Music Vocabulary 1

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Across
  1. 4. Distance between the highest and lowest tones that a given voice or instrument can produce
  2. 7. gradual decrease in volume
  3. 8. how chords are constructed and how they follow each other
  4. 9. tone combination that is unstable and tense
  5. 14. very fast tempo
  6. 15. The ordered durations of sounds and silences
  7. 18. In notation, a set of five horizontal lines between or on which notes are positioned
  8. 19. the specific tone or quality that an instrument or voice has
  9. 22. Symbol placed at the beginning of the staff to show the exact pitch of notes placed on each line and space
  10. 24. music written for only one voice or instrument
  11. 25. Gradually louder
  12. 27. to slow down
  13. 28. interval between two tones in which the higher tone has twice the frequency of the lower tone
  14. 29. In notation of rhythm, a symbol to indicate the duration of silence in the music
  15. 30. Lively tempo
  16. 31. Widely used keyboard instrument of great range and versatility, whose sound is produced by felt-covered hammers striking against steel strings
  17. 33. series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole
  18. 35. Very loud
  19. 36. series of pitches arranged in order from low to high or high to low
  20. 37. "many voices", each voice has its own melody
  21. 38. Seven of the twelve pitches (tones) that fill the octave in Western music named after the first seven letters of the alphabet
Down
  1. 1. a gradual increase in tempo
  2. 2. very slow, solemn
  3. 3. Very slow, broad
  4. 5. Combination of three or more tones sounded at once
  5. 6. to play as fast as possibly
  6. 10. part of a melody
  7. 11. central note, scale, and chord within a piece, in relationship to which all other tones in the composition are heard
  8. 12. 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. 13. the act of plucking strings with fingers, instead of using a bow
  10. 16. Moderately soft
  11. 17. Organization of beats into regular groups
  12. 20. tone combination that is stable and restful
  13. 21. one melody, with all voices and instruments following the melody harmonically
  14. 23. Regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time
  15. 26. "Distance" in pitch between any two tones
  16. 32. basic pace of the music
  17. 34. Very soft
  18. 35. Loud
  19. 37. Relative highness or lowness of a sound