Music Vocabulary

3. The variation in loudness between notes
5. An indication of rhythm following a clef, generally expressed as a fraction with the denominator defining the beat as a division of a whole note and the numerator giving the number of beats in each bar
7. A method used to teach aural skills, pitch, and sight-reading
10. How the tempo, melodic and harmonic materials are combined in a musical composition to determine the overall quality of the sound in a piece
11. A linear succession of musical tones that a listener can perceive
12. The impression music makes to sound like tension or a clash
13. Positions of a single sound in the complete range of sound
15. The pattern of long and short songs and silences
16. Duration, pitch, intensity (loudness) and quality

1. A combination of two (or more) tones of different frequencies that results in a pleasing sound
2. The particular instruments used in a piece of music
4. The speed of a beat
6. The character or quality of musical sound or voice distinct from its pitch and intensity
7. variety of rhythms played together to make a piece of music making part or all of a tune or piece of music offbeat
8. A set of Sharp, Flat or natural symbols placed on the staff at the beginning of a section of music
9. The basic unit of time, the pulse
14. The sound of two or more notes heard at the same time