Across
- 3. Keeps steady pulse with bass and chords
- 7. Quick “decorations” before a main note
- 11. Helped popularize dance-inspired piano music
- 12. A foot control that changes the sound
- 15. Multiple notes played simultaneously to support and enrich the main melody.
- 16. Notes that clash and feel tense
- 17. A main musical part with its own melody
- 19. The "star" instrument in the Romantic era
- 20. Notes outside the main scale to add color and tension
Down
- 1. Extra notes that decorate the melody trills, grace notes
- 2. How beats are grouped
- 4. Carries the melody, often singing and lyrical
- 5. One of the greatest piano virtuosos
- 6. Polish-born composer who lived much of his life in Paris
- 8. A partner dance and music style in triple meter meaning it has 3 beats per measure
- 9. wrote Waltzes, Op 39 originally for piano duet two players, later arranged for solo piano
- 10. The main tune of a song; a sequence of pitches that you can easily sing or remember.
- 13. The basic, underlying pulse of a song or the rhythmic unit of a measure.
- 14. Speed of the music
- 18. Often wrote character pieces short works that capture a person, mood, or scene
