CHECK YOUR CONCEPT KNOWLEDGE
Across
- 1. A "shaking" of the tone to produce a slight change of pitch.
- 5. A strong emphasis on the 2nd and 4th beat.
- 7. a piece with three sections A B A.
- 9. a syncopated pattern of 2 against 3.
- 10. The thickness of sound.
- 11. Subtle variations in tempo.
- 12. A smooth slide between two notes.
- 15. Shifting of the accents in a piece.
- 17. The use of multiple time signatures in a piece.
- 21. The rate of harmonic change in a piece.
- 22. When the beat is not obvious its ....
- 25. A chordal accompaniment usually in the left hand of the piano.
- 26. A melodic or rhythmic fragment heard throughout a piece.
- 27. Changes of styles within a piece.
- 33. Playing two notes ta once on a string instrument.
- 35. A single movement up or down a tone .
- 36. Upper rgister of the male voice.
- 37. The texture of gregorian chant.
- 39. Two notes held throughout a piece of music.
- 40. Music with no tonal centre.
- 44. A jazz vocal technique.
- 45. To play smoothly.
- 46. A rapid repetition of the same note.
- 48. Using many notes per syllable in vocal music.
- 49. A change of key.
- 50. A tone colour with similar sounding instruments performing.
- 51. The precise manner in which notes are played.
- 52. the end section of a piece of music.
- 53. The major and minor scale system used in Western music.
- 54. The devices used by a performer to "personalise" their performance.
Down
- 2. Large shifts in dynamics within a piece..
- 3. The first note of the national anthem is an example of this.
- 4. A dissonant note within a chord which is usually then resolved.
- 6. The notes C,D, E, F# and G# would form this scale.
- 8. The highest female voice type.
- 13. A word describing the degree of 'cohesion" in a piece of music.
- 14. The organisation of beats into groups.
- 16. The scale system used in a piece.
- 18. A texture where a melody is supported by chords.
- 19. Changing chords over a sustained bass note.
- 20. Amazing grace uses this scale.
- 23. A musical "sentence".
- 24. Conflicting rhythm patterns played simultaneously.
- 28. The kiss song I was made for loving you uses this tonality.
- 29. This is the result of two or nore notes that clash.
- 30. A structure that has the form A B A C A.
- 31. The etherial effect produced by touching the fretboard of a string instrument in particular places.
- 32. A "harmonious" sound.
- 34. The name for this pattern of notes : C D E F then D E F G.
- 38. The notes D E F G A B and C form this.
- 41. The lowest male voice.
- 42. Two or more melodies played simultaneously.
- 43. A short chordal progression at the end of a phrase to lead back to the tonic.
- 47. Distances smaller than a semitone.
- 48. Producing two or more notes simultaneously on a wind instrument.