Woodwinds/Brass
Percussion/Keyboards
Strings/Ensembles
Cultural Identities
Musical Elements
100
Describe how sound is made on a brass instrument.
Buzzing the lips and blowing air
100
Identify the three major percussion categories.
Pitched Unpitched Auxiliary
100
Identify the four major instruments in the string section.
Violin Viola Cello Bass
100
Name three of the five cultural identities.
American Folk, Asian, Native American, African American, Latin
100
How do you define music?
Technically - movement of sound through time... Other options - rhythms, sounds, pitches, voices, instruments
200
Describe how sound is made on woodwind instruments.
Blowing across a hole or vibrating a reed and different combinations of fingerings
200
How is sound made on percussion instruments?
Hit, strike, shake, rattle, roll
200
How is sound created on strings?
A bow is drawn across the strings with different tensions
200
Name four of the eight genres.
Classical, Jazz, Blues, Rap and Hip-Hop, Folk, Latin-fusion, Country Western, Rock
200
What are the three styles of musicals?
Animated - Stage/Live - Movie
300
Name the five major woodwind instruments.
Flute Clarinet Saxophone Oboe Bassoon
300
What are the letters in the musical alphabet featured on all keyboard instruments and mallets?
A B C D E F G (repeat)
300
What are the two of the three major ways to bow?
Arco Pizzicato Tremolo
300
Which jazz era is this example from? Cool Jazz or Hard Bop?
Cool Jazz
300
What are the five main ways the story is told in a musical?
Singing - Dancing - Speaking - Costumes/Props/Setting - Background Music
400
Name the five major brass instruments.
Trumpet French Horn Trombone Baritone/Euphonium Tuba
400
Snare drum, bass drum, toms... What category are they in?
Unpitched
400
Name three types of ensembles or groups of musicians.
Choir, Band, Jazz Band, Symphony, Orchestra, Marching Band, Rock Band, Country Band (others)
400
How do you identify cultural differences in music?
Instruments, voices, style, rhythms (others)
400
What musical elements include these vocabulary words...? Adagio - Allegro - Presto Piano - Forte - Crescendo Verse - Chorus - Bridge - Chorus
Tempo - Dynamics - Form
500
What are the major differences between woodwinds and brass?
Woodwinds have key mechanisms, a single tube, and a tone hole or reeds. Brass have mouthpieces to buzz into, valves, and multiple tubes.
500
What are the lines and spaces on the staff?
E G B D F (lines) F A C E (spaces)
500
What are the four voice types? (Two for women and two for men)
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
500
How do you define culture?
1. The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group. 2. The attitudes and behavior characteristic of a particular social group. Synonyms: civilization, society, way of life, lifestyle
500
What are the four major rhythm divisions? Bonus for the fifth... (Will accept the drawn versions, too.)
Whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth
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