Across
- 3. a group of notes sung to one syllable of text
- 5. when a group of instruments or singers play or sing in such a way that the entire ensemble has a characteristic sound, without individual instruments or voices that stand out
- 11. a method of voice production used by male singers, especially tenors, to sing notes higher than their normal range
- 14. the location of the majority of the pitches in a composition or section
- 15. melodic decoration
- 16. with fervent emotion or passion
- 17. dying away
- 18. a relation or state of tension between various tones
- 20. forced; with emphasis
- 22. gradually becoming slower
- 23. a different spelling of the same pitch or chord
Down
- 1. tone color
- 2. sharps or flats placed at the beginning of a selection indicating its key
- 4. smooth and connected
- 6. voices on the same pitch or mixed voices in octaves
- 7. softly, with a subdued voice, literally "under the voice"
- 8. an alternate version of notes
- 9. a natural division of the melodic line with a cadence; comparable to a clause or sentence
- 10. gradually getting faster
- 12. a break in the musical line
- 13. the pace at which a composition is to be performed; rate of speed
- 19. detached, separated
- 21. choral music generally without accompaniment; literally-in the style of the chapel