Across
- 5. An elaborate musical composition for full orchestra, typically in four movements
- 6. Transitional passage connecting two sections of a composition
- 8. A section of a song typically repeated a number of times alternating with verses, bridges, solos etc.
- 9. The highest of the standard four voice ranges
- 10. A dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists
- 15. The relative volume in the execution of a piece of music
- 18. A pitch correction effect that corrects sung or played pitches.
- 19. Growing; (i.e. progressively louder)
- 21. Annual awards given by the American National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for achievement in the record industry
- 23. Opening section of a piece
- 26. Time (i.e. the overall speed of a piece of music)
- 28. A particular style of music
- 29. A slow song, often on a romantic or emotional theme
- 31. An electronic device for increasing the volume of electrical signals, used chiefly in sound reproduction
- 33. The second-lowest of the standard four voice ranges
- 36. The pronounced rhythm of music
- 37. A group of instrumentalists, especially one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music
- 38. Backup singing or playing which supports the main melody
- 39. A live performance
- 41. The quality of a musical tone that distinguishes voices and instruments
- 42. The lowest of the standard four voice ranges
- 43. (2 words)A brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it
Down
- 1. Dwindling (i.e. with gradually decreasing volume)
- 2. The words of a song
- 3. Several players in a group are to play exactly the same notes within their written part, as opposed to splitting simultaneous notes among themselves
- 4. A repeated section of a song that typically features a new set of lyrics on each repetition
- 7. A musical idea, often a short riff, passage or phrase, that is used in popular music to make a song appealing and to "catch the ear of the listener".
- 11. A collection of recorded songs
- 12. The second-highest of the standard four voice ranges
- 13. A widely distributed and often popular song from an album
- 14. A person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity
- 16. An object or device for producing musical sounds
- 17. A group of three or more notes that, when played simultaneously, can form a harmonic structure that can support a melody or a solo line
- 20. A group of musicians who play together, sometimes as their actual career
- 21. A slang term which refers to a paying musical engagement at a venue, usually of a single night's duration
- 22. Alone (i.e. executed by a single instrument or voice)
- 24. (2 words) Lit. "as in a chapel"; vocal parts only, without instrumental accompaniment
- 25. The echoing sound that occurs naturally to a voice or instrument in hall or room with reflective walls and, by extension, to analog or digital effect units which recreate this effect
- 27. In music, a period of time that spawned a particular style of music
- 29. An unauthorized recording of a performance
- 30. A repeated chord progression or refrain
- 32. A modern version of the opera, either on stage or filmed
- 34. The point at which a melodic phrase "comes to rest" or resolves
- 35. An instrument for converting sound waves into electrical energy variations which may then be amplified, transmitted, or recorded
- 40. The creator of a musical piece