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Accessible : Music that is easy to listen and understand.
Adagio : A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Allegro : A direction to play lively and fast.
Atonal : Music that is written an performed without regard to any specific key.
Baroque : Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional, flowery music; written in strict form.
Cadence : A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase, either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Contralto : Lowest female singing voice.
Counterpoint : A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Courante : A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old french dance.
Consonance : Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Coda : Closing section of a movement.
Concert master : The first violin in an orchestra.
Drone : Dull monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sounds. Also a bass note held under a melody.
Carol : A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Capriccio : A quick, improvisational, spirited piece of music.
Cantata : Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most of ten religious in nature.
Cavatina : A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Interlude : Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Legato : Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Libretto : A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Octet : A composition written for eight instruments.
Operetta : A short light musical drama.
Ostinato : A repeated phrase.
Partita : Suite of Baroque dances.
Recapitulation : A reprise.
Glissando : Sliding between two notes.
Homophony : Music written to be sang or played in Unison.
Maestro : Refers to any great composer, conductor, or teacher of music.
Madrigal : A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices, usually without accompaniment.
Modulation : To shift to another key.
Monotone : Repetition of a single tone.
Motif : Primary theme or subject that is developed.
Musette : A boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Nocturne : A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
Nonet : A composition written for nine instruments.
Nolation : First developed in the 8th century, methods of writing music.
Partial : A harmonic given off by a note when it is played.
Reprise : To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Root : The principal note of a triad.
Scherzo : Pertaining to the sonata form, a fast movement in triple time.
Septet : A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts.
Sequence : A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Sextet : A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Sonatina : A short or brief sonata.
Tempo : Indicating speed.
Temperament : Refers to the tuning of an instrument.
Tonal : Pertains to tone or tones.
Tremolo : Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Vibrato : Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Vivace : Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk, lively, and spirited manner.
Music Terms
Across:1. | A reprise. | 4. | A repeated phrase. | 7. | A boroque dance with a drone-bass. | 8. | A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches. | 10. | A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations. | 11. | Pertains to tone or tones. | 12. | A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece. | 15. | Dull monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sounds. Also a bass note held under a melody. | 16. | Primary theme or subject that is developed. | 17. | A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices, usually without accompaniment. | 20. | Pertaining to the sonata form, a fast movement in triple time. |
| 21. | Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most of ten religious in nature. | 25. | Indicating speed. | 27. | The principal note of a triad. | 28. | Refers to the tuning of an instrument. | 30. | Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk, lively, and spirited manner. | 31. | Suite of Baroque dances. | 32. | First developed in the 8th century, methods of writing music. | 34. | A book of text containing the words of an opera. | 35. | Closing section of a movement. | 36. | To shift to another key. |
| | Down:2. | A direction to play lively and fast. | 3. | A composition written for nine instruments. | 5. | A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts. | 6. | Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes. | 8. | A short or brief sonata. | 9. | A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase, either in the middle or the end of a composition. | 12. | Lowest female singing voice. | 13. | Music that is easy to listen and understand. | 14. | Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera. | 17. | Repetition of a single tone. |
| 18. | To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played. | 19. | Refers to any great composer, conductor, or teacher of music. | 21. | A song or hymn celebrating Christmas. | 22. | Music that is written an performed without regard to any specific key. | 23. | Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional, flowery music; written in strict form. | 24. | A composition written for eight instruments. | 26. | A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts. | 29. | A harmonic given off by a note when it is played. | 30. | Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes. | 33. | Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly. |
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Music Terms
Across:1. | A reprise. | 4. | A repeated phrase. | 7. | A boroque dance with a drone-bass. | 8. | A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches. | 10. | A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations. | 11. | Pertains to tone or tones. | 12. | A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece. | 15. | Dull monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sounds. Also a bass note held under a melody. | 16. | Primary theme or subject that is developed. | 17. | A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices, usually without accompaniment. | 20. | Pertaining to the sonata form, a fast movement in triple time. |
| 21. | Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most of ten religious in nature. | 25. | Indicating speed. | 27. | The principal note of a triad. | 28. | Refers to the tuning of an instrument. | 30. | Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk, lively, and spirited manner. | 31. | Suite of Baroque dances. | 32. | First developed in the 8th century, methods of writing music. | 34. | A book of text containing the words of an opera. | 35. | Closing section of a movement. | 36. | To shift to another key. |
| | Down:2. | A direction to play lively and fast. | 3. | A composition written for nine instruments. | 5. | A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts. | 6. | Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes. | 8. | A short or brief sonata. | 9. | A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase, either in the middle or the end of a composition. | 12. | Lowest female singing voice. | 13. | Music that is easy to listen and understand. | 14. | Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera. | 17. | Repetition of a single tone. |
| 18. | To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played. | 19. | Refers to any great composer, conductor, or teacher of music. | 21. | A song or hymn celebrating Christmas. | 22. | Music that is written an performed without regard to any specific key. | 23. | Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional, flowery music; written in strict form. | 24. | A composition written for eight instruments. | 26. | A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts. | 29. | A harmonic given off by a note when it is played. | 30. | Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes. | 33. | Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly. |
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