Musical Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Interval between two tones in which the higher tone has twice the frequency of the lower tone.
  2. 3. Shift from one key to another within the same piece.
  3. 6. Progression giving a sense of conclusion, often from the dominant chord to the tonic chord.
  4. 9. Quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another.
  5. 10. Accenting a note at an unexpected time, as between two beats or on a weak beat.
  6. 11. first half of a musical period that proposes a “question”
  7. 14. Basic pace of the music.
  8. 16. Very slow, solemn.
  9. 17. Symbol placed at the beginning of the staff to show the exact pitch of notes placed on each line and space.
  10. 18. Means of playing a string instrument by which the strings are plucked, usually with a finger of the right hand
  11. 19. Emphasis of a note, which may result from its being louder, longer, or higher in pitch than the notes near it.
  12. 22. Moderately loud. (mf)
  13. 23. Combination of three or more tones sounded at once.
  14. 25. second half of a music period that proposes an “answer”
  15. 28. Very soft. (pp)
  16. 29. Fast.
  17. 30. Degrees of loudness or softness in music.
  18. 31. Tone combination that is stable and restful.
  19. 32. Lively tempo.
  20. 34. Series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole.
  21. 35. Relative highness or lowness of a sound.
  22. 36. Organization of beats into regular groups.
Down
  1. 2. Scale including all twelve tones of the octave; each tone is a half step away from the next one.
  2. 4. Tone combination that is unstable and tense.
  3. 5. Moderately fast.
  4. 7. Labels of the seven notes that comprise the Western music scale (A-G)
  5. 8. In notation, a set of five horizontal lines between or on which notes are positioned.
  6. 12. Sounding of the individual tones of a chord in sequence rather than simultaneously.
  7. 13. Slow.
  8. 15. Moderate tempo
  9. 17. Gradually louder.
  10. 18. Part of a melody.
  11. 20. Gradually softer.
  12. 21. Regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time
  13. 24. Distance between the highest and lowest tones that a given voice or instrument can produce.
  14. 26. Very slow, broad.
  15. 27. Sharp or flat signs immediately following the clef sign at the beginning of a piece of music, indicating the key in which the music is to be played.
  16. 28. Soft.
  17. 29. Use of the bow to play a stringed instrument, rather than fingers to pluck
  18. 33. The ordered duration of sounds and silences.