N5 Concepts Melody, Harmony, Rhythm and Tempo
Across
- 2. Sliding rapidy up and down the notes
- 4. 2 chords at the end of a phrase. Chord V to chord I – the dominant to the tonic, sounds finished
- 5. A fast Scottish dance in compound time
- 7. A scale based on 5 notes. Very popular in folk (Scottish) Music
- 10. Music gets gradually slower
- 11. Each beat is divided into groups of 3 pulses 6/8, 9/8, 12/8
- 12. One note for each syllable
- 13. Moving in a downward direction
- 14. An interval of 2 semitones, e.g. from C to D or F to G etc.
- 15. A Scottish dance with four beats in the bar featuring dotted rhythms and a Scotch Snap
- 19. A change of key
- 20. An opening phrase in a melody
- 21. A scale built entirely on semitones
- 27. A musical decoration in the melody line
- 29. Two or more notes sounding together
- 32. Notes playing off or against the beat
- 33. Reply to an opening phrase
- 34. Musical idea heard more than once in exactly the same way by exactly that same instrument / voice
- 35. Another melody above the main tune, mainly in vocal music
- 37. A dance in simple time with three beats in the bar
- 38. Music gets gradually faster
- 39. Jumping between high notes and low notes
- 42. Fast
- 43. Moving in an upward direction
- 44. Music with a strong steady pulse with two or four beats in the bar (can be a Scottish dance)
- 45. A note which is held or repeated continuously in the bass part while the harmony changes over it
- 48. Notes which appear before the first strong beat of the bar. Almost like a very short lead-in
- 49. A fast Scottish dance in simple time with two or four beats in the bar.
- 50. A note which is held or repeated continuously in the upper part while the harmony changes below it
Down
- 1. Notes of the chord played separately
- 3. Music with 2, 3 or 4 beats in the bar. Each beat is usually 1 crotchet
- 6. A rapid repeated movement between 2 notes
- 8. A rhythmic accompaniment with a bass note played on the strong beat and a chord played off the beat
- 9. The shortest distance in music – half a tone C to C# or B to Bb, etc.
- 10. The performer plays pulls the tempo around to suit the music, “robbed time”
- 11. Two parts moving in opposite directions, one ascending, one descending
- 12. Moving by step to the note directly above or below
- 16. Nonsense words and sounds made up by a singer usually found in JAZZ music
- 17. A melody played against the main melody
- 18. Music made up on the spot
- 22. Music starts to slow down, “held back”
- 23. A scale built entirely on tones. Popular in 20th Century music and sometimes sounds strange to the ear
- 24. Several notes sung to one syllable
- 25. Notes that are stressed sounding louder than others.
- 26. A type of ornament played quickly before the note. Used mainly as a decoration
- 28. At a moderate pace
- 30. A pattern of notes repeated higher or lower
- 31. Music based on no particular key. Sounds dissonant and is hard to listen to
- 36. A rhythmic figure with a short accented note followed by a longer note. Mostly found in a Strathspey
- 40. Slow
- 41. The distance of eight notes
- 46. At a walking pace
- 47. 2 chords at the end of a phrase. Chord I to chord V – the tonic to the dominant, sounds unfinished