Across
- 2. The ordered durations of sounds and silence
- 3. Lively and energetic tempo
- 5. Means of playing a string instrument by which the string are plucked, usually with a finger of the right hand
- 7. interval between two tones in which the higher tone has twice the frequency of the lower tone
- 8. Sharp or flat signs immediately following the clef sign at the beginning of a piece of music, indicating the key in which the music is to be played
- 10. Term describing music in which one main melody is accompanied by chords
- 11. Becoming Slower
- 13. Combination of three of more tones sounded at once
- 15. Part of a melody
- 19. Moderately soft
- 21. Gradually softer
- 23. moderately loud
- 25. series of pitches arranged in order from low to high or high to low
- 27. very loud
- 29. Regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time
- 30. How cords are constructed and how they follow each other
Down
- 1. Accenting a note at an unexpected time, as between two beats or on a weak beat; major characteristic of jazz
- 4. The relative highness or lowness of a sound
- 6. Gradually brightens, then grows louder
- 9. Two or more melodic lines of relatively equal interest at the same time
- 12. accent Dynamics in music, like volume controls on a speaker, dictate the loudness or softness of a piece
- 14. very slow tempo
- 16. shift from one key to another within the same piece
- 17. It's the fastest tempo in music, pushing the pace to the extreme
- 18. Symbol placed at the beginning of the staff to show the exact pitch of notes placed on each line and space
- 20. stable and restful
- 22. Tone combination that is unstable and tense
- 24. The speed or pace of a piece of music
- 26. In notation, a set of five horizontal lines between or on which notes are positioned
- 28. The piano, a versatile keyboard instrument, produces sound through felt-covered hammers striking steel strings