| Italian for “singing without musical accompaniment” | A cappella |
| Keyboard instrument with bellows that is linked with the polka | Accordion |
| Italian word meaning “lively and fast” | Allegro |
| talian word meaning “at a moderate speed” | Andante |
| Long solo vocal piece with instrumental accompaniment in an opera or oratorio | Aria |
| 18th-century German composer and organist known for religious compositions such as the St. John Passion and the Mass in B Minor and for his 6 Brandenburg Concertos | Bach, Johann Sebastian |
| Shrill-toned musical instrument typically associated with Scotland | Bagpipe |
| Simple song or poem that tells a story | Ballad |
| Female ballet dancer | Ballerina |
| Classic dancing performed to music and presenting an idea or story, usually with costumes and scenery | Ballet |
| 18th-19th-century German composer afflicted with deafness | Beethoven, Ludwig van |
| 20th-century American composer, conductor, and pianist known for his West Side Story | Bernstein, Leonard |
| Form of jazz with slow tempo and melancholy words that developed from black folk music, especially work songs and spirituals | Blues |
| 19th-century German composer known for his 4 symphonies, his German Requiem, and his lieder, or songs | Brahms, Johannes |
| Family of musical instruments made of coiled metal and usually having a mouthpiece, such as a trumpet, tuba, or trombone | Brass |
| Keyboard instrument consisting of steam-blown whistles | Calliope |
| Music sung by natives of Trinidad and consisting of satirical ballads with syncopated rhythms | Calypso |
| .Popular 19th-century French dance often performed in music halls | Cancan (Can Can) |
| New York City concert hall on 57th Street and 7th Avenue | Carnegie Hall |
| Song of praise or joy for any religious festival, especially Christmas | Carol |
| Instrument of the violin family that is held between the knees in an upright position | Cello |
| Music performed in a private room or small auditorium by a small group of musicians | Chamber music |
| Simple, choppy traditional melody, usually played on a piano with one finger of each hand | Chopsticks |
| Art of composing dance steps for ballet and stage dancing | Choreography |
| Single-reed woodwind instrument that is most commonly pitched in B flat | Clarinet |
| Treble or bass symbol at the start of a line of music | Clef |
| Italian word for “tail” designating a passage added to the end of a piece of music | Coda |
| Italian word, literally meaning “concert,” that designates a piece of music to be played by one or more solo instruments and an orchestra, usually in 3 movements | Concerto |
| Director of an orchestra | Conductor |
| 20th-century American composer known for Appalachian Spring and Fanfare for the Common Man | Copland, Aaron |
| French term for a ballet troupe | Corps de ballet |
| Italian word for “increasing in volume” | Crescendo |
| Percussion instrument that consists of a pair of thin metal plates having handles for clashing them together | Cymbals |
| Male ballet dancer | Danseur |
| 19th-20th century French composer known for The Sea | Debussy, Claude |
| Italian word for “decreasing in volume” | Decrescendo (diminuendo) |
| 20th-century black composer, pianist, and orchestral leader important in jazz history and having the given name Edward Kennedy—some of his important works are “Mood Indigo” and Black, Brown, and Beige | Ellington, “Duke” |
| French term for a leap in ballet in which a dancer crosses his/her legs more than once | Entrechat (Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled) [ ahn-truh-sha] |
| French word for a short musical composition | Etude |
| Small high-pitched woodwind instrument played with drums in military units | Fife |
| Woodwind instrument popular in bands and orchestras whose name completes Mozart’s opera The Magic | Flute |
| Song composed by regional people and handed down from one generation to another | Folk song |
| Italian word for “loud” | Forte |
| Italian word for “very loud” | Fortissimo |
| Brass musical instrument that is a coiled metal tube ending in a flared bell | French horn |
| Latin word for “flight” that designates a composition that explores variations of one main musical idea | Fugue |
| 20th-century American composer of Rhapsody in Blue, a work combining jazz and classical music | Gershwin, George |
| Name commonly given to a school music club | Glee Club |
| American religious music rooted in field and work songs | Gospel Music |
| 18th-century German-born composer famous for his Water Music, Fireworks Music, and his Messiah | Handel, George Frideric |
| Small instrument commonly called the “mouth organ” | Harmonica |
| Pleasing sound resulting from a combination of sounds | Harmony |
| Instrument that includes a resonator, a neck, and strings | Harp |
| 18th-19th century Austrian composer known as the “Father of the Symphony” and for his “London Symphonies” | Haydn, Joseph |
| Song in praise of God | Hymn |
| Form of music invented by black musicians in New Orleans | Jazz |
| French term for a jump in ballet from one foot to the other with an outward kick of the leg | Jeté |
| 19th-20th century American “King of the Ragtime Composers” known for his “Maple Leaf Rag” | Joplin, Scott |
| Tubal instrument that produces sound when one hums into the mouthpiece | Kazoo |
| Words of a song as distinguished from the music | Lyrics |
| Notes that lie between 2 vertical bars on a staff—bar means the same thing | Measure |
| Italian word for an eminent teacher or conductor of music | Maestro |
| Tune or theme in music | Melody |
| Regular pattern of beats in successive measures of music | Meter |
| Mechanical device for fixing the speed at which a piece of music is to be played by marking time at a steady beat | Metronome |
| 18th-century Austrian composer famous for his opera The Marriage of Figaro | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus |
| Theatrical or film production that includes song and dance along with dialogue developing a story line | Musical |
| Country’s official song | National anthem |
| Interval of 8 notes up or down the musical scale | Octave |
| Play set to music in which the characters sing, rather than speak, all or most of their lines | Opera |
| Word designating both the expensive front section of seats nearest the stage in a theater and the musicians who sit and play in front of this space | Orchestra |
| Keyboard instrument with pipes and pedals that has the ability to sound like a whole orchestra | Organ |
| Instrumental composition that introduces a longer musical work, especially an opera or an oratorio | Overture |
| French term for a ballet dance for 2 performers | Pas de deux |
| .Family of musical instruments that are played by striking them, such as drums and xylophones | Percussion |
| .Keyboard instrument that derives its name from a shortened form of the Italian words for “soft and loud” | Piano |
| Smallest and highest pitched woodwind instrument, which is known in Italian as the “little flute” | Piccolo |
| French word for whirling around on one foot in ballet | Pirouette |
| French word for a range or the high or low level of a musical note | Pitch |
| French term for a bend of the knees in ballet | Plié |
| 20th-century Russian composer known for Peter and the Wolf | Prokofiev, Sergei |
| Rhythmic American music popularized by composers Tom Turpin and James Scott about 1895, prior to the introduction of jazz | Ragtime |
| Silent pause for a certain length of time | Rest |
| Regular pattern of stressed and unstressed notes in a piece of music | Rhythm |
| Form of popular music that grew out of rhythm and blues | Rock ‘n’ roll |
| Short song begun at different times by different voices | Round |
| Wind instrument called “the soul of jazz” with a metal body and keys for the fingers | Saxophone |
| Series of musical notes arranged in their sequential ascending, or descending, order | Scale |
| 19th-20th century American musician, known as the “March King,” composer of “The Stars and Stripes Forever” | Sousa, John Philip |
| Religious folk song of African-American origin | Spiritual |
| Set of 5 horizontal parallel lines on which music is written—also called a stave | Staff |
| 19th-century Austrian composer who wrote nearly 400 waltzes and became known as the “Waltz King” | Strauss Jr., Johann |
| Family of musical instruments that use strings to produce sound, such as violins and harps | Strings |
| Long piece of music usually with 4 parts written for a full orchestra | Symphony |
| 19th-century Russian composer known for 3 ballets and the 1812 Overture | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich |
| Speed or pace at which a musical work is sung or played | Tempo |
| Musical instrument and geometric figure sharing the same name | Triangle |
| Highest pitched member of the brass family | Trumpet |
| Brass instrument known for its “oom-pahs” | Tuba |
| Female dancer’s short skirt | Tutu |
| Guitarlike musical instrument introduced into the Hawaiian islands in the late 19th century | Ukulele |
| Musical instrument named from an Italian word meaning “small viola” | Violin |
| 19th-century German composer known for his 4 operas that make up the “Nibelungen Ring Cycle” or Ring of the Nibelungs (Der Ring des Nibelungen) | Wagner, Richard |
| 20th-century British composer and producer known for the musical The Phantom of the Opera | Webber, Andrew Lloyd |
| 20th-century composer of the music for the films E.T. and Star Wars | Williams, John |
| Family of musical instruments in which sound is usually produced by the vibration of reeds, as in the flute and clarinet | Woodwinds |
| Musical percussion instrument consisting of a mounted row of wooden bars to be struck with 2 small mallets | Xylophone. |