Instruments
Before the modern piano, this instrument used a mechanism to pluck the strings instead of hit them with a hammer.
Harpsichord
the tempo marking “andante“ means
At a walking pace
Composed three famous ballets that have all been turned into movies.
Tchaikovsky. Extra 100 points for naming all three ballets.
Finish the lyric.
“Eleanor Rigby. Picks up____”
“The rice in the church where a wedding has been“
This boy band, active from 2016-2010, recently had a member die unexpectedly from falling off a building.
One direction
Cello
A chord made of three notes, stacked in thirds.
Triad
The number of Harry Potter movies John Williams composed the soundtrack for
Three
This, according to billboard, is Madonna’s best selling single of all time.
Like a virgin
Finish this lyric “Don’t want to be an American idiot____”
“Don‘t want a nation under the new media“
name three parts of a drum kit
Snare, bass, crash cymbal, high hat, stand Tom, Tom Tom, ext..
This is the diagram that shows the relationship between the different keys
circle of fifths
This composer pioneered the impressionist music movement
Claude Debussy
according to The Rolling Stones this was Simon and Garfunkel’s greatest hit
Sound of Silence
This is MCRs current most played song on Spotify
Teenagers
The number of French horns in a traditional orchestra
Four
Piu mosso means
More motion
After the standardization of the tuning system for western music in 1700s, this composer celebrated by creating two volumes of piano works, one piece in every major and minor key, called the well tempered clavier.
Summertime, from the iconic Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess, was popularized when these two singers made a cover of it in 1958.
Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald
Britney Spears was this old when Baby one more time came out.
16
This electronic instrument uses two position sensors (one for pitch and one for volume) to create sound without any physical contact with the player
Theremin
The more common term for the 5 chords
Dominant
This composer wrote ”Pomp and Circumstance“ aka the Graduation march
Edward Elgar
The year that Bon Jovi released “livin’ on a prayer”
1986
This artist has the most Grammys ever
Beyoncé