Across
- 1. the character or quality of a musical sound or voice as distinct from its pitch and intensity
- 5. often happens at the start of a piece
- 6. becoming slower
- 7. performance of two or more melodic lines of relatively equal interest at the same time
- 10. tone combination that is unstable and tense
- 11. very slow, broad
- 16. moderately loud
- 20. as fast a tempo as possible
- 21. distance in pitch between any two tones
- 23. soft
- 26. series of pitches arranged from low to high or high or low
- 27. a resting place at the end of a phrase in a melody
- 30. slow
- 31. series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole
- 32. basic pace of music
- 33. a set of letters used to designate all musical sounds
- 35. single melodic line without accompaniment
- 36. symbol placed at the beginning of the staff to show the exact pitch of notes placed on each line and space
- 40. musical phrase that follows another, similar phrase
- 42. main group of pitches, or notes, that form the harmonic foundation of a piece of music.
- 43. a set of five horizontal lines between or on which notes are presented
- 44. degrees of loudness and softness in music
- 48. how chords are constructed and how they follow eachother
- 49. part of a melody
- 50. on a violin or other stringed instrument using the bow
- 51. one main melody is accompanied by chords
- 52. the ordered durations of sounds and silences
- 53. very slow, solemn
Down
- 2. moderate tempo
- 3. tone combination that is stable and restful
- 4. he notes of a chord played in succession, either ascending or descending
- 8. moderately fast
- 9. shift from one key to another within the same piece
- 12. very loud
- 13. regular, reoccurring pulsation that divides music into equal units of time
- 14. combination of three or more tones sounded at once
- 15. lively temp
- 17. loud
- 18. means of playing a stringed instrument by which the strings are being plucked
- 19. sharp or flat immediately following the clef sign at the beginning of a piece
- 22. becoming faster
- 23. very soft
- 24. interval between two tones in which the higher tone has twice the frequency as the lower
- 25. when one note is played louder or with a harder attack than the surrounding unaccented notes
- 28. moderately slow, a walking pace
- 29. relative highness or lowness of a sound
- 34. fast
- 37. organization of beats into regular groups
- 38. moderately soft
- 39. a symbol to indicate the duration of silence in music
- 40. getting louder
- 41. very fast tempo
- 45. gradually slower
- 46. the use of notes that are outside the diatonic scale or mode of composition
- 47. accenting a note at an unexpected time
- 52. distance between the lowest and highest pitches
