Essential Elements Terms

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Across
  1. 4. p- piano (play softy)
  2. 6. In musical notation, a natural sign (♮) is an accidental sign used to cancel a flat or sharp from either a preceding note or the key signature.
  3. 7. Note The meaning of WHOLE NOTE is a musical note equal in time value to four quarter notes or two half notes.
  4. 8. In music, the dynamics of a piece is the variation in loudness between notes or phrases. Dynamics are indicated by specific musical notation, often in some detail.
  5. 9. : a prolongation at the discretion of the performer of a musical note, chord, or rest beyond its given time value also : the sign denoting such a prolongation. — called also hold.
  6. 11. The music staff has 5 lines and 4 spaces where notes are and rests are written.
  7. 12. harmony, in music, the sound of two or more notes heard simultaneously. In practice, this broad definition can also include some instances of notes sounded
  8. 16. (G clef) cliefndicates the position of note names on a music staff; second line is G.
  9. 17. A directive to the performer to break the phrase at that point in the composition and breathe, thus assisting in the production of a smooth phrase consistent with the composer's wishes
  10. 19. lines divide the music staff into measures.
  11. 21. key signature, in musical notation, the arrangement of sharp or flat signs on particular lines and spaces of a musical staff to indicate that the corresponding notes, in every octave, are to be consistently raised (by sharps) or lowered (by flats) from their natural pitches.
  12. 22. A note having the time value of two quarter notes or half of a whole note, represented by a ring with a stem.
  13. 23. The beat is the pulse of music,and like your heartbeat it should remain very steady. Counting aloud and foot-tapping help us maintain a steady beat. Tap your footdown on each number and up on each "&".
  14. 26. Without stopping, play once again from the beggining.
Down
  1. 1. In music, an anacrusis (also known as a pickup, or fractional pick-up) is a note or sequence of notes, a motif, which precedes the first downbeat in a bar in a musical phrase.
  2. 2. 1 beat
  3. 3. : loud —used as a direction in music violins played the passage forte.
  4. 5. Ledger Lines extend the music staff. Notesonledger linnes can be above or below the staff.
  5. 8. Indicates the end of a piece of music
  6. 10. lines divide the music staff into measures.
  7. 13. Indicates how many beats per measure, and what kind of note gets one beat.
  8. 14. 1 silent beat
  9. 15. # raises the note and remains in effect for the entire meausre.
  10. 18. Forte ": moderately loud —used as a direction in music.
  11. 20. 1 : a piece of music for two performers. 2 : two people performing music together. More from Merriam-Webster on duet.
  12. 24. DEFINITION
  13. 25. Lowers the note and remains in effect for the entire measure.