Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Baroque Cadences and Sonic Alchemy
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Notation symbol indicating notes to be played smoothly connected
- 2. Scale alternating whole and half steps, favored by jazz and modern composers
- 3. Pertaining to the art of counterpoint, weaving independent melodies
- 7. Notes of a chord played in succession rather than simultaneously
- 9. Whole note's British cousin, lasting four beats in common time
- 10. Rapid slide along the pitch spectrum, often on strings or piano
- 12. Playful musical direction, literally 'joking' in Italian
- 14. Passage imitating a fugue texture but not a full fugue
Down
- 4. Twelve-tone serialism technique pioneered by Schoenberg
- 5. Simultaneous contrasting rhythmic patterns, foundational in African and progressive music
- 6. Detached and separated articulation of notes
- 8. Technique creating a trembling effect by rapid reiteration of a single note
- 11. One skilled at performing as part of a musical group
- 13. Characteristic tone color distinguishing one instrument from another
- 15. Music composition style avoiding tonal center or key
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