Music Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 6. piano factory we are visiting
  2. 7. Anthony and Brae often embody this quieter dynamic in class
  3. 8. speeding up
  4. 11. another famous piano manufacturer mentioned in our recent article
  5. 14. grouping of four musicians
  6. 16. also known as a broken chord and frequently played by Charlie
  7. 17. this is the highest pitched instrument of the string family
  8. 18. represents higher voices and is also the favorite clef of our class as expertly written by Miles and Cabell
  9. 20. to change keys
  10. 21. shorter name of a member of the percussion family made famous as the intro of Mariah Carey's Christmas hit and Zach's in class performance
  11. 23. distance between the 1st and 8th notes of a scale (When singing the "O Canada" Reid would begin on c4 and Dr. M would start on c5)
  12. 24. essentially the volume shifts in music
  13. 26. gradually getting louder
  14. 28. distance between two pitches
  15. 30. the trumpet and tuba are members of this instrument family
  16. 32. head musician responsible for the main interpretation of a musical work (Higor and EJ played this role with sharing their synopses of our recent readings)
  17. 34. louder dynamic (Jack and Jake often create this dynamic when talking loudly)
Down
  1. 1. this is a member of the woodwind family which is often erroneously listed as a brass instrument
  2. 2. to hold longer (extending the duration of the note or rest)
  3. 3. played smoothly
  4. 4. performed by a single musician
  5. 5. collaboration of three musicians
  6. 9. hypothetical instrument introduced to us by Logan as an important part of the keyboard's historical development and contribution
  7. 10. lowers the pitch
  8. 12. synonym of measure
  9. 13. a person with exceptional talent
  10. 15. speed of work
  11. 19. defines the number many beats in a measure and provides the duration of each beat
  12. 22. five horizontal lines where music is written
  13. 24. performed by two musicians
  14. 25. creating music on the spot without any prewritten material (common in Jazz)
  15. 27. raises the pitch
  16. 29. slow tempo
  17. 31. we use this term to describe a choir or part of a common musical form in pop music
  18. 33. base note of the key and chordal inversion