Across
- 3. bass An accompaniment style used in jazz.
- 4. centre The tone or note around which a scale and/or piece are based
- 8. The notes of a chord played separately rather than together.
- 10. Another word for melodic ostinato.
- 11. An interval smaller than a semitone.
- 16. contour The shape of the melody in a piece of music.
- 20. A note in one chord that is held into the next chord, creating dissonance and tension.
- 21. A sound that is unpleasing to the ear.
- 22. The immediate repetition of a melodic fragment at a different pitch.
- 24. The 'colour' added by the composer to decorate a melody or harmony and make it more interesting.
- 25. The scale often heard in the jazz genre.
- 27. The pitch chosen by the composer, usually based on a scale or mode
- 28. The extent of the notes used in a melody.
- 29. A melodic fragment that is heard throughout a piece of music that helps to unify the work.
- 31. A scale consisting of all twelve semitones.
- 32. A sound that is pleasing to the ear.
- 33. The highness and lowness of sound.
Down
- 1. point A held or repeated note, usually in the bass.
- 2. riff A repeated harmonic pattern.
- 4. A chord of three notes.
- 5. bass An accompaniment style from the Classical period.
- 6. Two or more pitches sounding together.
- 7. pitch Tuned sounds e.g. singing voice.
- 9. Performing music spontaneously, without planning.
- 11. The change of key in a piece of music.
- 12. A horizontal succession of pitches.
- 13. The 'height' of the sound, as in high, middle or low.
- 14. bar blues A chord progression derived from early jazz music.
- 15. tone Scale made up of equal intervals.
- 16. The earliest documented scale system, dating back to ancient Greece.
- 17. The ending of a phrase that can be 'perfect', 'plagal', 'imperfect' or 'interrupted'.
- 18. One or more notes held throughout a piece or section of music.
- 19. pitch Untuned sounds e.g. speaking voice.
- 23. A scale made up of five notes.
- 26. Several, often ornamented notes sung to one syllable of text.
- 30. _______ music has no tonal centre or key.