Note Values
4
What composer was deaf, but was still able to composer music?
Brahms, Beethoven, or Bach
Beethoven
What music term means five lines and four spaces in?
Staff
What family of instruments requires students to bow or pluck?
String Family
Which brass instrument has no valves?
Trombone
How many beats does a half note get?
2
What composer was able to keep music in his head for months until he was able to compose it?
Verdi, Copeland, or Mozart
Mozart
What is the term used in music that means for something to be played smoothly?
Legato
What family of instruments requires players buzz the lips and loosen/tighten the lips to create different pitches?
Brass Family
Which instrument in the Woodwind Family is made of brass?
Saxophone
How many beats does a quarter note get?
1
What composer composed the Surprise Symphony in order to startle his boss, the prince?
Handel, Haydn, or Chopin
Haydn
What is the term in music that means for something to be played short?
Staccato
What family of instruments has reed and double-reed instruments?
Woodwind Family
Which instrument in the string family requires a player to stand up in order to play it?
Double Bass or String Bass
How many beats does an eighth note get?
1/2
Many people felt this composer picked up where Beethoven left off in composing music.
Brahms, Beethoven, or Bach
Brahms
What is the term for holding a note out until the conductor cuts you off?
Fermata
What family of instruments has pitched and non-pitched instruments?
Percussion
What stringed instrument is also in the Percussion Family?
Piano
How many beats does a sixteenth note get?
1/4
What composer injured his finger permanently and had to give up a career in playing music?
Schubert, Stravinsky, or Schumann
Schumann
What is the word that means the difference between soft and loud?
Dynamics
What family of instruments has the most instruments?
Percussion
What brass instrument requires a player to rest the hand in the bell part?
French Horn