Musical Terms
Musical term meaning to play soft.
What is piano?
Musical term meaning to play loud.
What is forte?
Total number of keys (both black and white) on a standard piano keyboard.
What is 88?
The total number of beats assigned to a quarter note.
What is 1?
Bonus 500 points: The quarter note receives 1 beat in simple time signatures such 3/4 and 4/4. How many beats does it receive in compound time signatures such as 6/8 and 9/8?
What is personification in literature?
a form of figurative language in which something that is not human is given human characteristics.
Emphasis placed on a given note.
What is an accent?
The speed at which a piece of music is played.
What is tempo?
A drum is a member of this instrument family.
What is the percussion family?
a half note receives how many beats?
What is 2?
The name of Nemo's father in the film Finding Nemo?
Who is Marlin?
This is made up of five lines and four spaces.
What is the musical staff?
A group of beats, the total number of beats is determined by a given time signature.
What is a measure?
Name two brass instruments?
Various answers.
Bonus 100 points: Name the largest brass instrument?
Using any combination you'd like, name a group of notes that would make up a measure of music 4/4 time.
various answers.
Bonus 200 points: Do the same thing, but with rests.
Name 5 United States Presidents?
Various answers.
Also referred to as a round, A melody harmonically layered upon itself by dividing performers and starting at different times.
What is a canon?
This term refers to the high or low (or in between) sound of a given note.
What is pitch?
True or false: The saxophone is a woodwind instrument?
Bonus 300 points: Even though it is typically made from brass, Why is the saxophon a woodwind instrument?
True or False: A quarter note plus a whole note would work as a single measure of beats in 3/4 time.
Name 5 NBA teams?
Multiple Answers
The various volumes (loud, soft and in between) in music
What is dynamics
Hold a note longer than its given value.
What is fermata? Bonus 300 points if you can draw the symbol on the board.
Total number of keys (white and black) on a standard piano keyboard.
What is 88?
If the given time signature is 4/4, how many dotted half notes can you have in a single measure?
What is 1 dotted half note?
Name two periods of classical music?
What is Baroque, Classical, Romantic Contemporary