Vocab Mid Test
Across
- 3. The weak beat that comes before the strong beat
- 5. The main self contained melody of a musical selection
- 10. A pitched percussion instrument
- 11. Member of a family of instruments that is pitched 2nd or 3rd highest
- 12. Concluding passage of music
- 13. The measured distance between two musical pitches
- 15. Raises a note
- 20. Thin stick used by a conductor
- 21. Loudly
- 22. The first note of a scale
- 23. Small fluctuations in pitch used to make sound more expressive
- 25. A group of typically 3 or more notes sounded together
- 26. The central note, chord or scale of a musical composition
- 27. an ancient instrument the ancestor of the trombone
- 28. a melodic or harmonic punctuation mark at the end of phrase
- 29. How loud something is
Down
- 1. Pules
- 2. Member of a family of instruments that is the lowest pitch
- 4. an off beat accent
- 6. The main part in harmonized music
- 7. A rhythmic grouping, set off in written music by a vertical line
- 8. A fairly large choral group
- 9. A style if American music combining African and Western musical traits
- 14. In music notation a black or white oval shaped symbol
- 16. A slow tempo
- 17. Very slow
- 18. Another term for tone color
- 19. Written representation of a musical composition
- 21. Lowers a note
- 24. Short detached notes