N5 Music Concepts: Melody and Harmony

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Across
  1. 3. Music made up on the spot
  2. 7. An opening phrase in a melody
  3. 8. Jumping between high notes and low notes
  4. 13. A rhythmic accompaniment with a bass note played on the strong beat and a chord played off the beat
  5. 14. An interval of 2 semitones, e.g. from C to D or F to G etc.
  6. 15. Two or more notes sounding together
  7. 16. The distance of eight notes
  8. 17. A change of key
  9. 19. Another melody above the main tune, mainly in vocal music
  10. 20. A note which is held or repeated continuously in the bass part while the harmony changes over it
  11. 21. The shortest distance in music – half a tone C to C# or B to Bb, etc.
  12. 25. Notes of the chord played separately
  13. 26. Moving in an upward direction
  14. 28. 2 chords at the end of a phrase. Chord I to chord V – the tonic to the dominant, sounds unfinished
  15. 30. A note which is held or repeated continuously in the upper part while the harmony changes below it
  16. 31. A rapid repeated movement between 2 notes
  17. 32. Sliding rapidy up and down the notes
  18. 33. Musical idea heard more than once in exactly the same way by exactly that same instrument / voice
  19. 34. 2 chords at the end of a phrase. Chord V to chord I – the dominant to the tonic, sounds finished
Down
  1. 1. Nonsense words and sounds made up by a singer usually found in JAZZ music
  2. 2. A musical decoration in the melody line
  3. 4. Two parts moving in opposite directions, one ascending, one descending
  4. 5. A scale based on 5 notes. Very popular in folk (Scottish) Music
  5. 6. A melody played against the main melody
  6. 9. Music based on no particular key. Sounds dissonant and is hard to listen to
  7. 10. A pattern of notes repeated higher or lower
  8. 11. Moving by step to the note directly above or below
  9. 12. A scale built entirely on tones. Popular in 20th Century music and sometimes sounds strange to the ear
  10. 18. Reply to an opening phrase
  11. 22. A type of ornament played quickly before the note. Used mainly as a decoration
  12. 23. Moving in a downward direction
  13. 24. Several notes sung to one syllable
  14. 27. One note for each syllable
  15. 29. A scale built entirely on semitones