MUSIC TERMS

1. (Italian: 'getting faster') Music should gradually get faster.
3. Several symbols drawn at the end of a staff, indicating the pitch of the notes written on that staff.
5. (Italian: 'tail'). The tail end of a piece of music. Usually a section which indicates the end of the piece or section is approaching.
6. (Italian: 'diminishing'). A dynamic instruction meaning to gradually play quieter.
8. (Italian: 'walking'). Meaning the music should be played at a walking pace. Not too fast or slow.
10. Two chords at the end of a piece which provide a type of 'punctuation' at the end of a musical phrase. Cadences can either suggest the sentence isn't over, or provide a type of musical 'full-stop'.
12. (Italian: 'slow'). Meaning the music should be played slowly.
13. A Spanish dance. The most famous example is Ravel's Boléro.

2. (Italian: 'growing') A dynamic instruction meaning to gradually play louder.
4. A period in art and music from around 1600-1750. Composers include Monteverdi, Purcell, Rameau, Bach, Vivaldi and Handel.
6. Levels of sound in music. The spectrum of soft to loud. Volume
7. a group of performers
8. (Italian: 'lively'). Meaning the music should be played cheerfully.
9. A vertical line through the staff, to mark the music into sections, each with a set amount of beats within.
11. The sounding of two or more notes at the same time.