Music Crossword

1. - A quick, improvisational, spirited piece of music.
3. - Two or three melodic lines played at the same time.
7. - An extended solo, often accompanying the vocal part of an aria
8. - Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional, flowery music; written in strict form
10. - Refers to the tuning of an instrument
11. - A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
12. - The technique of altering the tone color of a single note or musical line by changing from one instrument to another in the middle of a note or line.
16. - To shift to another key.
18. - A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
19. - Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
20. - A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase, either in the middle or the end of a composition.

2. - A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
4. - Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
5. - A direction to play expressively.
6. - Combination of two or more keys being played at the same time.
9. - A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
11. - Lowest female singing voice.
13. - Music written to be sung or played in unison.
14. - An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
15. - Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
17. - First developed in the 8th century, methods of writing music.
21. - The keyboard of a stringed instrument.