Across
- 1. violoncello is a bowed string instrument of the violin family Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths
- 4. clef that places G above middle C on the second line of the staff
- 5. the quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it the degree of highness or lowness of a tone
- 8. sometimes known as a fiddle is a wooden chordophone in the violin family
- 9. a member of the percussion group of musical instruments In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system it is a membranophone
- 10. any of a class of musical instruments (such as a guitar or piano) whose sound is generated by plucking bowing
- 12. Gradually softer
- 13. a wooden stick that is strung with hair (traditionally the hair of a horse's tail) that is rubbed against tuned strings to produce sound
Down
- 1. Gradually increase the volume
- 2. a set of five horizontal lines and four spaces that each represent a different musical pitch
- 3. rest an attachment that you place on top of the violin to aid in holding the instrument
- 5. is a playing technique that involves plucking the strings of a string instrument
- 6. a musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch quality and strength
- 7. also known simply as the bass is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra
- 8. a string instrument that is bowed plucked or played with varying techniques Slightly larger than a violin
- 11. a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity