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