Music Vocabulary

3. Ensemble groups of musicians numbering from two to eight
5. a musical instrument that is made with a thin layer of skin or plastic stretched over the end of a round frame and that is played by hitting the skin or plastic with sticks or with your hands
9. an activity (such as singing a song or acting in a play) that a person or group does to entertain an audience
10. a group of three or more musical notes that are played or sung at the same time
11. a regular, repeated pattern of sounds or movements
12. the speed at which a musical piece is played or sung
13. Repeating back what another person says or plays
14. a stick used for playing a drum

1. a device that is used to make music
2. a lightweight, hollow, color-coded, plastic tube, tuned to a musical pitch by length. They are in the percussion family.
4. Ensemble a lot of musicians (vocal, instrumental, etc) who perform together on a musical piece
5. changes in how loudly a piece of music is played or sung
6. an open container with a handle that is used especially to hold and carry water and other liquids; can also be used to make rhythmic grooves
7. a group of four beats
8. to hit (a drum) repeatedly in order to produce music or a signal
9. the highness or lowness of a sound
10. a tall drum that is shaped like a barrel and played with the hands