Musical Terms

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Across
  1. 1. the combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce chords and chord progressions having a pleasing effect.
  2. 5. any set of musical notes ordered by fundamental frequency or pitch
  3. 6. the distance between the equilibrium and the crest/trough
  4. 9. a rhythm that makes use of two or more different rhythms simultaneously.
  5. 10. relating to notes that are the same in pitch (in modern tuning) though bearing different names (e.g., F sharp and G flat or B and C flat).
  6. 12. either a song or an instrumental music piece, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating or writing a new song or piece of music
  7. 13. a group of (typically three or more) notes sounded together, as a basis of harmony.
  8. 14. the "highness," or "lowness," of a sound
  9. 15. a single tone of definite pitch made by a musical instrument or the human voice.
Down
  1. 2. a particular part of the range of a voice or instrument.
  2. 3. The distance between one crest to another
  3. 4. the rhythm of a piece of poetry, determined by the number and length of feet in a line.
  4. 6. is a compositional device where a melody, theme or motif is presented in longer note-values than were previously used.
  5. 7. how long something lasts, from beginning to end
  6. 8. a contrapuntal composition in which a short melody or phrase (the subject) is introduced by one part and successively taken up by others and developed by interweaving the parts.
  7. 11. a gradual increase in loudness in a piece of music.