Across
- 5. The speed of the beat.
- 6. Three beats per bar.
- 7. An emphasis on the wek beats.
- 8. More than one metre/time signature in a piece of music.
- 15. A drum beat heard in rock and popular music.
- 17. Four beats per bar.
- 18. A repeated pattern, either melodic or chordal, that is usually a few bars long and usually associated with jazz or rock music.
- 19. The speed of the music remains the same throughout.
- 20. _______________ give a piece of music its shape and often indicate its genre.
- 21. The length of sounds and silences in music.
- 23. Stresses placed on particular notes for expression.
- 27. A rhythmic fragment that is repeated in a piece either immediately or throughout the piece as a unifying feature.
- 28. Reiteration of a pattern, either immediately after its first statement or throughout the piece as a unifying feature.
- 29. A feel or 'groove' heard in jazz, especially in music from the big band era, played by the drums.
- 30. Notation of music can be either traditional or _________.
- 32. The underlying pulse in music.
- 33. Two or more independent rhythms played simultaneously in different parts.
Down
- 1. Even divisions of beats per bar e.g. 2/4
- 2. Two beats per bar.
- 3. Indicates the number and type of beats per bar.
- 4. A constanty repeated phrase int he same instrument or voice.
- 9. The speed of the music differs throughout the piece.
- 10. Refer tot he grouping of performing media in a piece of music based on rhythms played.
- 11. A pattern that is repeated with the notes double their previous duration.
- 12. Gradually speeding up.
- 13. Odd divisions of beats per bar e.g. 6/8
- 14. An absence of metre.
- 16. Conflicting rhythmic patterns played simultaneously (e.g. three against four) or conflicting metres (e.g. 3/4 against 4/4)
- 21. A pattern that is repeated with the notes half their previous duration.
- 22. Patterns of long and short sounds and silences.
- 24. Gradually slowing down.
- 25. The grouping of beats in combinations of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, etc.
- 26. A pattern of syncopated beats with two beats played in the time of three or vica versa.
- 31. A pattern that is restated by the same or a different instrument as a unifying feature.
