Across
- 5. general speed of a section
- 6. loud
- 7. fast
- 8. large musical group composed of strings, winds, brass, and percussion
- 9. soft
- 10. length of time of a note
- 12. notation that tells you where to put fingers on a stringed instrument
- 13. reoccurring beats played in an identifiable pattern at a particular tempo
- 14. a means of writing down musical composition
- 17. how you change the music/theme
- 18. italian, c. 1020 CE; credited with creating musical notation
- 20. using a familiar/repeated melody
- 21. slow
- 22. in classical music, a choral work with one or more soloists & an instrumental ensemble
Down
- 1. symbol at beginning of staff that indicates pitch of notes
- 2. general style (classical, jazz, rock, hiphop)
- 3. in classical music, a longer composition for an instrumental soloist & an orchestra
- 4. a succession of sounds with rhythmic & tonal organization
- 8. a concert of one, two, three, or four performers
- 11. how high or low a sound/note is
- 15. a longer (20-45 min) composition, played by a symphony orchestra; usually 4 movements
- 16. a genre of Western music; much of it composed 1600's to l800's
- 19. volume of music