Semester One Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. a group of notes sung to one syllable of text
  2. 5. when a group of instruments or singers play or sing in such a way that the entire ensemble has a characteristic sound, without individual instruments or voices that stand out
  3. 11. a method of voice production used by male singers, especially tenors, to sing notes higher than their normal range
  4. 14. the location of the majority of the pitches in a composition or section
  5. 15. melodic decoration
  6. 16. with fervent emotion or passion
  7. 17. dying away
  8. 18. a relation or state of tension between various tones
  9. 20. forced; with emphasis
  10. 22. gradually becoming slower
  11. 23. a different spelling of the same pitch or chord
Down
  1. 1. tone color
  2. 2. sharps or flats placed at the beginning of a selection indicating its key
  3. 4. smooth and connected
  4. 6. voices on the same pitch or mixed voices in octaves
  5. 7. softly, with a subdued voice, literally "under the voice"
  6. 8. an alternate version of notes
  7. 9. a natural division of the melodic line with a cadence; comparable to a clause or sentence
  8. 10. gradually getting faster
  9. 12. a break in the musical line
  10. 13. the pace at which a composition is to be performed; rate of speed
  11. 19. detached, separated
  12. 21. choral music generally without accompaniment; literally-in the style of the chapel