Across
- 4. How chords are constructed and how they follow each other
- 7. Gradually louder
- 10. (Diminuendo) Gradually softer
- 13. Becoming slower
- 14. Tone combination that is stable and restful
- 15. Fast
- 17. Basic pace of the music
- 19. Central note, scale, and chord within a piece, in relationship to which all other tones in the composition are heard
- 20. Very soft
- 23. Tone color)Quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another
- 25. Becoming faster
- 26. Lively tempo
- 27. Very loud
- 36. Relative highness or lowness of a sound
- 38. "Distance" in pitch between any two tones
- 39. (f) Loud
- 43. The second phrase of a musical sentence, usually ending in a stronger cadence.
- 45. Regular, recurrent pulsation that dives music into equal units of time
- 46. Moderately fast
- 47. To crease plucking and return to bowing the notes
- 48. Accenting a note at unexpected time, as between two beats or on a weak bear. Syncopation is a major characteristic of jazz
- 50. Single melodic line without accompaniment
- 51. (Broken Chord) Sounding of the individual tones of a chord in a sequence rather than simultaneously
- 52. Combination of three or more tones sounded as one
- 53. In notation of rhythm, a symbol to indicate the duration of silence in the music
Down
- 1. As fast a tempo as possible
- 2. Scale including all twelve tones of the octave; each tone being a half step from the next
- 3. Emphasis of a note, which may result from its being louder, longer, or higher in pitch than the notes near it
- 5. Moderately slow, a waling pace
- 6. Moderate temp
- 8. Part of a melody
- 9. A series of pitches arranged in order from low to high or high to low
- 10. Degree of loudness or softness in music
- 11. Very fast tempo
- 12. Performance of two or more melodic lines of relatively equal interest at the same time
- 16. Very slow, Solemn
- 18. A sequence of seven letter (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) used to name the music notes on a sheet of music
- 21. Series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole
- 22. Slow
- 24. The ordered durations of sound and silence
- 28. Interval between two tones in which the higher tone has twice the frequency of the lower tone
- 29. Moderately loud
- 30. Term describing music in which one main melody is accompanied by chords
- 31. In notation, a set of five horizontal lines between or on which notes are positioned
- 32. Sharp or flat signs immediately following the chef sign in the beginning of a piece of music, indicating the keying which the music is to be played
- 33. Widely used keyboard instrument of great range and versatility, whose sound is produced by felt-covered hammers striking against steel strings
- 34. The first of two phrases in a period, often called a prelude phrase.
- 35. Moderately soft
- 37. Symbol placed at the beginning of the staff to show the exact pitch of notes placed on each line and space
- 40. Organization of beats into regular groups
- 41. The distance between the lowest and highest tones that a voice or instrument can produce
- 42. Tone combination that is unstable and tense
- 44. Very slow, broad
- 49. Means playing a string instrument by which the strings are plucked, usually with a finger of the hand