Across
- 2. one of Holst's most well-known planet pieces
- 5. to play softly, or a percussive instrument with 88 keys (standard)
- 10. when multiple singers or musicians play/sing the same note all together
- 14. a symbol that appears above a note or chord, holding out for an undetermined amount of beats (pause)
- 15. when marching, this is the starter foot (counting the downbeats)
- 16. a small, wind instrument where blowing wind in and out will change the intonation
- 17. this term was coined by theorist and composer Tinctoris, meaning "work," numbers often appear in front to specify a compilation of music by one composer
- 19. when playing softly gradually increase to playing with more power
- 22. looking at a staff (treble clef) these notes make up the spaces, from bottom to top
Down
- 1. this register is found between tenor and soprano (hint: most common type of saxophone)
- 3. Scott Joplin is the "king" of this genre
- 4. this song is often played for fallen military personnel (funerals, Memorial Day, etc.)
- 6. these notes make up a "C Major" scale
- 7. this time signature notates that a half note will be equal to one beat per measure (represented by 2/2 or a vertical line through a "C" shape)
- 8. this key signature is encompassed of no sharps or flats (sad sounding)
- 9. trombones, trumpets, euphoniums, tubas (and more) all belong to this family of instruments
- 11. the distance between the same notes in a scale (from C4 to C5 for example)
- 12. stretched across the width of the neck of an instrument, this acts as a divider between sections of the neck
- 13. this type of scale usually invokes a "happy" sound to a listener ("C" has no sharps or flats)
- 18. instruments like trombone, bassoon, baritone saxophone all read music in this clef
- 20. musical articulation defined by crisp, shortly played notes
- 21. this instrument plays the duck in "Peter and the Wolf"
