Music Vocabulary
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. crescendo
A. A musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition
2. genre
B. A repeated pattern of beats or sounds in music.
3. volume
C. An expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
4. tempo
D. The spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to
5. phrase
E. A perceptual structure
6. accelerando
F. How loud something is, or how much space it fills
7. grave
G. A style of expressing yourself in writing
8. ostinato
H. A dramatic or musical entertainment
9. pattern
I. A gradually increasing tempo of music
10. rhythm
J. A gradual increase in loudness
11. composition
K. Death of a person
12. chorus
L. The speed at which a composition is to be played
13. performance
M. The part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers