Music Terms

Created by Keciro Homeschool - Essential Dictionary of Music Used for Reference with EclipseCrossword by Green Eclipse Software — http://www.eclipsecrossword.com/

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Across 3. The notes and rests between two bar lines. 6. The first note of a scale or key. 7. The notes found within a major or minor scale. 8. The symbols used to notate music. 9. The interval of eight diatonic steps or from one note to its nearest note of the same name, 12 half steps away. 11. The intensity of sound. 12. A line that extends vertically from a note head. 15. To emphasize a note. Indicated by the symbol >. 19. The symbol that indicates a note is neither sharp nor flat. 21. The duration of a note. 22. The symbol written at the beginning of a staff that indicates which notes are represented by which lines and spaces. 23. The movement from one note to another note, or one chord to another chord. 25. The organization of music in time using long and short note values. 26. A measure. 29. Very loud, abbreviated ff. 30. Becoming slower and broader. 32. Subtle changes in musical expression including dynamics, phrasing and tempo. 34. Signs at the beginning of a composition or staff that indicate the key or meter. 35. Gradually becoming louder. Abbreviated cresc. 36. Three or more tones sounded simultaneously. 38. Smaller. 41. Very soft, abbreviated pp. 42. A succession of four notes within a perfect fourth. 43. A moderate, graceful tempo, slower than allegretto and faster than adagio. 44. A harsh discordant sound.

Down 1. Signs that indicate a musical section should be repeated. 2. Unit of measurement of rhythmic time. 4. The arrangement of notes in a specific order of whole and half steps. 5. A pitch. The quality of sound of a voice or instrument. 10. An ending section of a movement or piece. 12. Short, detached. Indicated by a dot over or under the note. 13. Cheerful, quick or fast. 14. Becoming gradually slower. Abbreviated rit. 16. A person who writes music. 17. The speed of a section of a composition, or the speed of a complete composition. 18. The notes of a chord played one after another (broken chord). 20. A curved line notated above two or more notes that indicates they are to be played legato. 24. The horizontal lines on and between which notes are written. 27. Very, very soft, abbreviated ppp. 28. Slang for chord progression. 31. Slow, heavy, solemn. 33. A unit for measuring the loudness or intensity of sound. Abreviated dB. 37. A composition for two performers. 39. Loud. Abbreviated f. 40. A curved line that joins two or more notes of the same pitch that last the duration of the combined note values.