BHS Instrumental Music Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. To place emphasis on the more important notes.
  2. 5. Slow down gradually.
  3. 10. In a singing style.
  4. 11. To place emphasis on a given note.
  5. 12. To get louder gradually.
  6. 13. Smooth and connected.
  7. 15. Light and detached.
  8. 17. Flats, sharps, and natural not in the key signature.
  9. 19. The order of the sections within a piece of music. How the music is put together.
  10. 20. More motion.
  11. 21. Freely; not in a steady tempo.
  12. 22. Music played in a manner so that all parts can be heard clearly.
  13. 25. The distance between two pitches.
  14. 28. Join together to form one longer note.
  15. 29. A rhythmic effect which places emphasis on a weak or unaccented part of the measure. An unexpected sound.
  16. 30. An accompaniment part in the music.
  17. 32. To get softer gradually.
  18. 35. Slow down gradually, broaden.
  19. 36. Stop and pause; "Railroad tracks".
  20. 37. Much.
  21. 38. Little by little.
  22. 39. Tells how many beats are in each measure and what note gets the beat.
Down
  1. 1. Tells us what scale to use.
  2. 2. Move between pitches without tonguing.
  3. 4. Pitches that sound the same, are fingered the same, but are written differently.
  4. 6. How the notes are played; a pattern of slurred and tongued notes.
  5. 7. Very fast.
  6. 8. How fast or slow the music goes.
  7. 9. Hold until musically satisfied.
  8. 14. Quickly.
  9. 16. Motion by half steps.
  10. 18. A melodic part going on at the same time as the melody.
  11. 23. Weighted, heavy; usually slower than the previous tempo.
  12. 24. Accented and detached.
  13. 26. Speedup gradually.
  14. 27. Playing exactly the same pitches and rhythms at the same time.
  15. 31. Emphasis placed on a downbeat which is tied over from the previous beat.
  16. 32. The volume; how loud or soft we play.
  17. 33. Play the given note full value.
  18. 34. The main part in the music.