
- When 2 or more notes are played together.
- One of the earliest musical instruments.
- A - - - - - - is a percussion instrument.
- James - - - - - - - - is a famous Australian musician.
- A famous international percussion group.
- Most drums have 2 of these.
- I am a small flute with a high pitch.
- An old fashioned dance.
- Taylor Swift is one of these.
- A trumpet has 3 of these.
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- A type of body percussion.
- An old fashioned piano.
- I am a 1 beat musical note.
- A stradivarius is one of these.
- Used to play a guitar.
- An electronic piano.
- Pianos have them & you unlock doors with them.
- A traditional N.Z. instrument.
- - - - - - - and Blues music.
- I play the flute.
- What is a tom.
- Jazz music was born here.
- - - - whistle.
- Clarinets, saxophones and oboes have these.
27 Clues: What is a tom. • - - - whistle. • I play the flute. • An electronic piano. • Used to play a guitar. • An old fashioned piano. • An old fashioned dance. • Jazz music was born here. • A trumpet has 3 of these. • A type of body percussion. • I am a 1 beat musical note. • Most drums have 2 of these. • - - - - - - and Blues music. • Taylor Swift is one of these. • A small guitar with 4 strings. • ...
Music Review 2024-11-25
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- How high and low a sound is.
- Pushing sound to one side or the other
- A _____ Note is worth 4 beats.
- Loud
- The volume of the music
- Fast
- A ______ Note is worth 1 beat.
- _____ Form is ABACA
- Play
- _______ Form is ABA
- How long and short we hold notes for.
- An ______ Note is worth 1/2 a beat
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- Soft
- A ____ Note is worth 2 beats.
- Speed of the music
- A _________ Note is worth 1/4 a beat
- Organizing Musical Ideas
- Slow
- Don't play
- ____ Form is ABCBA
- ______ Volume sets the volume of the entire song
21 Clues: Soft • Loud • Slow • Fast • Play • Don't play • Speed of the music • ____ Form is ABCBA • _____ Form is ABACA • _______ Form is ABA • The volume of the music • Organizing Musical Ideas • How high and low a sound is. • A ____ Note is worth 2 beats. • A _____ Note is worth 4 beats. • A ______ Note is worth 1 beat. • An ______ Note is worth 1/2 a beat • A _________ Note is worth 1/4 a beat • ...
Music Escape 2024-11-28
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- - Volgens Anne kan deze artiest maar beter stoppen met muziek maken
- - deze favoriete cover kwam maar liefst 3x terug
- - Met deze artiest zou Tim goede vrienden kunnen zijn
- - met welk nummer zou Eline zich voorstellen?
- - hier is Suzanne een alleskenner van
- - de nieuwste music find van Teun
- - hiervan is Max een alleskenner
- - de band waarvan Javid een nummer foutloos kan meezingen
- - Deze soundtrack herkent Rosanne gelijk
- - Van deze film herkent Gerjan de soundtrack uit duizenden
- - volgens Jasmijn had deze 'artiest' beter geen muziek kunnen maken
- - hiermee zou jasmijn willen optreden
- - dit nummer staat in de top 5 van Max
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- - de guilty pleasure van Koen
- - welke artiest had Colin meer willen luisteren?
- - met dit nummer zou Martijn zich voorstellen
- - de artiest die Gerjan meer had willen luisteren in 2024
- - met dit nummer zou Teun zich voorstellen
- - deze artiest luistert Nikki het langst
- - Suzanne's leven zou beter zijn zonder dit nummer
- - de soundtrack die Sanne uit duizenden kan herkennen
- - met een nummer van deze artiest zou Nikki zich voorstellen
- - het nummer wat Javid's leven beschrijft
- - het favoriete nummer van Colin
- - de artiest die Koen die jaar meer had willen luisteren
- - waar Tim een alleskenner van is
- - de artiest die een goede partner zou zijn voor Lars
- - dit is de guilty pleasure van Martijn
- - het genre waar de groep het meest naar luistert
- - dit collectief komt 3x voor in de top 5 van Eline
- - Dit is volgens Anne de beste cover artiest
- - Naar hun concert zou Lars alleen gaan als hij het kaartje gratis zou krijgen
- - het nummer wat Sanne foutloos mee kan zingen
- - de artiest met wie Rosanne goede vrienden zou kunnen zijn
34 Clues: - de guilty pleasure van Koen • - het favoriete nummer van Colin • - hiervan is Max een alleskenner • - waar Tim een alleskenner van is • - de nieuwste music find van Teun • - hier is Suzanne een alleskenner van • - hiermee zou jasmijn willen optreden • - dit nummer staat in de top 5 van Max • - dit is de guilty pleasure van Martijn • - deze artiest luistert Nikki het langst • ...
Music crossword 2024-12-04
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- Return to previous dynamic
- Symbol for silence or pause in music
- Fast tempo marking
- play freely
- Holding a note longer than its value
- Gradually slow down
- piano medium soft
- A symbol that means to play very softly
- Play quietly
- A gradual decrease in volume
- Play the note slightly softer
- Extremely fast tempo
- Temporary increase in speed
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- play quickly
- Play with a smooth, connected style
- Sudden accent on a note
- Moderate tempo
- Return to original tempo
- Return to the main theme
- Slow and broad
- Symbol indicating to play softly
- Medium soft
- Slow tempo marking
- Gradually becoming softer
- Tempo marking for walking speed
25 Clues: play freely • Medium soft • play quickly • Play quietly • Moderate tempo • Slow and broad • piano medium soft • Fast tempo marking • Slow tempo marking • Gradually slow down • Extremely fast tempo • Sudden accent on a note • Return to original tempo • Return to the main theme • Gradually becoming softer • Return to previous dynamic • Temporary increase in speed • A gradual decrease in volume • ...
SYNTH MUSIC 2025-04-02
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- KEYBOARD SLUNG OVER THE SHOULDER
- CREATOR OF SWITCHED ON BACH
- STYLE OF EDM CREATED IN CHICAGO
- ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC
- SONGWRITER FOR YAZ, DEPECHE MODE, AND ERASURE
- JAPANESE SYNTH COMPANY, MAKER OF THE SH-101
- SYNTH THAT PLAYS ONLY ONE NOTE AT A TIME
- GERMAN PIONEERS OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC
- CREATOR OF THE FIRST COMMERCIAL SYNTH IN 1964
- PRODUCES WAVEFORMS WITH DIFFERENT TIMBRES
- MACHINE THAT HELPS AUTOMATE SOUNDS
- DEVICE THAT RECORDS AND PLAYS BACK SOUNDS
- MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DIGITAL INTERFACE
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- ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT YOU DON'T TOUCH
- RICHARD D. JAMES
- PLEASURE PRINCIPLE SONGWRITER
- MODULAR FORMAT INVENTED BY DOEPFER MUSIKELEKTRONIK
- FATHER OF DISCO
- TYPE OF SYNTH CREATED FROM SEPARATE MODULES
- KEIO ELECTRONIC LABS
- CREATOR OF THE FIRST MODULAR SYNTH
- LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR
- HOOSIER SYNTH PIONEER SUZANNE
- THEY LIKE TO WHIP IT
24 Clues: FATHER OF DISCO • RICHARD D. JAMES • KEIO ELECTRONIC LABS • THEY LIKE TO WHIP IT • ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC • LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR • CREATOR OF SWITCHED ON BACH • PLEASURE PRINCIPLE SONGWRITER • HOOSIER SYNTH PIONEER SUZANNE • STYLE OF EDM CREATED IN CHICAGO • KEYBOARD SLUNG OVER THE SHOULDER • CREATOR OF THE FIRST MODULAR SYNTH • MACHINE THAT HELPS AUTOMATE SOUNDS • ...
Music Terms 2025-04-11
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- Instrument that sounds like a bird
- Words in a song
- Instrument that helps keep the beat
- Instrument that is strummed
- A person who writes music
- Highest female voice
- Instrument that uses white and black keys
- Largest brass instrument
- Group of musicians that create music using their voices
- Smallest instrument in the strings family
- A group of musicians playing together
- Largest string instrument
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- Instrument that is larger than a violin, but smaller than a cello
- Deep male voice or low clef
- Instruments in this family make sounds when they are hit or shaken
- Brass instrument that uses a slide
- Makes a note raise its pitch
- Keyboard instrument with pipes that uses air
- Person who waves a baton in front of an orchestra
- Makes a note lower its pitch
- Instrument family that has the flute and clarinet
- Instruments in this family are usually gold in color
- Speed of music
23 Clues: Speed of music • Words in a song • Highest female voice • Largest brass instrument • A person who writes music • Largest string instrument • Deep male voice or low clef • Instrument that is strummed • Makes a note raise its pitch • Makes a note lower its pitch • Instrument that sounds like a bird • Brass instrument that uses a slide • Instrument that helps keep the beat • ...
1960s Music 2025-04-15
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- The late 1960s had the introduction and rise of the "_________________".
- A lead singer, guitar player, songwriter and co-founder of The Beatles known for his socially conscious lyrics.
- Guitar player for The Beatles, known for bringing Indian influences to the band's music.
- Motown’s in-house band who played on more hits than the Beatles, Elvis, and Rolling Stones combined.
- The Beatles were involved in the ___________________ and their style of music reflected that.
- Musical movement that made The Beatles, The Who, and The Rolling Stones popular in America.
- A music festival that happened in 1969 that provided a space for people to express themselves and exposure for artists.
- This type of music was used to address social issues and the protest movement.
- This type of music was more parent approved vs. the 1950s rock ‘n roll.
- This type of music reflected the youth culture of Southern California in the 1960s.
- The Beatles were known for their ______________ lyrics.
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- Ran the Motown Finishing School, teaching stage presence, etiquette, and poise.
- Taught Motown artists smooth choreography and stage movements.
- Legendary songwriting/production team behind many of Motown’s biggest hits.
- The drummer of The Beatles.
- The founder of Motown
- Lead singer and bass player for The Beatles.
- The city that Motown originated in.
- The original name of The Beatles
- The war that the US got involved in in 1965 that caused a lot of protest music to be made.
- The man who discovered The Beatles
- This type of group built off the doo-wop and R&B of the 1950s.
22 Clues: The founder of Motown • The drummer of The Beatles. • The original name of The Beatles • The man who discovered The Beatles • The city that Motown originated in. • Lead singer and bass player for The Beatles. • The Beatles were known for their ______________ lyrics. • Taught Motown artists smooth choreography and stage movements. • ...
Dance Music 2025-05-12
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- The equipment setup for a DJ
- A new version of a song
- A well-known brand of DJ equipment
- A technique involving moving a vinyl record back and forth
- A device used to play records
- The person who hypes up the crowd
- Essential gear for monitoring sound
- A large music event
- Repeating a section of a track
- Another popular DJ software
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- A device for playing back samples
- A popular DJ software
- Aligning the beats of two tracks
- A device used to combine audio signals
- A medium for playing music
- Preparing a track for playback
- A large dance party
- A control for fading between two audio sources
- The area where the DJ performs
- Beats per minute
20 Clues: Beats per minute • A large dance party • A large music event • A popular DJ software • A new version of a song • A medium for playing music • Another popular DJ software • The equipment setup for a DJ • A device used to play records • Preparing a track for playback • The area where the DJ performs • Repeating a section of a track • Aligning the beats of two tracks • ...
Country Music 2024-03-06
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- a rectangular board or frame typically with a corrugated metallic surface
- played on the lap and having a raised bridge
- a musical instrument with a wooden body strings and a long neck
- known as a bass player
- a plucked string instrument
- worlds strongest country
- a big black string instrument
- a percussion instrument
- a fretted musical instrument that produces sound
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- a US citizen
- individuals who engage in hard manual labor
- a free reed wind instrument
- a narrative in nature
- a strummed or plucked instrument
- a bowed string musical instrument
- a string instrument which is played by plucking the strings
- a stringed instrument with a thin membrane
- a musical instrument in the shape of a fairly large box
- a secondary energy source
- something you listen to
20 Clues: a US citizen • a narrative in nature • known as a bass player • something you listen to • a percussion instrument • worlds strongest country • a secondary energy source • a free reed wind instrument • a plucked string instrument • a big black string instrument • a strummed or plucked instrument • a bowed string musical instrument • a stringed instrument with a thin membrane • ...
Music Crossword 2024-03-19
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- soft, ivories
- requiring an amplifier
- speed, or lack thereof
- your teacher's last name
- ancestor of the cello
- unplugged
- performance; showtime
- four beats
- italian for medium
- high brass instrument
- loud
- six string star of the music industry
- where low notes belong
- most famous musician of all time
- walking pace
- number of spaces
- two beats
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- softer than a baby's bottom
- keyboard median
- imposter piano
- group of singers
- number of lines
- wood mallet keyboard
- family that hits things
- large group of musicians
- one beat
- musical alphabet
- piece of music without singers
- today's musical genius
- travis kelce's girlfriend
- you qualify as one
- miniature flute
- all time music genius
- volume
- 1000; both staves; big piano
- AC/DC genre
- Kim's Runaway husband
- your teacher's first instrument
38 Clues: loud • volume • one beat • unplugged • two beats • four beats • AC/DC genre • walking pace • soft, ivories • imposter piano • keyboard median • number of lines • miniature flute • group of singers • musical alphabet • number of spaces • you qualify as one • italian for medium • wood mallet keyboard • ancestor of the cello • performance; showtime • high brass instrument • all time music genius • Kim's Runaway husband • ...
Music Vocab 2024-04-22
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- Loudness and Softness
- Quality of Sound
- A Percussion instrument with three sides
- The person who writes the music
- Gradual increase in dynamics
- Woodwind instrument that Squidward plays
- Woodwind instrument that curves back up on the bottom
- The type of drumming that came from Japan
- The national dance of Brazil
- Main idea of the song
- The country where Hotaru Koi came from
- Musical speed of the beat
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- A percussion instrument made of wood that plays lots of notes
- How beats are grouped in a song
- Highest sounding woodwind instrument, mini flute
- Gradual decrease in dynamics
- The leader of the orchestra, has a baton
- Supporting notes of the song
- Brass instrument that has a slide instead of buttons
- Pattern of movement in time
- Lowest sounding brass instrument
- String instrument that reads alto clef
- Highest sounding string instrument
- A Steady Pulse
- A high brass instrument
- The Pattern of repetition in a song
26 Clues: A Steady Pulse • Quality of Sound • Loudness and Softness • Main idea of the song • A high brass instrument • Musical speed of the beat • Pattern of movement in time • Gradual decrease in dynamics • Supporting notes of the song • Gradual increase in dynamics • The national dance of Brazil • How beats are grouped in a song • The person who writes the music • ...
Folk Music 2022-01-12
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- what type of students saw folk as music that addressed the need for positive change in society
- Who was Pete Seegers father
- in 1949 what group did Seeger go on to form
- what problems did Seeger run into
- what type of folk music were the people who liked R&B and Rock and roll drawn to
- what song became the number one hit in 1950
- what did Guthrie fall ill to (a central nervous system disorder)
- what decade did Guthrie and Seeger travel the country as part of the Alamanac singers
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- One union in particular, the International Workers of the Wolrd are popularly known as
- a father and son team of musicologist from the library of congress
- What was dylans first album called being done recorded in two days
- What year did the wobblies publish the first of the 30 editions of their songbook entitled IWW
- was the senator of Wisconson on the prowl trying to out communist infiltrators in the government
- what did not bode well in the early 1950s for the folk community
- what community fell hard in the 1950s
- what was Pete Seegers father occupation
- The 1930's folk radios began appearing as this
- what 21-year-old singer/guitarist did guthrie meet
- what song in 1958 became a number one hit by the Kingston trio
- who was a favorite at the Cambridge club 47 while being a student at BU
- In the summer of 1959 where was the first NewportFolk festival held
- What age was Woodie Gurthie living on the streets alone
- 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 • ...
Music Vocabulary 2022-01-18
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- A type of music.
- The first beat of a musical measure.
- the distance between the lowest and highest notes of an instrument or melody.
- A fast tempo.
- A walking speed tempo.
- The first note of a scale or key.
- The closing section of a music composition.
- To play very loud.
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- A very slow and broad tempo
- Two performers or singers who perform together.
- A piece of music that is written for a combination of instruments.
- A slow tempo.
- Gradually getting louder.
- To increase the volume.
- To play very quiet.
- To be played loudly.
- A slow and solemn temo.
- The speed of the musical meat.
- sign A musical symbol that lower the pitch on half step.
- A combination of three or more notes that sounds good together.
- A composition of music written for orchestra and a soloist.
21 Clues: A slow tempo. • A fast tempo. • A type of music. • To play very loud. • To play very quiet. • To be played loudly. • A walking speed tempo. • To increase the volume. • A slow and solemn temo. • Gradually getting louder. • A very slow and broad tempo • The speed of the musical meat. • The first note of a scale or key. • The first beat of a musical measure. • ...
music crossword 2022-01-18
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- unit of measurement of rhythmic time
- the notes and rests between two bar lines
- In the fixed system, the note C
- an ending section of a movement or piece
- the highest natural male singing voice
- the location of a note related to its highest or lowest
- the lowest female singing voice
- without accompaniment
- a digital language used to connect computers, synthesizers snd sequencers
- the study of elements of musical composition
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- The lowest male voice
- the popular 20th-century American and British development of the operetta
- symbols that are used to indicate silence
- length
- a piece where a performer plays alone or with an accompaniment
- A tempo slightly faster than adagio
- an adaptation of a composition for a medium
- a three-note chord consisting of a root, third, and a fifth
- in the fixed system, the note A
- the organization of music in time using long and short note values
20 Clues: length • The lowest male voice • without accompaniment • In the fixed system, the note C • the lowest female singing voice • in the fixed system, the note A • A tempo slightly faster than adagio • unit of measurement of rhythmic time • the highest natural male singing voice • an ending section of a movement or piece • the notes and rests between two bar lines • ...
Music Terms! 2022-01-15
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- to play loudly
- pitch accuracy of musician or musical instrument
- Strongest beat in the measure, often the first beat
- How fast or slow pace of music is
- silent moment in the music- it still counts, but you do not play a note
- emphasis on single note
- term used for using bow to play strings
- A position of a sound (note) in a range of sound/music
- How many beats are within a measure
- What sharps or flats are in the musical piece
- Distance between two notes that have one note between them
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- A single unit of time featuring a specific number of beats played at a particular tempo (part of staff)
- two lines that signal the end of the music section
- To play a note a half a step lower
- Pattern of regular and irregular pulses/beats caused by music
- term used for plucking the string
- The smallest distance between one note and the next
- variation in force and intensity, especially in musical sound
- to play quietly
- To play a note a half a step higher
- Set of lines and spaces that represent pitch / notes
21 Clues: to play loudly • to play quietly • emphasis on single note • How fast or slow pace of music is • term used for plucking the string • To play a note a half a step lower • How many beats are within a measure • To play a note a half a step higher • term used for using bow to play strings • What sharps or flats are in the musical piece • ...
films-music 2022-02-20
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- the music used in a film
- the things that happen in a story
- one song or piece of music on a CD, record
- to store sounds or pictures using electronic equipment, a camera, etc so that you can listen to them or see them again
- to listen to or watch something on a computer directly from the Internet
- a performance of pop or rock music
- broadcast at the same time that something happens/a live performance or recording of a performance is done with an audience
- to move someone or something from one place to another
- a large group of people who are together in one place
- the raised area in a theatre
- a short part of a film, play, or book in which the events happen in one place
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- acting, singing, dancing, or playing music to entertain people
- to buy something
- the job of performing in plays and films
- a part in a play or film
- the main person in a film, play
- a piece of equipment that is used for a particular purpose
- to copy computer programs, music or other information electronically using the Internet
- the words of a song
- the light created by electrical equipment, candles, etc
20 Clues: to buy something • the words of a song • the music used in a film • a part in a play or film • the raised area in a theatre • the main person in a film, play • the things that happen in a story • a performance of pop or rock music • the job of performing in plays and films • one song or piece of music on a CD, record • a large group of people who are together in one place • ...
Music Notation 2022-10-10
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- refer to the variations in loudness of a musical composition
- a set of notes usually in sequential order that is used to play in a particular range
- (very soft)
- increasing loudness
- the lines on which notes are placed. it is made up of 5 lines and 4 spaces
- the whole note is worth _____ beats
- (very loud)
- the eighth note will always have a "flag" or "______"
- a divided section on the staff
- whenever you see a dotted note, that means you add ____ of the value of that note to it
- a quarter note rest is also known as a ______ rest
- a scale becoming higher is called a __________ scale
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- decreasing loudness
- (medium loud)
- (medium soft)
- a range of notes from one letter name up to the next highest (or down to the next lowest) pitches by the same letter name
- a _____ note is worth one beat
- a scale becoming lower is called a _________ scale
- joined notes are joined together by a ______ to make 1 beat
- a half note is worth _____ beats
- an _______ note is worth half of the value of a quarter note
- in regular time, each measure contains _____ beats
- an interval of time that a player is not sounding a note on their instrument
- (loud)
- in order to tell how to make a note sharp or flat, we have to _________ in whole and half steps
25 Clues: (loud) • (very soft) • (very loud) • (medium loud) • (medium soft) • decreasing loudness • increasing loudness • a _____ note is worth one beat • a divided section on the staff • a half note is worth _____ beats • the whole note is worth _____ beats • a scale becoming lower is called a _________ scale • in regular time, each measure contains _____ beats • ...
Music Assessment 2022-09-14
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- How many strings instruments are commonly in the orchestra
- a person who plays the cello
- is one of the only strings instrument that can easily accommodate sheet music written in any clef
- when there is only 12 members in an orchestra
- how many instruments in the strings family
- the strings family sits in the front of the orchestra
- how to make sound using a strings instrument
- where you put your head to play the violin and viola
- Smallest strings instrument
- How many standard sizes do violins come in
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- a person who plays the viola
- when there is only four musicians in an orchestra
- Another way to play strings instruments
- a similar instrument to the violin
- a person who plays the double bass
- All strings instruments are played by
- the person who stands at the front of the orchestra
- The largest strings instrument
- The oldest member of the strings family
- a person who plays the violin
20 Clues: Smallest strings instrument • a person who plays the viola • a person who plays the cello • a person who plays the violin • The largest strings instrument • a similar instrument to the violin • a person who plays the double bass • All strings instruments are played by • Another way to play strings instruments • The oldest member of the strings family • ...
Music Vocabulary 2022-08-18
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- Return to original tempo
- Soft
- Very slow tempo
- The volume of each voice part is equally distributed throughout
- Lowers the pith by 1/2 step
- Loud
- Very loud
- Short and detached
- A curved line joining 2 or more notes of the same pitch
- Hold
- Smoothly
- A single performer or a passage that is to be performed by a single performer
- Gradually softer
- A curved line joining 2 or more notes of different pitches
- Mixing the same vowels and tones together equally in a correct manner
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- The end
- Very much, a lot
- Very soft
- Combination of notes sounded at the same time to produce chords
- Sweetly
- Gradually louder
- All together
- Suddenly
- Very fast tempo
- Dominant tune of the composition
- Without accompaniment
- a group of singers who usually sing in parts with several voices on each part
- Raises the pitch by 1/2 step
- Cancels flats and sharps
29 Clues: Soft • Loud • Hold • The end • Sweetly • Suddenly • Smoothly • Very soft • Very loud • All together • Very slow tempo • Very fast tempo • Very much, a lot • Gradually louder • Gradually softer • Short and detached • Without accompaniment • Return to original tempo • Cancels flats and sharps • Lowers the pith by 1/2 step • Raises the pitch by 1/2 step • Dominant tune of the composition • ...
MUSIC Theory 2022-10-25
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- have a five lines and four spaces.
- means very loud ff
- meaning to stop.
- means soft p
- combination of pitch and rhythm
- a group of flats and sharps which are places at the beginning of a staff
- also known F clef
- compose of five lines and four spaces
- also known as G clef
- have 4 beats
- gradually soft
- compose of two or more notes that played or sing together and it becomes one sound
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- the speed of a music
- one of accidentals that raises the note semitone/halfstep
- pattern of a beat/melody
- means very soft pp
- a line to notate the note outside the
- structure of how the music or song was made.
- the softness and loudness of a sound
- have 2 beats
- very loud f
- gradually loud
22 Clues: very loud f • means soft p • have 2 beats • have 4 beats • gradually loud • gradually soft • meaning to stop. • also known F clef • means very loud ff • means very soft pp • the speed of a music • also known as G clef • pattern of a beat/melody • combination of pitch and rhythm • have a five lines and four spaces. • the softness and loudness of a sound • a line to notate the note outside the • ...
Renaissance Music 2022-10-24
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- The famous lute player for Pope Leo
- Wrote the "armed man" mass
- most famous English High Renaissance composer
- a mass for the dead
- famous for his dance music
- Principal organist for St. Mark's Basilica
- Composer who was possibly known by another name
- known for his melodies in his music
- Used a cantus firmus technique
- Wrote his music in Latin
- Both of his children went on to become composers
- Master of Polyphony
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- Wrote Orfeo, the first opera
- One of the most important composers of this time
- Became more famous after he died
- Leading English composer of the 15th century
- He was a student of Palestrina
- The murdering prince of the Renaissance
- Composer in the Burgundian School
- Most of his music is sad and for lute
- wrote a requiem mass
- had a doctorate degree in music
- a large manuscript of music
- known for his program chansons
24 Clues: a mass for the dead • Master of Polyphony • wrote a requiem mass • Wrote his music in Latin • Wrote the "armed man" mass • famous for his dance music • a large manuscript of music • Wrote Orfeo, the first opera • He was a student of Palestrina • known for his program chansons • Used a cantus firmus technique • had a doctorate degree in music • Became more famous after he died • ...
MUSIC 3 2022-11-15
Across
- To improvise
- Chorus
- A combination of 3 or More pitches
- A music pieces rhythm
- Nimble
- Aussie rock band
- To lower a note by a semitone
- Circular brass plate
- Italian for echo
- Repeat
- A wind instrument with a double reed
- A string instrument with tones lower than a violin
- A low sound
- A blend of Rock and Jazz styles
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- Sweet
- To raise a note by a semitone
- A white note on a piano
- A jaunty rhythm
- Not electric or electronic
- Piece composed from parts of existing pieces
- Opening or beginning
- Very slow
- A keyboard instrument with sound pipe
- A stringed instrument with a resonator
- Also called a Uke
25 Clues: Sweet • Chorus • Nimble • Repeat • Very slow • A low sound • To improvise • A jaunty rhythm • Aussie rock band • Italian for echo • Also called a Uke • Opening or beginning • Circular brass plate • A music pieces rhythm • A white note on a piano • Not electric or electronic • To raise a note by a semitone • To lower a note by a semitone • A blend of Rock and Jazz styles • ...
Music Production 2022-10-31
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- the highpoint or main idea of a song
- a segment of audio used as a sound in a track
- categories in which to organize music
- lowers level when it exceeds a certain volume
- group of notes played in unison
- where the story telling happens in a song
- Musical Instrument Digital Interface
- when all elements are playing and on what beat
- per minute is referred to as BPM
- adds loudness and aggression
- refers to the frequency of a note in Hertz
- sequence of notes which divides an octave
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- an audio signal represented visually as a wave
- allows the structuring of sounds
- creates sound by using oscillators
- creates goods and in this case it's music
- distortion used in a more subtle way
- audio workstation is what DAW stands for
- a person who plays a musical instrument
- usually between 2nd chorus and 3rd verse
20 Clues: adds loudness and aggression • group of notes played in unison • allows the structuring of sounds • per minute is referred to as BPM • creates sound by using oscillators • the highpoint or main idea of a song • distortion used in a more subtle way • Musical Instrument Digital Interface • categories in which to organize music • a person who plays a musical instrument • ...
Music Crossword 2022-01-06
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- How high or low a note is.
- How fast or slow the piece is.
- The different sounds made by different instruments.
- The Italian tempo indication for gradually slowing down.
- A note worth one whole beat.
- Black key to the left of the white key.
- The Italian dynamic indication for gradually getting louder.
- A note worth four whole beats.
- How loud or quiet the music is.
- The Italian dynamic indication for quiet.
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- The Italian dynamic indication for very quiet.
- The Italian tempo indication for walking pace.
- A note worth two whole beats.
- The Italian tempo indication for very fast.
- How many layers or parts there are.
- Whether the music is major or minor
- Instruments that you hit, shake or scrape to make a sound.
- The Italian tempo indication for very slow.
- The main tune of the piece.
- Black key to the right of the white key.
- 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. • ...
music terms 2022-01-10
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- gradually louder
- indicates when a section should be repeated
- a fraction that shows how many beats in each measure
- how the music is played(loud or soft)
- G B D F A
- medium loud
- singing or playing by yourself
- music writer
- the speed of the music
- a line to divide music into measures
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- same as decrescendo
- a pause of a note
- gradually softer
- signing in a group
- very soft
- E G B D F
- medium soft
- medium tempo
- loud
- soft
- the tune
21 Clues: loud • soft • the tune • very soft • E G B D F • G B D F A • medium soft • medium loud • medium tempo • music writer • gradually softer • gradually louder • a pause of a note • signing in a group • same as decrescendo • the speed of the music • singing or playing by yourself • a line to divide music into measures • how the music is played(loud or soft) • indicates when a section should be repeated • ...
