Music words: fill in the blanks · Grade 6

The word bank and sentences

Directions: Read each sentence. Choose the best word from the word bank and write it on the line.

• Word bank: cross out each word as you use it
• staff · tempo · forte · melody · Italian · ragas · quarter crescendo
• 1 Music is written on five lines called a ____.
• 2 Many music words come from the · language.
• 3 In music, · means to play loudly.
• 4 The word · tells musicians how fast to play.
• 5 A tune you can hum is called a ____.
• 6 A · means the music grows louder little by little.
• 7 A whole note lasts as long as four · notes.
• 8 Indian classical music uses melody patterns called ____.
• Your turn · Write a sentence of your own that uses a word from the word bank.