Across
- 4. Basic unit of time in music (What you clap along to)
- 5. Three or more notes played simultaneously
- 6. is the pattern of sounds and silences in music that makes us want to dance, clap, or tap our feet. It's like the heartbeat of a song. Just as our hearts beat in a steady pattern, music uses beats to create patterns too.
- 9. Emphasizes the main message or theme. Usually repeated throughout the song.
- 10. A short musical idea, a melody's building block.
- 11. larger step between notes
- 12. a smaller step between notes
- 14. A contrasting section that provides a break from the verse-chorus structure.
- 16. Typically carries the story of the song.
- 19. The end sections of a piece
- 20. when different notes or sounds play together at the same time to support and enrich the main tune, which we call the melody. It's like the background characters in a movie that make the main character's story more exciting and colorful.
- 21. Perceived loudness or softness
- 24. The order chords go in
- 25. Smallest Interval in western music
- 26. The beginning sections of a piece.
Down
- 1. is the way we talk about different sections in a song
- 2. Perceived height or depth of a noise.
- 3. Getting softer
- 7. Speed that a song goes, measures in BPM (Beats Per Minute)
- 8. Getting louder
- 13. the series of notes that we remember and sing along to in a song. It's the main tune or voice that stands out and tells a musical story.
- 15. Chords that sound tense and unresolved
- 17. Changing from key to key
- 18. Chords that sound final and resolved
- 22. Emphasizing a usually weak beat
- 23. The central tone of the music