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A cappella: One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
Accelerando: A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Accessible: Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Adagio: A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Allegro: A direction to play lively and fast.
Atonal: Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.
Baroque: Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional, flowery music; written in strict form.
Beat : The unit of musical rhythm.
Cadence : A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase, either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Cadenza : Initially an improvised cadence by a soloist; later becoming an elaborate and written out passage in an aria or concerto, featuring the skills of an instrumentalist or vocalist.
Cadenza: Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Canon: A musical form where the melody or tune is imitated by individual parts at regular intervals. The individual parts may enter at different measures and pitches. The tune may also be played at different speeds, backwards, or inverted.
Cantabile : A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
Cantata: Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most often religious in nature.
Capriccio : A quick, improvisational, spirited piece of music.
Carol: A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Castrato: Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Cavatina : A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Chamber music: Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Chant: Singing in unison, texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Choir: Group of singers in a chorus.
Chorale: A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Chord: 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Chord progression: A string of chords played in succession
Chorus: A group singing in unison
Chromatic scale: Includes all twelve notes of an octave
Classical: The period of music history which dates from the mid 1700’s to mid 1800’s the music was spare and emotionally reserved, especially when compared to Romantic and Boroque music
Classicism: The period of music history which dates from the mid 1800’s and lasted about sixty years, there was a strong regard for order and balance
Clavier: The keyboard of a stringed instrument
Clef: In sheet music, a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Coda: Closing section of a movement
Concert master: The first violin in an orchestra
Concerto: A composition written for a solo instrument the soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment
Conductor: One who directs a group of performers the conductor indicates the tempo, phrasing, dynamics, and style by gestures and facial expressions
Consonance: Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord
Contralto: Lowest female singing voice
Counterpoint: Two or three melodic lines played at the same time
Courante: A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance
Da Capo: In sheet music, an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord
Musical Terms
Across:2. | Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance. | 5. | A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece. | 10. | One who directs a group of performers the conductor indicates the tempo, phrasing, dynamics, and style by gestures and facial expressions | 11. | The unit of musical rhythm. | 12. | Group of singers in a chorus. | 13. | The period of music history which dates from the mid 1700’s to mid 1800’s the music was spare and emotionally reserved, especially when compared to Romantic and Boroque music | 15. | Two or three melodic lines played at the same time | 16. | A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease. | 19. | A quick, improvisational, spirited piece of music. | 22. | Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range. | 23. | In sheet music, a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff. | 26. | Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key. | 28. | A song or hymn celebrating Christmas. | 29. | 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony. | 30. | The keyboard of a stringed instrument | 31. | One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment. | 32. | Includes all twelve notes of an octave | 33. | A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison. |
| | Down:1. | In sheet music, an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord | 3. | Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord | 4. | Closing section of a movement | 6. | Lowest female singing voice | 7. | A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo. | 8. | A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition. | 9. | The first violin in an orchestra | 10. | A musical form where the melody or tune is imitated by individual parts at regular intervals. The individual parts may enter at different measures and pitches. The tune may also be played at different speeds, backwards, or inverted. | 14. | Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most often religious in nature. | 15. | A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance | 17. | A group singing in unison | 18. | Music that is easy to listen to and understand. | 20. | A direction to play lively and fast. | 21. | Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional, flowery music; written in strict form. | 22. | Singing in unison, texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech. | 23. | The period of music history which dates from the mid 1800’s and lasted about sixty years, there was a strong regard for order and balance | 24. | Initially an improvised cadence by a soloist; later becoming an elaborate and written out passage in an aria or concerto, featuring the skills of an instrumentalist or vocalist. | 25. | A composition written for a solo instrument the soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment | 27. | Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer. | 30. | A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase, either in the middle or the end of a composition. |
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Musical Terms
Across:2. | Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance. | 5. | A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece. | 10. | One who directs a group of performers the conductor indicates the tempo, phrasing, dynamics, and style by gestures and facial expressions | 11. | The unit of musical rhythm. | 12. | Group of singers in a chorus. | 13. | The period of music history which dates from the mid 1700’s to mid 1800’s the music was spare and emotionally reserved, especially when compared to Romantic and Boroque music | 15. | Two or three melodic lines played at the same time | 16. | A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease. | 19. | A quick, improvisational, spirited piece of music. | 22. | Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range. | 23. | In sheet music, a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff. | 26. | Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key. | 28. | A song or hymn celebrating Christmas. | 29. | 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony. | 30. | The keyboard of a stringed instrument | 31. | One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment. | 32. | Includes all twelve notes of an octave | 33. | A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison. |
| | Down:1. | In sheet music, an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord | 3. | Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord | 4. | Closing section of a movement | 6. | Lowest female singing voice | 7. | A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo. | 8. | A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition. | 9. | The first violin in an orchestra | 10. | A musical form where the melody or tune is imitated by individual parts at regular intervals. The individual parts may enter at different measures and pitches. The tune may also be played at different speeds, backwards, or inverted. | 14. | Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most often religious in nature. | 15. | A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance | 17. | A group singing in unison | 18. | Music that is easy to listen to and understand. | 20. | A direction to play lively and fast. | 21. | Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional, flowery music; written in strict form. | 22. | Singing in unison, texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech. | 23. | The period of music history which dates from the mid 1800’s and lasted about sixty years, there was a strong regard for order and balance | 24. | Initially an improvised cadence by a soloist; later becoming an elaborate and written out passage in an aria or concerto, featuring the skills of an instrumentalist or vocalist. | 25. | A composition written for a solo instrument the soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment | 27. | Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer. | 30. | A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase, either in the middle or the end of a composition. |
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