Note-reading
The Orchestra
People in Music
Opera
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100
This 4-letter word spells out the notes in the spaces of the staff.
What is FACE?
100
The largest family of instruments in the orchestra is this, made up of mostly violins.
What is the string family?
100
This trumpet player played in high school and college bands before becoming a music teacher.
Who is Mr. Patterson?
100
While opera uses instruments as part of its music, this way of making music is the focus.
What is singing?
100
The xylophone falls into this family of instruments.
What is percussion?
200
The top line and the bottom space of the staff are for this note.
What is F?
200
This family of instruments includes the bassoon, piccolo, clarinet, and oboe.
What is the woodwind family?
200
Adolphe Sax is the inventor of a number of wind instruments, most notably these, which he named after himself.
What are saxophones?
200
This is the lowest voice range, not to be confused with a particular type of freshwater fish.
What is bass?
200
The musical alphabet is made up of this many letters.
What is 7?
300
The middle line of the staff is for this note.
What is B?
300
This person's job is to direct the orchestra and ensure everyone plays together with their baton.
What is a conductor?
300
Benjamin Britten's work includes pieces such as Hymn to Saint Cecelia, Gloriana, and The Young Person's Guide to this.
What is the orchestra?
300
This voice range is the highest, and is usually reserved for the female lead character.
What is soprano?
300
Both opera and the orchestra have its roots in this ancient civilization.
What is ancient Greece?
400
This note:
What is A?
400
This brass instrument, a favorite of John Williams, often represents hunters as it was originally used as a hunting horn.
What is the French Horn?
400
This composer is perhaps the most notable still alive, writing music for films such as Star Wars, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, and E.T.
Who is John Williams?
400
These are complex singing solos that both show off a singer's skills and reveal a character's feelings or motivations.
What are arias?
400
Strumming a ukulele while holding down the 3rd fret of the 1st string would play this chord.
What is C?
500
This note, found below the staff in treble clef, makes the middle of a piano.
What is C / Middle C?
500
A person who writes a piece of music is called this.
What is a composer?
500
This Catholic monk is one of the first known music teachers, and is credited as inventing the music staff and solfege systems.
Who is Guido de Arezzo?
500
This style of singing replaces dialogue in opera, where conversations are sung rather than spoken.
What is recitative?
500
Jean-Baptiste Lully, the conductor of Louis XIV's royal orchestra, died from an infection after accidentally stabbing himself in this body part while tapping the beat with a long stick.
What is his foot?