MUSIC CONCEPTS

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Across
  1. 3. A change of key.
  2. 4. Two or more notes sung to the one syllable
  3. 7. Smooth and connected.
  4. 9. The way that notes "attacked".
  5. 11. The unique sound of an instrument
  6. 15. A melody that "jumps around".
  7. 17. To slide from one note to the next
  8. 20. A texture that features only one melodic line.
  9. 21. A number of different melodic lines played together.
  10. 22. Played at the same pitch.
  11. 24. A strong emphasis on the 2nd and 4th beat.
  12. 26. The "thickness" of the texture.
  13. 28. A rapid repetition of the same note.
  14. 29. Emphasising the weaker beats in a piece.
  15. 30. The loudness or softness
  16. 35. The upper range of a male voice.
  17. 38. Changing harmony over a constant bass.
  18. 39. rhythm The rate at which chords change.
  19. 41. To play with the fingers.
  20. 42. singing nonsense syllables in jazz music.
  21. 43. Indefinite or weak sense of beat.
  22. 44. A gradual increase in loudness.
  23. 45. The organisation of beats in a piece.
Down
  1. 1. A fragment of a melody or theme.
  2. 2. Short and detached.
  3. 5. Producing two or more notes on the same instrument.
  4. 6. A repeated rhythmic or melodic pattern.
  5. 8. A recurring emphasis.
  6. 10. A rapid alternation between a note and the note above
  7. 12. Using shorter note values in successive bars.
  8. 13. A structure with two sections.
  9. 14. Using longer note values in successive bars.
  10. 16. A melody that moves by step.
  11. 18. The highest female voice.
  12. 19. Slight changes in tempo.
  13. 22. This gives a sense of cohesion and structure in a piece.
  14. 23. A repetition of a phrase at a higher or lower pitch.
  15. 25. Two or more rhythms played at the same time.
  16. 27. A five note scale.
  17. 31. A device that dampens or alters the sound of an instrument.
  18. 32. Using notes or chords outside the key you are in.
  19. 33. In rock a recurring melodic or chordal pattern.
  20. 34. The use of different time signatures.
  21. 36. Sounds that clash when played together.
  22. 37. The "shaking" effect changing the pitch of a note slightly.
  23. 40. A strong emphasis.