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Across
1. a note or series of notes that comes before the first
complete measure of a composition
3. a motif or phrase that persistently repeats in the same
musical voice, frequently in the same pitch.
8. a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental
component and dramatic roles are taken by singers
12. involving only notes proper to the prevailing key without
chromatic alteration.
15. indicates that musical notes are played or sung smoothly
and connected
16. approached by the same note and resolves up by step
18. a texture in which a primary part is supported by one or
more additional strands of accompaniment that flesh out the
harmony.
19. a contrapuntal compositional technique in two or more
voices, built on a subject that is introduced at the beginning
21. restatement of a motif or longer melodic (or harmonic)
passage at a higher or lower pitch in the same voice
Down
2. a variety of rhythms played together to make a piece of
music, making part or all of a tune or piece of music off-beat.
4. a scale of four notes, the interval between the first and last
being a perfect fourth.
5. the musical scale with twelve pitches that are a half step
apart
6. a form of embellishment or melodic variation in which a
long note or a series of long notes is divided into shorter,
usually
7. the concluding passage of a piece or movement, typically
forming an addition to the basic structure.
9. a melodic line that goes upward in pitch.
10. the inclusive distance between one tone and another
11. simultaneous use of two or more rhythms that are not
readily perceived as deriving from one another
13. a type of broken chord, in which the notes that compose a
chord are played or sung in a rising or descending order.
14. a short musical phrase that has some special importance
in or is characteristic of a composition
17. a melodic idea that is repeated throughout the piece, and
is often the most indicative part of the piece
20. a conventional category that identifies some pieces of
music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions