Song Lyrics
Winds blow. Trumpets sounding. Strings sing. Drummers pounding.
What are the first words of "Come to Play?"
Flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, and bassoon.
What are the woodwind instruments?
You want to whistle, sing, or hum this.
What is a melody?
A stick that makes no sound, but causes sounds to be made.
What is a conductor's baton?
Composers & conductors like to put this on the last note of a song.
What is a fermata?
"O Fortuna" was written in a language that is no longer spoken.
What is Latin?
Trumpet, French horn, trombone, and tuba.
What are the brass instruments?
These notes support the melody.
What is the harmony?
The platform on which the person stands, waves, and bows.
What is a podium?
These composers were both Italian and had similar last names.
Vivaldi and Verdi.
This kind of song sounds sad, but makes you feel better.
What are the Blues?
Violin, viola, cello, & string bass.
What are the string instruments?
All musical terms are written in this language.
What is Italian?
A wide white belt worn with a tuxedo.
What is a cummerbund?
This composer went to Whitesides and now teachers at the Juilliard Music School in NYC.
La zingarella.
Who is the gypsy in the "Anvil Chorus?"
Instruments that you strike, shake, or scrape.
What are the percussion instruments?
A musical phrase that gets gradually louder.
What is a crescendo?
Groupings of 2, 3, or 4 beats per measure.
What are the most common conducting patterns?
This person gets a commission instead of a salary.
What is a composer?
Go, Go, Johnny, Go!
What is the refrain for "Johnny B. Goode?"
Woodwind instrument that is NOT a member of a symphony orchestra.
What is a saxophone?
A musical phrase that gets gradually softer.
What is a decrescendo?
The score that does not have anything to do with points won or lost.
What is a conductor's music called?
The premiere of this composer's "Rite of Spring" caused a riot in the audience in 1913.
Who was Igor Stravinsky?