Theory Crossword

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. A groove or furrow in cloth etc (5)
  2. 6. The distinctive property of a complex sound (6)
  3. 9. A vertical ___ before the accented beat marking the boundary between musical ___ (7)
  4. 11. A slender double-reed instrument (4)
  5. 12. A musical notation indicating the number of beats to a measure and kind of note that takes a beat (13)
  6. 13. Sounds put together in songs and tunes (5)
  7. 14. The speed at which a composition is to be played (5)
  8. 15. A double-reed instrument (7)
  9. 16. A brief written record (plural) (5)

Down

  1. 1. A single-reed instrument with a straight tube (8)
  2. 2. Something left after other parts have been taken away (4)
  3. 3. A brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide (8)
  4. 5. The lowest brass wind instrument (4)
  5. 7. Gradually decreasing in tempo (11)
  6. 8. Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal (7)
  7. 10. A gradual increase in loudness (9)