Musical Terms

3. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
4. The unit of musical rhythm.
8. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
9. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition
10. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
12. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
13. The distance in pitch between two notes.
16. One who directs a group of performers.
18. A group singing in unison.
19. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
20. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.
21. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
24. Group of singers in a chorus.

1. Signature A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
2. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
5. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
6. Indicating speed.
7. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
11. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
13. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
14. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.
15. Relating to music produced by instruments, as opposed to electric or electronic means
17. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
22. The element of music pertaining to time
23. An instruction in sheet music to play softly.