Music Vocabulary

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  1. 5. The ordered durations of sounds and silences
  2. 7. central note, scale, and chord within a piece, in relationship to which all other tones in the composition are heard
  3. 8. emphasis using louder or stronger sound
  4. 10. Regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time
  5. 11. Basic pace of the music
  6. 13. use of chords containing tones not found in the prevailing major or minor scale but included in the chromatic scale (which had twelve tones); often found in romantic music
  7. 15. In notation, a set of five horizontal lines between or on which notes are positioned
  8. 19. very fast
  9. 20. follows antecedent and has a similar melodic or rhythmic structure
  10. 22. Widely used keyboard instrument of great range and versatility, whose sound is produced by felt-covered hammers striking against steel strings.
  11. 23. Resting place at the end of a phrase in a melody. Progression giving a sense of conclusion, often from the dominant chord to the tonic chord
  12. 24. degrees of loudness or softness in music
  13. 25. very slow, solemn
  14. 27. perceived sound quality
  15. 28. Single melodic line without accompaniment
  16. 31. Tone combination that is unstable and tense
  17. 34. slow
  18. 35. Performance of two or more melodic lines of relatively equal interest at the same time
  19. 36. Series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole
  20. 37. as fast a tempo as possible
  21. 38. Interval between two tones in which the higher tone has twice the frequency of the lower tone
  22. 40. very soft
  23. 42. gradually softer
  24. 46. Distance in pitch between any two tones
  25. 48. Distance from lowest to highest pitch
  26. 49. Moderately loud
  27. 51. A, B, C, D, E, F, G
  28. 52. part of a melody
  29. 53. musical direction to resume using the bow on string instruments
  30. 54. accelerate
Down
  1. 1. loud
  2. 2. become slower
  3. 3. Means of playing a string instrument by which the strings are plucked, usually with a finger of the right hand
  4. 4. lively
  5. 6. Accenting a note at an unexpected time, as between two beats or on a weak beat. Major characteristic of jazz
  6. 9. Sharp or flat signs immediately following the clef sign at the beginning of a piece of music, indicating the key in which the music is to be played.
  7. 12. gradually louder
  8. 14. How chords are constructed and how they follow each other
  9. 16. very loud
  10. 17. Tone combination that is stable and restful
  11. 18. Moderate
  12. 21. Sounding of the individual tones of a chord in sequence rather than simultaneously.
  13. 26. Shift from one key to another within the same piece
  14. 29. relative highness or lowness of a sound
  15. 30. Moderately slow, walking pace
  16. 32. Term describing music in which one main melody is accompanied by chords
  17. 33. moderately fast
  18. 39. phrase ending with the less conclusive cadence
  19. 41. Series of pitches arranged in order from low to high or high to low
  20. 43. Symbol placed at the beginning of the staff to show the exact pitch of notes placed on each line and space
  21. 44. Very slow, broad
  22. 45. fast
  23. 47. Moderately soft
  24. 50. In notation of rhythm, a symbol to indicate the duration of silence in the music