Essential Music Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. a group of 2 or more staves
  2. 6. a hold on a note or rest until the conductor cuts you off
  3. 7. the five lines and four spaces on which music is written
  4. 10. another name for 2/2 time signature. All note values are cut in half
  5. 12. to gradually get louder
  6. 13. a person who creates or writes music
  7. 14. symbol located after the clef that tells you where “Do” is
  8. 15. the speed of the song or beat measured in beats per minute
  9. 16. to gradually get softer
  10. 17. (ff) - very loud
  11. 18. (mf) - medium loud
Down
  1. 1. another name for 4/4 time signature
  2. 3. (p) – soft
  3. 4. (mp) – medium soft
  4. 5. a set of numbers that tell you how many beats are in a measure and what kind of note gets the beat
  5. 8. (f) – loud
  6. 9. how loud or soft the music is
  7. 11. (pp) – very soft