Higher Music
Across
- 4. An ornament which sounds like a crushed note
- 6. A type of scale that sounds like a snake charmer
- 8. A German song from the Romantic period for voice and piano in which both parts are important
- 9. A prominent solo instrument in a vocal piece
- 10. The main theme in a composition
- 12. A vocal piece in which there is little or no repetition of the music
- 14. A 20th century style which sounds "dreamy" and uses a whole tone scale
- 15. A cadence which sounds finished
- 17. The effect of "strawberry" against "coffee"
- 18. The small group of solo instrumentalists in a concerto grosso
- 19. The distance between two notes
- 21. The final chord of a piece in a minor key is changed to major
Down
- 1. An ornament consisting of the main note, the note above, then the main note again
- 2. A type of vocal writing where the music follows the rhythm of speech
- 3. A "scary" or "haunting" sounding chord
- 5. Music written for a small instrumental ensemble with one player to a part
- 7. High, florid singing
- 11. An increase in the length of notes
- 13. High, eerie sounds produced on a string instrument
- 15. Unaccompanied melody set to Latin words. Modal with no regular metre. Sung by men
- 16. An ensemble which contains two violins, a viola and a cello
- 20. A recurring theme