Music Key Words Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- dissonant : notes in the chords clash (9)
- disjunct : notes have leaps between them in a melody (8)
- consonant : notes in the chords fit together (9)
- legato : smooth playing (6)
- polyphonic : a texture where many different parts move at different times (10)
- ornament : used to decorate a melody line (8)
- piano : quiet (5)
- diatonic : describes harmony where only chords from the key are used (8)
- tessitura : pitch range (9)
- note addition : slowly increasing the number of pitches in a melody (4,8)
- staccato : detached playing (8)
- groundbass : a repeating bass line (6,4)
- forte : loud (5)
- monophonic : one line of music (10)
- ternary : aba form (7)
- harpsichord : a baroque keyboard instrument (11)
- ostinato : short repeating pattern (8)
- homophonic : all parts moving together (10)
- canon : a melody that is repeated by different instruments one after another (5)
- minor : sad sounding tonality (5)
- major : happy sounding tonality (5)
- conjunct : notes are next to each other in a melody (8)
- drone : a long sustained note (5)
