Music Vocabulary
Across
- 5. the pulse, or heartbeat of the music
- 6. the mood/flavor that groups of pitches create when played in close succession
- 7. the speed of the beat
- 8. two or more notes played at the same time for a specific harmonic purpose
- 9. how high or low the notes go
- 11. volume, how loud or soft
- 12. how short and long sounds match up to a steady beat
- 15. the quality/color of sound
Down
- 1. a single note that brings a melody to a sense of finality or rest
- 2. how long or short a note is played, the quality of attack
- 3. patterns of strong and weak beats
- 4. the main tonal idea of the song, the tune we sing
- 10. two or more notes sounding at the same time
- 13. organized sound
- 14. the pattern of sections of a piece of music