en CR 50 Music Words 45 Ad lib : an improvisation Baroque: elaborate, extravagant, and/or flamboyant Beat: a brief measure or pause Cadence: a sequence or measure of rhythm Choir: a group of people sharing beliefs or values Chord: the target of a stimulus Chorus: a unified response Coda: a conclusion Conductor: someone who organizes an enterprise or scheme Crescendo: a high point Cue: a signal to start or do something or cause it to happen Downbeat: pessimistic Duet: an action undertaken by a union of two people Encore: an additional performance or achievement Ensemble: a group in which no one person stands out Falsetto: an unnaturally high voice Fanfare: celebratory attention Finale: a concluding performance or act Gig: a job or assignment Impromptu: spontaneous, improvised Interlude: a planned interruption or intervening period Leitmotif: a recurring overarching idea Maestro: an accomplished person Medley: a series or other collection of ingredients or actions Opera: extended to “soap opera,” the slang term for domestic radio and later television dramas Opus: a major work Orchestrate: to organize strategically, with a possible connotation of conniving or conspiracy Overtone: a suggestion or connotation Overture: an invitation or act of persuasion Pitch: the nature of a sound based on its frequency, or a degree of interest Prelude: a preliminary to a main action Prologue: an introduction Reprise: a repeated performance Requiem: a composition in any medium to honor the dead or a failed effort Resonance: an evocation of feeling or sense Rhapsodic: any overwrought or elaborate creative effort or speech Riff: a verbal performance, especially as in a fast and furious routine by a stand-up comedian; also refers to a brief witticism or to a variation, synonymous with the informal noun take Rock: to be very impressive or pleasing, to inspire excitement , or to flaunt an ostentatious style of clothing or coiffure Serenade: an effort to persuade Solo: alone Staccato: a suggestion of speed rather than simply detached sounds (“staccato bursts of gunfire”) Suite: a collection or set Tempo: speed or rate Theme: subject or style Timbre: the distinguishing quality of a voice Tone: the quality of expression in writing or speaking as well, and the quality of a physical form Unison: agreement or union Upbeat: optimistic Virtuoso: one particularly skilled in an endeavor Waltz: to move in a bold, confident, or lively manner (“She triumphantly waltzed into the room”)

50 Music Words

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			T							19			20		21			T
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R					32				33			E								34
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	36				A						37				38	E
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Across:

1.	one particularly skilled in an endeavor
4.	a verbal performance, especially as in a fast and furious routine by a stand-up comedian; also refers to a brief witticism or to a variation, synonymous with the informal noun take
6.	a unified response
8.	to move in a bold, confident, or lively manner (“She triumphantly waltzed into the room”)
10.	agreement or union
12.	the distinguishing quality of a voice
16.	subject or style
17.	a high point
19.	an improvisation
21.	a brief measure or pause
23.	a composition in any medium to honor the dead or a failed effort
24.	any overwrought or elaborate creative effort or speech
27.	a signal to start or do something or cause it to happen
29.	an additional performance or achievement
32.	an invitation or act of persuasion
35.	optimistic
36.	an effort to persuade
37.	a repeated performance
40.	a conclusion
42.	a group in which no one person stands out
43.	an accomplished person
44.	the target of a stimulus
45.	to organize strategically, with a possible connotation of conniving or conspiracy

Down:

2.	a suggestion or connotation
3.	extended to “soap opera,” the slang term for domestic radio and later television dramas
5.	an unnaturally high voice
7.	a collection or set
9.	speed or rate
11.	the nature of a sound based on its frequency, or a degree of interest
13.	an action undertaken by a union of two people
14.	a concluding performance or act
15.	a recurring overarching idea
18.	a sequence or measure of rhythm
20.	elaborate, extravagant, and/or flamboyant
22.	a job or assignment
25.	an introduction
26.	an evocation of feeling or sense
28.	a group of people sharing beliefs or values
30.	a preliminary to a main action
31.	a major work
33.	the quality of expression in writing or speaking as well, and the quality of a physical form
34.	celebratory attention
38.	alone
39.	to be very impressive or pleasing, to inspire excitement , or to flaunt an ostentatious style of clothing or coiffure
41.	a series or other collection of ingredients or actions

50 Music Words

Across:

1.	one particularly skilled in an endeavor
4.	a verbal performance, especially as in a fast and furious routine by a stand-up comedian; also refers to a brief witticism or to a variation, synonymous with the informal noun take
6.	a unified response
8.	to move in a bold, confident, or lively manner (“She triumphantly waltzed into the room”)
10.	agreement or union
12.	the distinguishing quality of a voice
16.	subject or style
17.	a high point
19.	an improvisation
21.	a brief measure or pause
23.	a composition in any medium to honor the dead or a failed effort
24.	any overwrought or elaborate creative effort or speech
27.	a signal to start or do something or cause it to happen
29.	an additional performance or achievement
32.	an invitation or act of persuasion
35.	optimistic
36.	an effort to persuade
37.	a repeated performance
40.	a conclusion
42.	a group in which no one person stands out
43.	an accomplished person
44.	the target of a stimulus
45.	to organize strategically, with a possible connotation of conniving or conspiracy

Down:

2.	a suggestion or connotation
3.	extended to “soap opera,” the slang term for domestic radio and later television dramas
5.	an unnaturally high voice
7.	a collection or set
9.	speed or rate
11.	the nature of a sound based on its frequency, or a degree of interest
13.	an action undertaken by a union of two people
14.	a concluding performance or act
15.	a recurring overarching idea
18.	a sequence or measure of rhythm
20.	elaborate, extravagant, and/or flamboyant
22.	a job or assignment
25.	an introduction
26.	an evocation of feeling or sense
28.	a group of people sharing beliefs or values
30.	a preliminary to a main action
31.	a major work
33.	the quality of expression in writing or speaking as well, and the quality of a physical form
34.	celebratory attention
38.	alone
39.	to be very impressive or pleasing, to inspire excitement , or to flaunt an ostentatious style of clothing or coiffure
41.	a series or other collection of ingredients or actions