Across
- 2. the lowest female voice whose range is from an a below the staff to an e on the fourth space of the staff
- 3. the loudness and softness of musical sound
- 8. an instrumental introduction to a musical drama, usually shorter than an overture; also, a short, independent composition
- 11. A large keyboard musical instrument
- 13. Italian meaning to smoothly connect notes
- 15. A recurring line
- 16. what the conductor of the orchestra uses to lead an opera or musical. The score contains both the music and the vocal parts
- 17. A speechlike,declamatory vocal style that is used in the conversational passages in an opera
- 18. the story around which the musical or opera is based
- 19. to sing loudly
- 22. he male voice is between the tenor and the bass voices. The range is from a b on the second line of the bass clef to a d above the staff on the bass clef
- 24. highest female voice whose range falls between middle c and a c above the staff
- 25. when two singers sing together
- 26. A story acted and sung by one or more singers to an instrumental accompaniment
Down
- 1. the deepest male voice
- 4. The middle female singing voice
- 5. A group of singers, singing together
- 6. an air of melody
- 7. a projection or protruding part
- 9. an instrumental introduction to an opera, an oratorio, or other stage work; the term is sometimes given to an independent orchestral composition.
- 10. The group of instrumentalists or musicians who, led by the conductor, accompany the singers
- 11. an instrumental introduction to a musical drama, usually shorter than an overture; also, a short, independent composition
- 12. a soprano who has been specially trained to sing rapid passages, trills and difficult runs
- 14. the highest male voice whose range is from an e on the first line of the staff to a g above the staff on the treble clef
- 20. Italian meaning to make notes short, detached and separated
- 21. Describes the realistic style of opera that started in Italy at the end of the nineteenth century
- 22. a cheer of approval for male opera singers
- 23. a cheer of approval for female opera singers.