Basic Choir Knowledge
Across
- 1. Important body alignment for good singing
- 3. Quality of sound
- 6. Fast tempo
- 7. Musical silence
- 9. Classical composer known for clarity and balance
- 11. Conductors signal to stop
- 16. A two-number symbol showing beats per measure
- 20. Note or rest worth two beats
- 21. Symbol showing emphasis on a note
- 26. Very slow tempo
- 28. Gradually getting softer
- 29. Gradually slowing down
- 30. Soft dynamic marking
- 33. Notes a singer can sing comfortably
- 34. Walking speed tempo
- 37. Everyone sings the same pitch
- 38. Slow tempo
- 39. Gradually speeding up
- 42. Lowest voice type and a clef
- 44. Hold longer than written - as long as shown by the conductor
- 46. Line dividing measures
- 48. Shape inside the mouth when singing
- 49. Section of music between bar lines
- 54. Earliest major historical period listed, also called Middle Ages
- 57. Clarity of words
- 59. Clef used for soprano and alto voices
- 60. Hold the note for full value
- 62. Ringing quality of sound in singing
Down
- 2. Symbol meaning sing it again
- 4. Moderately in Italian musical terms
- 5. Very loud dynamic marking
- 8. The last name of a man with red hair who's whole family is sick right now
- 10. Highest treble voice
- 12. Composer who bridged Classical and Romantic periods
- 13. Performing group working together
- 14. Time period of Mozart and Haydn
- 15. Five lines where music is written
- 17. Smooth and connected style
- 18. Gradually getting louder
- 19. Note or rest worth half a beat
- 22. Contemporary historical period
- 23. Note or rest worth one beat
- 24. Moderate tempo
- 25. No section overpowering another
- 27. Historical period known for polyphony (and a Beyonce album)
- 31. Short and detached style
- 32. Leader of the ensemble
- 35. Choir split into multiple parts
- 36. Lively tempo
- 40. Part of the body where vocal folds are located (ends in X)
- 41. Lower treble voice
- 43. Composer known as the father of the symphony
- 44. Loud dynamic marking
- 45. Matching vowel shape and volume
- 47. Singing in tune
- 50. Singing without instruments
- 51. Expressive historical music period
- 52. Beginning of a measure
- 53. Multiple independent musical lines at once
- 55. Large multi movement orchestral work
- 56. Time period of Bach and Handel
- 58. Note or rest worth four beats
- 61. Higher "male" voice in a choir