Nathan's Music Crossword

2. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
4. Signature A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
8. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
10. Group of singers in a chorus.
11. Pleasing combination of two or three tones played together in the background while a melody is being played.
12. Harsh, discordant, and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
16. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
18. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
19. A melodic or, sometimes a harmonic idea presented in a musical form.
20. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.
21. A group singing in unison.
24. A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.
25. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Identified by the dark, melancholic mood.

1. The unit of musical rhythm.
3. Indicating speed.
5. One of the two modes of the tonal system. These have a positive affirming character.
6. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
7. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
9. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
13. Eight full tones above the key note where the scale begins and ends.
14. In sheet music, a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
15. The movement of chords in succession.
17. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
22. The element of music pertaining to time, played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.
23. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.