Across
- 5. The ordered durations of sounds and silences
- 7. central note, scale, and chord within a piece, in relationship to which all other tones in the composition are heard
- 8. emphasis using louder or stronger sound
- 10. Regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time
- 11. Basic pace of the music
- 13. use of chords containing tones not found in the prevailing major or minor scale but included in the chromatic scale (which had twelve tones); often found in romantic music
- 15. In notation, a set of five horizontal lines between or on which notes are positioned
- 19. very fast
- 20. follows antecedent and has a similar melodic or rhythmic structure
- 22. Widely used keyboard instrument of great range and versatility, whose sound is produced by felt-covered hammers striking against steel strings.
- 23. Resting place at the end of a phrase in a melody. Progression giving a sense of conclusion, often from the dominant chord to the tonic chord
- 24. degrees of loudness or softness in music
- 25. very slow, solemn
- 27. perceived sound quality
- 28. Single melodic line without accompaniment
- 31. Tone combination that is unstable and tense
- 34. slow
- 35. Performance of two or more melodic lines of relatively equal interest at the same time
- 36. Series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole
- 37. as fast a tempo as possible
- 38. Interval between two tones in which the higher tone has twice the frequency of the lower tone
- 40. very soft
- 42. gradually softer
- 46. Distance in pitch between any two tones
- 48. Distance from lowest to highest pitch
- 49. Moderately loud
- 51. A, B, C, D, E, F, G
- 52. part of a melody
- 53. musical direction to resume using the bow on string instruments
- 54. accelerate
Down
- 1. loud
- 2. become slower
- 3. Means of playing a string instrument by which the strings are plucked, usually with a finger of the right hand
- 4. lively
- 6. Accenting a note at an unexpected time, as between two beats or on a weak beat. Major characteristic of jazz
- 9. 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.
- 12. gradually louder
- 14. How chords are constructed and how they follow each other
- 16. very loud
- 17. Tone combination that is stable and restful
- 18. Moderate
- 21. Sounding of the individual tones of a chord in sequence rather than simultaneously.
- 26. Shift from one key to another within the same piece
- 29. relative highness or lowness of a sound
- 30. Moderately slow, walking pace
- 32. Term describing music in which one main melody is accompanied by chords
- 33. moderately fast
- 39. phrase ending with the less conclusive cadence
- 41. Series of pitches arranged in order from low to high or high to low
- 43. Symbol placed at the beginning of the staff to show the exact pitch of notes placed on each line and space
- 44. Very slow, broad
- 45. fast
- 47. Moderately soft
- 50. In notation of rhythm, a symbol to indicate the duration of silence in the music