Listening Terminology
Across
- 3. the underlying pulse in music
- 4. the volume of sound, described as loud or soft
- 7. the layers of sound, described as dense or sparse
- 9. the order things occur and the sections of a song, described as repeating or freeform
- 10. the 'height' of a set of notes, described as high or low
- 11. a series of notes going up
- 13. the speed of the beat, described as fast or slow
- 15. a series of notes going down
- 17. many layers
- 18. the sound quality of a sound, described as bright or mellow
Down
- 1. background part or not the main part
- 2. length the length of the notes, described as long or short
- 3. lively vibrant sparkling sound often higher in pitch
- 4. the length of sounds and silences
- 5. ideas that happen more than once
- 6. the relative highness or lowness of sounds
- 8. the main part
- 9. few layers
- 12. a structure with only new ideas and no repeating sections
- 14. the main series of notes you can hear, described as ascending or descending
- 16. warm less bright sound often lower in pitch