Across
- 6. A brass instrument with a telescoping slide mechanism.
- 8. The order in which the music ideas happen in a piece.
- 9. A strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound. Played in time to a steady beat.
- 11. What quality makes it possible to judge sounds as 'higher' and 'lower', sounds that have a frequency that is clear and stable.
- 12. A string instrument with 4 strings.
Down
- 1. The varying levels of volume, loud or soft in different parts of a musical performance. Louder (Crescendo) Quieter (Diminuendo).
- 2. The type of sound made by an instrument. The tone or unique quality of a sound.
- 3. An amount of time in music or a particular time interval. How long or short a note, phrase, section or composition lasts.
- 4. A woodwind instrument with a single reed mouthpiece.
- 5. Many different layers in a piece of music. The density, thickness and range. These layers could be a string section or another could be brass.
- 7. A percussion instrument, can be VERY LOUD!!
- 10. The speed at which a piece of music is or should be played.