8th Grade Music
Music Symbols
Instruments
Music Terminology
Classical Music
100

What two time signatures were used in the Incredibles?

2/4 & 4/4

100

What symbol raises a note by a half-step

Sharp

100

What instrument family does the oboe belong to?

Woodwind

100

What does Allegro mean?

Brisk Tempo

100

Who wrote Swan Lake?

Tchaikovsky

200

What two songs were feature in Music from Grease?

We go together and Greased Lightnin

200

What symbol cancels a flat or sharp?

Natural

200

Name three types of saxophone?

Alto, Tenor, Soprano, Baritone

200

What does Largo mean?

Slow tempo

200

Who lived first, Mozart or Beethoven?

Mozart

300

What instrument started Bohemian Rhapsody?

Suspended cymbal

300

What symbol means to repeat previous measure?

A slashed line with two dots

300

How long is a tuba if you stretched it out?

Length of a bus 40 feet

300

What does D.C Al Coda mean?

Go back to the beginning then go to the Coda.

300

How many symphonies did Beethoven write?

9

400

What instrument did Chase play on Amaparito Roca? 

Castanets

400

What symbol lowers a note by two half-steps?

Double Flat

400

What other instrument is an English Horn closest to?

Oboe

400
What does Staccato mean?

Separated

400

Name a piece of music by Debussy?

La Mer, Clair de Lune etc.

500

What piece of music did Jaime Texidor write? 

Amparito Roca

500

What does FP mean?

Start with a loud attack then get quiet.

500

What is a flam on a snare drum?

When one stick hits before the other one

500

What symbol means to repeat a section?

Two dots

500

Who wrote "The Firebird"

Stravinsky

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