Music Appreciation

5. A group of people singing or playing together.
6. To play notes smoothly, without stopping between notes.
9. 1. A combination of pitches sounding together, such as a chord. 2. The relationship between a series of chords. 3. Consonance.
11. How loudly or softly to play a piece of music.
13. A group of singers who perform together.
14. American-born music that uses syncopation, altered scales, specific harmonies, and improvisation.
15. Playing the notes in a chord quickly one after the other.
17. Music that has no key. All the notes are treated as equal.
19. A slow song that tells a story.
20. A harsh or disagreeable combination of sounds, or a combination of sounds that creates a feeling of tension needing to be resolved.
21. Family of wind instruments made of metal with a cup-shaped mouthpiece (the part you blow in). Examples of brass instruments are the trumpet, trombone and tuba.

1. Italian for "going." To play a piece at a moderate speed -- not too fast, not too slow.
2. a theatrical performance that tells a story using music, costumes, sets, and dance.
3. Italian for "growing softer."
4. The era in music history that includes compositions written from about 1750 to 1825. Music from this period is orderly, balanced and clear. Its form is very important as is its harmony and tonality that is, the musical key in which a piece was written.
7. Italian for "graceful."
8. A thin woodwind instrument held sideways to the mouth. It is played by blowing across the mouthpiece. The notes are played by pressing small keys.
10. Italian for "end." The final part of a piece of music.
12. 1. A piece of music played between two other larger sections. 2. Music played between acts in a play or opera.
13. When three or more notes are played at the same time.
14. An old, quick dance. The music in the second half of the dance is a variation on the music from the first half.
16. A stringed instrument with a long neck and a flat, hollow body. Its strings are plucked or strummed with the fingers.
17. When you are playing music, to accent a note is to make it stand out from other notes by playing it differently.
18. The period of music from around 1600 to 1750. Bach, Vivaldi, and Handel were famous Baroque composers.