Elements of Music & Instruments of the Orchestra
Across
- 2. Instruments in this family use a thin piece of wood called a reed or a small mouthpiece to make sound
- 3. The unique sound quality of a voice or instrument
- 6. Instruments in this family use vibrating strings to make their sound
- 8. The number of music lines and their density in a piece of music
- 10. The arrangement of short and long notes in a piece of music
- 12. Instrument in the woodwind family that is often used in jazz
- 13. How loud or soft the music is
- 16. Smallest instrument in the orchestral string family
- 18. The sound created when two or more pitches are sung at the same time to form a chord
Down
- 1. Instrument in the percussion family that shares its name with a common shape
- 3. Instrument in the brass family that uses a slide to change pitch
- 4. Type of form with three sections, where the last section is the same as the first
- 5. The pulse that you feel in music, like the tick of a clock
- 7. Instruments in this family are hit, scraped, crashed, or shaken to make sound
- 9. A group of two or more pitches that are sung or played at the same time
- 11. The arrangement and order of the parts or sections in a piece of music
- 14. A series of pitches that form a tune
- 15. A single sound in music
- 17. Instruments in this family are made of metal and have a cup-shaped mouthpiece