MS Finale

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