Musical Terms
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- ACCENT
- ADAGIO
- ALLEGRO
- ALTO
- ANDANTE
- BARITONE
- BEAT
- CHORD
- CONCERTO
- CONDUCTOR
- DECRESCENDO
- FALSETTO
- FERMATA
- FLAT
- FORTISSIMO
- GLISSANDO
- LEGATO
- MEASURE
- OCTAVE
- ORCHESTRA
- OSTINATO
- PIANISSIMO
- PITCH
- QUARTET
- SHARP
- SOPRANO
- TEMPO
- TENOR
- UNISON
- VIBRATO
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Classical music vocabulary fills this grid, from tempo markings to vocal ranges. Find terms like allegro, adagio, fortissimo, falsetto, and glissando used by composers worldwide. Play it online or print a copy for music class.
What the words in this puzzle mean
- ACCENT
- A mark telling the player to strike one note harder than those around it.
- ADAGIO
- Slowly and at ease — a tempo marking between largo and andante.
- ALLEGRO
- Fast and bright, the most common quick tempo marking.
- ALTO
- The second-highest voice part, below soprano and above tenor.
- ANDANTE
- At a walking pace — the tempo marking that means exactly that in Italian.
- BARITONE
- The male voice between bass and tenor, and the most common male range.
- BEAT
- The steady pulse underneath the music that a listener taps a foot to.
- CHORD
- Three or more notes sounded together.
- CONCERTO
- A work for a solo instrument and orchestra, usually in three movements.
- CONDUCTOR
- The person who sets the tempo and shapes the performance from the podium.
- DECRESCENDO
- Getting gradually quieter.
- FALSETTO
- A light head voice letting a singer reach above his normal range.
- FERMATA
- A dot under an arc, telling the player to hold a note beyond its written length.
- FLAT
- A sign lowering a note by a semitone.
- FORTISSIMO
- Very loud — one step beyond forte.
- GLISSANDO
- A slide from one note to another, sounding everything in between.
- LEGATO
- Smoothly, with each note joined to the next without a gap.
- MEASURE
- One bar of music, holding the number of beats the time signature sets.
- OCTAVE
- The distance between a note and the next note of the same name, eight steps up.
- ORCHESTRA
- A large ensemble of strings, woodwind, brass and percussion.
- OSTINATO
- A short pattern repeated over and over beneath changing music above it.
- PIANISSIMO
- Very quiet — one step beyond piano.
- PITCH
- How high or low a note sounds, set by how fast the sound wave vibrates.
- QUARTET
- A group of four players or singers; the string quartet is the classic example.
- SHARP
- A sign raising a note by a semitone.
- SOPRANO
- The highest voice part, and usually the one carrying the melody.
- TEMPO
- The speed of the music, marked in Italian words or in beats per minute.
- TENOR
- The high male voice, above baritone.
- UNISON
- Two or more parts sounding exactly the same note at the same time.
- VIBRATO
- A slight wavering of pitch that gives a held note warmth.
Musical Terms Word Search Answer Key
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