Classical
Jazz
Blues
Rock and Roll
Country
Pop
Rap/Hip Hop
Listening
100

This is the continent where classical music originated.

Europe

100

This jazz trumpet player was also one of the pioneers of scat singing.

Louis Armstrong

100

This instrument is featured in most blues music.

Guitar

100

This instrument is featured in most rock & roll music.

Electric Guitar

100

This US city is where country music got its start.

Atlanta

100

The word "pop" is short for...

Popular Music

100

This US city is where hip-hop music originated

The Bronx

100

What genre of music is this?

 

Pop

200

The name of this classical composer, who after tragically losing his hearing, wrote "Ode to Joy".

Beethoven

200

This US city is where jazz music got its start.

New Orleans

200

To help them get through the work day, these people began singing the blues to help lift their spirits.

Slaves

200

This singer was the first major rock star, and is known as the "King of Rock & Roll"

Elvis Presley

200

This is a style of singing used in country music where a singer's voice quickly breaks between the low and high register

Yodeling

200

This singer who wrote and performed "Thriller" and "Billie Jean", is known as the King of Pop.

Michael Jackson

200

This is a person who spins turntables to provide a “beat” for the rapper

DJ

200

What genre of music is this?

 

Classical

300

The name of this classical composer, whose works include "Requiem" and "The Magic Flute"

Mozart

300

The term for when an instrumentalist or vocalist creates their own original music on the spot

Improvising, or improvisation

300

This is the order of rhyming lines in a blues song.

AAB

300

This band came to America as part of the "British Invasion" and re-invented what was possible within the sound of rock music.

The Beatles

300

This is a style of violin playing used in country music that is often fast and slides between notes.

Fiddling

300

This is the main theme section of a pop song, which repeats with the same words, and usually includes the title of the song

Refrain or Chorus

300

This is a person who raps with a DJ, and could also be known as a "mic controller" or "master of ceremonies"

MC

300

What genre of music is this?

 

Rock & Roll

400

The third time period of classical music, where music was written to sound very emotional and dramatic

Romantic
400

If a jazz vocalist sings "shoobie doo bop doo wah", this is an example of...

Scat singing

400

This blues singer and guitarist wrote "Crossroads" which has since been covered by many other artists.

Robert Johnson

400

This upbeat electric style of the blues, which later became re-named "rock & roll", can be abbreviated as "R&B".

Rhythm & Blues

400

This country singer started on American Idol, and went on to win the Grammy Award for best new artist.


Carrie Underwood

400

This section of a pop song has different words each time it happens

Verse

400

This song by Sugarhill Gang was the first major hit song in the hip-hop genre

Rapper's Delight

400

What genre of music is this?

 

Country

500

The first time period of classical music, where pieces had complex melodies but not much variation in dynamics.

Baroque

500

The term for when a jazz band emphasizes notes that are NOT on the beat

Syncopation

500

Is this an example of a blues song, and why?

The thrill is gone, the thrill is gone away
The thrill is gone, the thrill is gone away
You know you done me wrong, and you'll be sorry someday

Yes, because it contains 2 repeated lines and then a different rhyming line, or AAB.

500

A guitar player plugging their instrument into a large speaker to make it louder is an example of...

Amplification

500

Some of Elvis Presley's songs were a cross between country music and rock & roll, otherwise known as...

Rockabilly

500

This section of a pop song only happens once, and sounds different than the rest of the song

Bridge

500

This DJ, whose real name is Joseph Saddler, was a pioneer of the scratching technique on turntables

Grandmaster Flash

500

What genre of music is this?

 

Jazz

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