Across
- 2. how chords are constructed and how they follow each other
- 4. the ordered duration of sounds and silences
- 5. gradually louder
- 8. interval between two tones in which the higher note has twice the frequency of the lower tone
- 10. part of the total range of an instrument or voice
- 12. rhythmic group set off by bar lines, containing a fixed number of beats
- 15. sound that has a definite pitch, or frequency
- 16. degrees of loudness or softness in music
- 18. instruments of definite or indefinite pitch whose sound is produced by striking by hand, or with a stick or hammer or by shaking or rubbings
- 20. single melodic line without accompaniment
- 22. gradually softer
- 24. distance between the highest and lowest tones that a given voice or instrument can produce
- 26. series of pitches arranged in order from low to high or high to low
- 27. regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time
- 28. becoming faster
Down
- 1. scale including all twelve tones of the octave
- 3. accenting a note at an unexpected time, as between two beats or on a weak beat
- 6. moderate tempo
- 7. 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
- 9. another term for measure,other used in Jazz
- 11. vibrations that are transmitted, usually through air, to the eardrum, which sends impulses to the brain
- 12. moderately soft(mp)
- 13. performance of two or more melodic lines of relatively equal interest at the same time
- 14. a series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole
- 17. very slow; seldom
- 18. relative highness or lowness of a sound
- 19. lively tempo
- 21. organization of beats into regular groups
- 23. very high-pitched whistle-like tones, produced in bowed string instruments by lightly touching the string at certain points while bowing
- 25. becoming slower