Music Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. A piped, high-pitched instrument, usually made out of silver
  2. 5. A pair of large sticks used to create rhythm (from Cuba)
  3. 7. Music that supports a solo or melody
  4. 10. A musical part that sounds good when sung or played with the melody
  5. 12. Used in the Tudor times like a guitar
  6. 13. Two beats
  7. 14. When no music plays
  8. 16. One beat
Down
  1. 1. Something you hear at the beginning of a piece of music
  2. 3. Half a beat
  3. 4. A steady pulse
  4. 6. An instrument with many strings (used in 'Gethsemane')
  5. 8. This is an instrument in the school hall AND it means 'soft'
  6. 9. Longer and shorter notes, such as crotchets and quavers, combined in different ways
  7. 11. The stick that is used to play the glockenspiel and marimba
  8. 13. The main tune in a piece of music (the part most people sing)
  9. 15. A section of music that is repeated (with the same words) E.g. 'Work, work, work')