Orchestral music key words
Across
- 1. A group of beats, usually 4 or 3 at a time
- 5. The steady beat of the music
- 7. The speed of the music
- 8. A second tune that goes against the first
- 10. The beginning of a musical piece
- 11. Instrument family including Trombone, tuba
- 15. High-pitched brass instrument with valves
- 17. To play softly
- 19. To play loudly
- 20. Breathy-sounding woodwind instrument, played sideways
- 23. The leader of the orchestra / choir
- 24. The click used to keep musicians in time
- 25. Probably the most famous composer, died young
- 26. To gradually get louder
- 29. The volume of the music
- 30. Small high-pitched string instrument played with bow
- 31. Instrument family including guitar, cello
Down
- 2. The notes of the A minor chord
- 3. Organised patterns of beats (this word has no vowels!)
- 4. Two or more notes played at the same time
- 5. How high or low a note is
- 6. Famous composer, went deaf aged 28, wrote 'Ode to Joy'
- 9. To gradually get quieter
- 12. The way the music is organised
- 13. The layers of music
- 14. Instrument family including clarinet, oboe
- 16. The main tune
- 18. The music that supports the main solo
- 21. A large piece of classical music for orchestra.
- 22. Instrument family including cymbals, shakers
- 27. The lowest layer of music
- 28. The biggest and lowest-pitched of the drums in the percussion family