Music Terms

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Across
  1. 3. a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in: I don't know what her forte is, but it's not music. Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent
  2. 4. an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet
  3. 6. a motif or theme associated throughout a music drama with a particular person, situation, or idea
  4. 8. a male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor or bass
  5. 9. the lowest female voice and the highest male voice
  6. 11. the text or words of an opera or similar extended musical composition.
  7. 13. a group of persons singing in unison
  8. 14. low pitched instrument
Down
  1. 1. a musical composition for two voices or instruments
  2. 2. runs, trills, and other florid decoration in vocal music
  3. 5. smooth and connected; without breaks between the successive tones.
  4. 7. variation and gradation in the volume of musical sound
  5. 8. used in praising a female singer
  6. 10. used in praising a male singer
  7. 12. an air or melody