Sixth Grade General Music Vocabulary
Across
- 6. The part that repeats, like the chorus
- 7. The recurring melody found in some music
- 8. The structure of a composition
- 9. Short and separated playing
- 12. Gradually get louder
- 14. The special ending: popular on marches
- 15. To make it up as you go, popular in Jazz
- 16. The group of notes at the end of the piece that indicates the ending
- 17. A rapid slide through a series of notes in a scale-wise motion
- 20. A group of singers
- 22. Two groups answering or echoing each other
- 27. Medium soft
- 28. The symbol at the start of a piece of music to indicate how beats are grouped and beat values
- 32. The unique sound of a voice or instrument
- 33. The middle male singing voice
- 35. The highest female singing voice
- 36. Walking tempo
- 37. Smooth and connected playing or singing
- 40. Speed up
- 43. The sounding of two or more different notes at the same time
- 44. Lively
- 45. Loud
- 46. The rhythmic pattern that repeats
- 48. Continuous movement from one pitch to the next
- 49. The "louds" and "softs" in a piece of music
- 51. Quiet
- 52. A musical play where most of the parts are sung
- 54. A group of instruments
Down
- 1. The highest male singing voice
- 2. The highness or lowness of a note
- 3. A group of players or singers
- 4. The musical introduction before an opera or a musical play
- 5. Three voices playing or singing at the same time
- 8. Very loud
- 10. The background music
- 11. The steady pulse found in some music
- 13. A group of stringed instruments
- 18. Two voices playing or singing at the same time
- 19. Very quiet
- 21. A symbol used to designate a chromatically altered note
- 23. Slow
- 24. Medium loud
- 25. Gradually get softer
- 26. Four voices playing or singing at the same time
- 29. Very fast
- 30. To sing with no background music
- 31. Very slow
- 34. The lowest male singing voice
- 35. One voice playing or singing
- 38. To emphasize a note
- 39. All voices playing or singing the same part
- 41. Someone who writes music
- 42. Slow down
- 47. The lowest female singing voice
- 50. The musical notation of a composition, showing all vocal and instrumental parts
- 53. A song for solo voice in an Opera