Music Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. becoming faster
  2. 3. lively tempo
  3. 5. first seven letters of the latin alphabet to name pitches
  4. 13. very slow, solemn
  5. 18. very slow, broad
  6. 20. Fast
  7. 21. Accenting a note at an unexpected time, as between two beats or on a weak beat Syncopation is a major characteristic of jazz.
  8. 22. moderately soft
  9. 23. Gradually softer.
  10. 24. Symbol placed at the beginning of the staff to show the exact pitch of notes placed on each line and space.
  11. 25. The ordered durations of sounds and silences
  12. 29. Loud.
  13. 31. In notation of rhythm, a symbol to indicate the duration of silence in the music.
  14. 32. becoming slower
  15. 34. musical emphasis that uses a stronger or louder sound to play a note.
  16. 36. Tone combination that is unstable and tense.
  17. 40. very fast tempo
  18. 41. slow
  19. 43. part of a melody
  20. 44. quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another.
  21. 45. Regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time.
  22. 49. as fast a tempo as possible
  23. 51. single melodic line without accompaniment
  24. 52. combination of three or more tones sounded at once.
  25. 53. shift from one key to another within the same piece
  26. 54. phrase that follows an antecedent phrase
  27. 55. (pp) Very soft
Down
  1. 1. moderate tempo
  2. 4. gradually louder
  3. 6. moderately loud
  4. 7. playing aa string instrument by which the strings ae plucked, usually with the right hand.
  5. 8. how chords are constructed and follow each other
  6. 9. sharp or flat signs immediately following clef signs.
  7. 10. Organization of beats into regular groups.
  8. 11. series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole
  9. 12. In notation, a set of five horizontal lines between or on which notes are positioned.
  10. 14. distance from the lowest to highest pitch
  11. 15. use of chords containing tones not found; included in chromatic scale
  12. 16. moderately fast
  13. 17. performance of two or more melodic lines of relatively equal interest at the same time.
  14. 19. bowed.
  15. 26. describing music in which one main melody is accompanied by chords.
  16. 27. (1) resting place at the end of a phrase in a melody.
  17. 28. Widely used keyboard instrument of great range and versatility, whose sound is produced by felt-covered hammers striking against steel strings.
  18. 30. "Distance" in pitch between any two tones.
  19. 33. a group of notes, scales, and chords that form the basis of a composition
  20. 35. complete phrase that ends on a pitch of relative tension or instability.
  21. 37. internal between two tones in which the higher tone has twice the frequency of the lower tone
  22. 38. degrees of loudness or softness in music
  23. 39. very loud
  24. 42. moderately slow, a walking pace.
  25. 43. Relative highness or lowness of a sound.
  26. 46. tone combination that is stable and restful
  27. 47. Basic pace of the music.
  28. 48. sounding of the individual tones of aa chord in sequence rather than simultaneously
  29. 50. series of pitches arranged in order from low to high or high to low