Music Vocabulary
Across
- 1. The highness or lowness of sound measured in Hz.
- 5. Based on a scale of w/w/h/w/w/w/h steps
- 9. Notes played or sung in one breath
- 11. A style where all parts have the same rhythm
- 12. The beginning of a sound
- 15. Sitting/standing correctly and efficiently
- 17. Two or more vowel sounds blended together
- 18. Singing without accompaniment
- 20. Music that is written for entertainment
- 22. Based on a scale of w/h/w/w/h/w/w steps
- 23. Correct and clear pronunciation of consonants
- 24. Two or more pitches sounding together
- 26. Being in tune with accompaniment or others
- 28. Relative loudness or softness
- 29. Pitches in sequence that form a pattern
- 30. Playing a series of pitches without tonguing
Down
- 2. The speed at which a regular pulse is repeated
- 3. The system of moving from chord to chord
- 4. The way a sound is started and ended
- 6. Mouth position in brass and woodwinds
- 7. Italian system of pitch and interval ear training
- 8. Moving in half-steps
- 10. How a sound is ended
- 13. The relative brightness or darkness of a sound
- 14. Music that is written for spiritual or religious use
- 16. Moving within a key without changes
- 19. Emphasis on a note, word, or phrase
- 21. Everyone on the same pitch
- 25. How a sound is placed in time
- 27. The division of time into units