N5 Music Concepts: Rhythm and Tempo

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Across
  1. 4. A Scottish dance with four beats in the bar featuring dotted rhythms and a Scotch Snap
  2. 6. Notes which appear before the first strong beat of the bar. Almost like a very short lead-in
  3. 10. At a moderate pace
  4. 12. Music gets gradually faster
  5. 14. Notes playing off or against the beat
  6. 15. Slow
  7. 16. A dance in simple time with three beats in the bar
  8. 17. Notes that are stressed sounding louder than others.
  9. 19. Each beat is divided into groups of 3 pulses 6/8, 9/8, 12/8
Down
  1. 1. Music with 2, 3 or 4 beats in the bar. Each beat is usually 1 crotchet
  2. 2. The performer plays pulls the tempo around to suit the music, “robbed time”
  3. 3. Music starts to slow down, “held back”
  4. 5. Fast
  5. 7. A fast Scottish dance in simple time with two or four beats in the bar.
  6. 8. A rhythmic figure with a short accented note followed by a longer note. Mostly found in a Strathspey
  7. 9. Music gets gradually slower
  8. 11. At a walking pace
  9. 13. Music with a strong steady pulse with two or four beats in the bar (can be a Scottish dance)
  10. 18. A fast Scottish dance in compound time