Elements of Music
Across
- 3. Dynamics or tempo or articulations
- 5. The organization of music in time. Also closely related to meter
- 7. a three-note chord
- 11. The frequency of the note’s vibration
- 12. The sections or movements of a piece; i.e. verse and refrain; sonata form; ABA; Rondo
- 14. Short and separated notes; a type of articulation
- 16. Volume (amplitude)—how loud; soft; medium; gradually getting louder or softer (crescendo or decrescendo)
- 17. A succession of musical notes; a series of pitches often organized into phrases
- 18. A melody with an accompaniment; e.g. a lead singer and a band
- 19. How long or short the sound is
- 20. Two or more independent voices; e.g. a round
Down
- 1. Beats per minute; how fast or medium or slow a piece of music is played or sung
- 2. Smooth and connected notes; a type of articulation
- 4. How loud or soft a sound is
- 6. The density (thickness or thinness) of layers of sounds and melodies and rhythms in a piece
- 8. The manner in which notes are played or words pronounced
- 9. The simultaneous vertical combination of notes that usually form chords
- 10. The tone color of a sound resulting from the overtones
- 12. overtone or timbre or pitch or amplitude or duration
- 13. A fundamental pitch with resultant pitches sounding above it. The resultant pitches are extremely faint and almost inaudible
- 15. A single layer of sound; e.g. a solo voice