Music Theory
Two pitches that sound identical but are written differently on the staff, such as G-sharp and A-flat.
What are enharmonic equivalents?
This brass instrument changes pitch using a slide rather than valves.
What is a trombone?
This hit musical tells the story of the ten-dollar founding father.
What is Hamilton?
This song means "No worries".
What is Hakuna Matata?
The total number of keys on a standard modern piano.
What is 88?
A time signature like 6/8, 9/8, or 12/8, where the main beat is naturally divided into three equal parts rather than two.
What is compound meter?
The standard number of strings on a bass guitar.
What is four?
This musical features the gravity-defying witch, Elphaba.
What is Wicked?
This song opens the movie La La Land.
What is Another Day of Sun?
The frequency 440 Hz is commonly used as the standard tuning reference for this note (including the octave).
What is A4?
This term describes playing a stringed instrument by plucking instead of bowing
What is pizzicato?
This double-reed woodwind instrument plays in the tenor and bass registers.
What is a bassoon?
The phantom's famous lair is located beneath this city's opera house.
What is Paris?
This acoustic phenomenon occurs when two sound waves of the exact same frequency perfectly cancel each other out.
What is destructive interference (phase cancellation)?
The relative minor key of G Major.
What is E minor?
Besides the xylophone, this large keyboard percussion instrument features tuned wooden bars struck with mallets.
What is a marimba?
This legendary composer wrote the music for Newsies and The Little Mermaid.
Who is Alan Menken?
When arranging for a trumpet, a concert C must be written as this note.
What is D?
The musical mode built on the second degree of a major scale.
What is the Dorian mode?
If you uncoiled all of the tubing on a standard single version of this orchestral instrument, it would stretch to approximately 13 feet long.
What is the French horn?
Stephen Schwartz wrote the music for this 1998 DreamWorks animated film featuring the epic opening number "Deliver Us."
What is Never Gonna Give You Up?
Smuggled aboard a spacecraft in 1965 and played on a tiny harmonica and sleigh bells, this was officially the very first song ever played in outer space.
What is Jingle Bells?