1. conductor   characteristic quality of the sound of a voice or instrument   music for a group of four instruments or voices   Christmas hymn or song   person who directs a choir's or orchestra's performance   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. scale   variations in volume through a musical composition   degree of highness or lowness of a sound   series of successive notes in a specified order   separate section of a long composition   Half-n-half Clue   3. contralto   lowest female singing voice   music for a group of three instruments or voices   extended composition for voices and orchestra on a sacred subject.   person who directs a choir's or orchestra's performance   Half-n-half Clue   4. timbre   characteristic quality of the sound of a voice or instrument   speed at which a musical composition is performed   music for a group of five instruments or voices   lowest female singing voice   Half-n-half Clue   5. stave   degree of highness or lowness of a sound   set of five horizontal lines on which music is written   person who directs a choir's or orchestra's performance   musical composition numbered as a composer's work   Half-n-half Clue   6. operetta   combination of notes sounded simultaneously   variations in volume through a musical composition   short or light musical drama   musical composition numbered as a composer's work   Half-n-half Clue   7. tempo   short movement between main parts of musical composition   voice above one's natural range   speed at which a musical composition is performed   extended composition for voices and orchestra on a sacred subject.   Half-n-half Clue