MS Finale
Across
- 1. - a set of instrumental pieces, each in the character of a dance
- 8. - a musical structure consisting of two distinct sections, usually labeled as A and B
- 9. - a virtuoso saxophonist whose use of classical Latin and blue styles helped lead to the development of Biba.
- 13. - period where Bach was from
- 17. - created sheets of sound with his alto sax and played multiple at once manipulating traditional harmonic progressions.
- 19. - a keyboard instrument that produces sound when pressed on the keys
- 20. - a short musical fragment that forms the basis of a melody or larger musical work
- 22. - very long rest, with 4 counts
- 25. - known for his signature raspy voice and helped to give Scat a wider audience with his recordings
- 26. - viola is from what family of instruments
- 27. - a groundbreaking bebop performer and master improviser as well as a pioneer of Afro-Cuban and Latin music
- 30. - approached by step and then continues by step in the same direction
- 32. Lines - lines that divide the music into those measures
- 33. - a melodic phrase that has a clear beginning, middle, and end
- 34. - performs music from Jalisco
- 35. - a dance in triple meter, made famous in Vienna in the late 1800s
- 37. - repeating from the beginning
- 38. - 2nd degree of a tonic
- 41. - the combining of notes into patterns
- 44. - 3rd degree of a tonic
- 45. - first two A sections typically feature the same melody and lyrics, B section introduces a contrasting melody and lyrics, and final A section restates the melody and lyrics from the first two A sections
- 46. - an atypical acoustic instrument where sound is generated by restricting or releasing the flow of water through multiple sound holes
- 49. - a form of vocal improvisation that became a characteristic that many jazz singers adopted
- 50. - founder of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre
- 52. - the instrument has the highest pitch
- 53. - music that has numbers at the beginning
- 54. tone - 7th degree of a tonic
- 56. - infused popular American music with jazz sensibilities, making hits such as “Straighten Up and Fly Right”
- 57. - very long note, with 4 counts
- 61. - keyboard-operated string instrument with 61 actual strings
- 62. - period where Mozart was from
- 64. - instrument does not play higher than Middle C
- 66. - famous pianist and composer who borrowed African-American folk and Creole for his compositions
- 68. Staff - when the bass staff and treble staff join together with a brace
- 69. - a musical structure consisting of two phrases
- 71. - an ornamental note of long or short duration that temporarily displaces, and subsequently resolves into, a main note, usually by step-wise motion
- 72. - traditional Mexican songs
- 74. - 8th degree of a tonic
- 76. - period where the voice was instrumental
- 78. - the first phrase in a musical period, which sets up a musical idea
- 79. - dance created by Texan Americans
- 82. - instruments that produce sound by a vibrating column of air
- 83. - the second phrase in a musical period, which provides resolution to the antecedent phrase
- 84. - an Afro-Brazilian dance that is quite fast and jazzy
- 85. - a sitar falls into what category of instrumental timbres
- 86. - 6th degree of a tonic
Down
- 2. tone - approached by step and left by a leap in the opposite direction
- 3. - opened one of the first jazz schools in Canada, and his hymn to freedom was a major anthem of the Civil Rights Movement.
- 4. - a stringed instrument that generates sound by metal hammers plucking the strings
- 5. - 5th degree of a tonic
- 6. - an accented non-chord tone, meaning it occurs on a downbeat
- 7. - instruction for musicians playing stringed instruments(when playing violin)
- 10. - 4th degree of a tonic
- 11. - wrote music for Star Wars, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Home Alone
- 12. - 1st thumb, 2nd index, 3rd middle, 4th ring, 5th pinky
- 14. - most crucial instrument in choir, pop, rock, R&B, country and many forms of jazz
- 15. - oboe is from what family of instruments
- 16. - an old French dance perform rather slow and stately in triple meter
- 18. - notes played together to make a harmony
- 21. - a musical structure consisting of repeated verses, with the same music accompanying each verse
- 23. - a musical structure consisting of three distinct sections, usually labeled as A, B, and A
- 24. - trombone is from what family of instruments
- 28. - piano is from what family of instruments
- 29. - 1st degree of a tonic
- 31. - short note, with 1 count
- 34. - notes played separately to make a melody
- 36. - soft
- 39. - consists of 42 strings in four different sections, all arranged in a recognizable, oversized acoustic guitar body
- 40. - short rest, with 1 count
- 42. - moderately loud
- 43. - long note, with 2 counts
- 47. - the gradual shifting of a repeated musical pattern out of alignment with itself over time
- 48. - made hits such as “Embraceable You” and “I’ll Be Seeing You”, and used her raspy, somewhat fragile voice to showcase a depth of emotion in her music.
- 51. - a Latin American dance perform at a moderately slow, walk-like tempo
- 55. - featured in popular genres and has been heard in music by King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, Steven Wilson, and others
- 58. - creates sound via eight tuned vibrating tongues of steel that, when struck, produce a pleasant sound
- 59. - a strenuous style of classical dance created in France in the 16th century
- 60. - Jamaican dance music, mixing African and Caribbean rhythms
- 63. Position - 5th pinky, 4th ring, 3rd middle, 2nd index, 1st thumb
- 65. - a string technique involving detached notes played with a bouncing bow(when playing violin)
- 67. - an accented non-chord tone occurring on downbeats
- 70. - a pianist, bandleader, and composer penned many famous standards like “Cottontail”, and elevated jazz to a bonafide art form.
- 73. - where you step up or down from a note and then move back to the original note
- 75. - famous traditional Mexican song
- 77. was a piano player whose style consisted of energetic percussive attacks on the keys juxtaposed with periods of drawn-out silence.
- 80. - at the helm of almost every major jazz innovation in the late 20th century, creating cool jazz.
- 81. - segments of time from a given number of beats