The Beatles Key Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. When several notes are sung to the same syllable.
  2. 6. Play in a short and detached manner.
  3. 7. A structure made up of repeated verses with different lyrics.
  4. 9. Emphasising beats of the bar that are normally unaccented.
  5. 13. Notes that do not belong to the key or move by semitones.
  6. 14. A low continuous sound, usually the 1st and 5th of a chord.
  7. 15. Magnetic tape lopped to create repetitive patterns.
  8. 16. A dotted rhythm where the second note is longer.
  9. 19. A large, long-necked Indian lute with movable frets
  10. 20. The effect produced when 2 conflicting rhythms are heard together.
  11. 23. Movement by step.
  12. 24. Sounds that are not pleasant when played together.
  13. 25. A 'leaning' note. An expressive dissonance that moves by step to resolve onto a note of the current chord.
  14. 27. The closing section.
  15. 28. A rhythmic, melodic or harmonic pattern repeated many times in succession. Term used for popular music.
  16. 29. scale 6 note scale made up of pentatonic scale and flattened 3rd.
Down
  1. 1. Recording on 2 separate tracks for editing individually.
  2. 2. A phrase/section that is repeated, is usually catchy.
  3. 3. A type of scale with 7 notes that is neither major or minor. Commonly used in folk music and jazz.
  4. 4. rhythm The rate at which chords change.
  5. 8. The average range of a passage or voice.
  6. 10. concrete Music composition that uses recorded sounds that are manipulated.
  7. 11. A scale of 5 pitches to the octave.
  8. 12. A type of singing with close harmonies.
  9. 14. Playing 2 notes at the same time on a string instrument.
  10. 15. 3 notes played in the time of 2.
  11. 16. An amplifier and loudspeaker that projects a signal from electronic instruments and modifies the sound.
  12. 17. Notes that belong to the current key.
  13. 18. New and experimental ideas and methods in music.
  14. 21. A sustained or repeated note sounded against changing harmonies.
  15. 22. Music created under the influence of drugs.
  16. 26. A plucked drone instrument used in Indian music.