Musical Elements
Across
- 3. A set of five horizontal lines on which music is notated
- 6. The relative highness or lowness of a sound
- 7. The relative loudness or softness of a sound
- 8. A symbol which cancels out other symbols
- 9. The oval part of a note
- 12. The distance between two pitches
- 14. A series of pitches which add up to a recognizable whole
- 17. The organization of musical sound into patterns of time duration
- 18. A unit marked by bar lines on either side
- 20. The longer part of a note (except for the whole note; it doesn't have one)
Down
- 1. A symbol which lowers a note one half step
- 2. A sign which locates a particular pitch on the staff
- 4. A symbol which alters a pitch chromatically
- 5. The length of a sound
- 10. The color or quality of a sound
- 11. How sounds come together to create pleasing combinations
- 13. The relative thickness of a musical line
- 15. The way a piece unfolds over time; the organizational structure of the piece
- 16. The constant, regular beat in music
- 18. The grouping of pulse into recurring patterns of strong and weak pulses
- 19. A symbol which raises a note one half step