Across
- 2. becoming faster
- 3. lively tempo
- 5. first seven letters of the latin alphabet to name pitches
- 13. very slow, solemn
- 18. very slow, broad
- 20. Fast
- 21. Accenting a note at an unexpected time, as between two beats or on a weak beat Syncopation is a major characteristic of jazz.
- 22. moderately soft
- 23. Gradually softer.
- 24. Symbol placed at the beginning of the staff to show the exact pitch of notes placed on each line and space.
- 25. The ordered durations of sounds and silences
- 29. Loud.
- 31. In notation of rhythm, a symbol to indicate the duration of silence in the music.
- 32. becoming slower
- 34. musical emphasis that uses a stronger or louder sound to play a note.
- 36. Tone combination that is unstable and tense.
- 40. very fast tempo
- 41. slow
- 43. part of a melody
- 44. quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another.
- 45. Regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time.
- 49. as fast a tempo as possible
- 51. single melodic line without accompaniment
- 52. combination of three or more tones sounded at once.
- 53. shift from one key to another within the same piece
- 54. phrase that follows an antecedent phrase
- 55. (pp) Very soft
Down
- 1. moderate tempo
- 4. gradually louder
- 6. moderately loud
- 7. playing aa string instrument by which the strings ae plucked, usually with the right hand.
- 8. how chords are constructed and follow each other
- 9. sharp or flat signs immediately following clef signs.
- 10. Organization of beats into regular groups.
- 11. series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole
- 12. In notation, a set of five horizontal lines between or on which notes are positioned.
- 14. distance from the lowest to highest pitch
- 15. use of chords containing tones not found; included in chromatic scale
- 16. moderately fast
- 17. performance of two or more melodic lines of relatively equal interest at the same time.
- 19. bowed.
- 26. describing music in which one main melody is accompanied by chords.
- 27. (1) resting place at the end of a phrase in a melody.
- 28. Widely used keyboard instrument of great range and versatility, whose sound is produced by felt-covered hammers striking against steel strings.
- 30. "Distance" in pitch between any two tones.
- 33. a group of notes, scales, and chords that form the basis of a composition
- 35. complete phrase that ends on a pitch of relative tension or instability.
- 37. internal between two tones in which the higher tone has twice the frequency of the lower tone
- 38. degrees of loudness or softness in music
- 39. very loud
- 42. moderately slow, a walking pace.
- 43. Relative highness or lowness of a sound.
- 46. tone combination that is stable and restful
- 47. Basic pace of the music.
- 48. sounding of the individual tones of aa chord in sequence rather than simultaneously
- 50. series of pitches arranged in order from low to high or high to low