Music Key Words Crossword Puzzle

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)