Music vocab
Across
- 2. A traditional Swedish keyed fiddle.
- 4. A convex steel drum played with the hands, producing melodic tones.
- 6. Playing the notes of a chord in succession, rather than simultaneously.
- 9. A very short grace note played quickly before the main note.
- 12. Oppositer of a crescendo
- 16. A Japanese end-blown bamboo flute.
- 21. A Russian stringed instrument with a triangular body.
- 22. The art of combining different melodic lines in a musical composition.
- 25. A gradual increase in loudness.
- 26. The unique quality or color of a musical sound.
- 28. A sequence of chords that brings a phrase to a close.
- 30. Duclimer played with bamboo beaters
Down
- 1. A flute made of bamboo, from india
- 3. Notes that sound the same but are written differently (e.g., F♯ and G♭).
- 5. A loud double-reed woodwind from the middle east
- 7. A Chinese plucked lute with four strings
- 8. A two-stringed Chinese bowed instrument.
- 10. A small keyboard instrument popular in the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
- 11. A long-necked, waisted lute from Iran.
- 13. A sudden, strong accent on a note or chord.
- 14. A Ukrainian hammered dulcimer
- 15. A Norwegian violin with sympathetic strings.
- 17. A instrument that is played with a crank
- 18. A continuous slide upward or downward between two notes.
- 19. A tempo marking indicating a moderate, walking pace.
- 20. A Bowed string instrument from Iran
- 23. An early electronic instrument producing eerie, wavering sounds.
- 24. A thumb piano
- 27. A long wind instrument developed by Indigenous Australians.
- 29. A tempo marking indicating a lively and fast pace.