Basic Music Terms

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  1. 3. the main rhythm that a piece of music has
  2. 7. clef sign used for higher notes
  3. 8. a musical instrument which consists of wooden bars of different lengths that you hit with mallets
  4. 10. a series of sounds made by instruments or voices in a way that is pleasant or exciting
  5. 11. a musical instrument like a guitar, with a round body, drum head and four or more strings
  6. 12. musical instruments made of metal that you play by buzzing your lips
  7. 16. a person singing
  8. 17. a low male singing voice
  9. 20. the recorded music from a film/tv show
  10. 22. a type of popular music in which the words of a song are not sung, but spoken
  11. 23. a high female singing voice
  12. 25. musical instruments made of wood or metal that you play by blowing
  13. 26. a type of music that has a strong beat and parts for performers to play alone (often improvised)
  14. 28. a pair of hollow objects with handles, filled with small items
  15. 30. a wooden musical instrument like a narrow tube, which you play by blowing air through a double reed
  16. 32. a large musical instrument that has a long row of black and white keys
  17. 33. how high or low a note or other sound is
  18. 35. a special set of movements performed to a particular type of music
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  1. 1. a kind of popular music originally from Jamaica, with a strong regular beat
  2. 2. a musical instrument like a thin pipe which is held horizontally
  3. 4. a piece of equipment that makes the sound of a musical instrument louder (notably used for guitar)
  4. 5. the speed at which music is played or should be played
  5. 6. a high male singing voice
  6. 9. clef sign used for lower notes
  7. 13. an electronic instrument that produces the sounds of various musical instruments
  8. 14. a slightly larger, lower sounding violin
  9. 15. a large musical instrument with strings that are stretched across a vertical frame
  10. 18. a cylindrical musical instrument consisting of a frame covered with skin or plastic and thin pieces of metal on the bottom
  11. 19. the part of a song that is repeated after each verse
  12. 20. a short piece of music with words
  13. 21. a low female singing voice
  14. 24. a type of popular modern music with a strong loud beat, played using guitars and drums
  15. 27. a musical instrument does not have its sound made louder electronically
  16. 29. a performer playing/singing by themself
  17. 31. a small wooden musical instrument that you hold under your chin and play by pulling a bow
  18. 34. a type of popular modern music with a strong loud beat, but with more folk music tendencies (banjo, fiddle)