Turn Up the Music... It's Time for a Crossword Challenge!

How to Play This Online Word Puzzle?

• 1Click on a picture, and enter the letters of the matching word! If you fill in the word correctly, it will be validated automatically!
• 2Click on the "Check grid" button to see if you made mistakes and to mark incorrect letters in red.
  
• 3Use the Tabulator key on your keyboard to move to the next word in the crossword puzzle grid.
  
• 4Use the arrow keys on your keyboard, to move to the next or previous cell.
  
• 5Use the Delete or Backspace keys on your keyboard to clear a filled cell in the grid.
  
• 6To accomplish your mission and reach the final victory, find all the words in this online crossword game! Good luck!

How Do Instruments Create Sound?

A musical instrument may look simple from the outside, but producing a note always involves vibration. Something has to move back and forth rapidly enough to create sound waves in the surrounding air. What vibrates depends on the instrument: it might be a string, a column of air, a stretched surface or another part designed to resonate.

Musicians control those vibrations in different ways. They may blow, pluck, bow, strike, shake or press keys, and small changes in technique can affect pitch, volume and tone. This is one reason instruments can sound so different even when they are playing exactly the same note.

From Rhythm to Melody

Instruments can play different roles when musicians perform together. Some are especially effective at creating a steady beat or rhythmic pattern, while others often carry a melody. Many can do much more than one job, and the combination of contrasting sounds is an important part of what gives a band, orchestra or other musical group its character.

Playing together also requires listening. Musicians need to follow the tempo, pay attention to one another and know when their own part should become prominent or blend into the background. Music is therefore not only about producing individual notes; it also involves timing, coordination and cooperation.

Eleven Instruments, One Bigger Challenge

With eleven picture clues and a more complex grid, this crossword is designed as the next step after our Easy Music Crossword for Kids. Some instruments may be immediately recognizable, while others ask players to pay closer attention to their shape, the way they are held and how the musician is playing them.

The larger selection also provides useful English spelling practice without displaying a list of possible answers. Players can begin with the pictures they recognize most easily and gradually use the letters already in the grid to tackle the less familiar clues. It is a musical vocabulary test where careful observation can be just as useful as a good ear.