Basic Musical Terms

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. An efficient incentive (plural) (8)
  2. 4. The pitch range of the highest female voice (6)
  3. 7. A regular route for a sentry or policeman (4)
  4. 10. A musical notation indicating the number of beats to a measure and kind of note that takes a beat (13)
  5. 13. Something left after other parts have been taken away (4)
  6. 14. Gradually decreasing in tempo (10)
  7. 15. A notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound (4)
  8. 16. Personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task (5)

Down

  1. 1. A gradually increasing tempo of music (11)
  2. 3. A musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it (4)
  3. 5. A district of a city having some distinguishing character (7)
  4. 6. All of something including all its component elements or parts (5)
  5. 8. Keyboard instrument with black and white keys (5)
  6. 9. The lowest part of the musical range (4)
  7. 11. The speed at which a composition is to be played (5)
  8. 12. Position ___ in a countable series of things (6)