Ukulele
Notes of the Staff
Musicians of the Week
Talking Music
Stranger Things
100

What are the three main parts of the ukulele-that are shared with the human body?

Head, Neck, and Body

100

What are the space notes ascending from bottom to top?

F-A-C-E

100

This MoW was our special Halloween artist- with popular songs like Billie Jean and Thriller. Most of you have expressed they are the G.O.A.T of music

Michael Jackson

100

This describes what you might tap your foot to and feel when listening to a song

The beat

100

This is arguably the main character of the show and is also a number that might correspond with your age...

Eleven

200

How many strings are on a ukulele?

4

200

What are the line notes ascending from bottom to top?

E-G-B-D-F

200

This was our first musician of the week-who often makes an appearance in our beat detective games.

Stevie Wonder

200

This is the main tune or the most singable part of a song

Melody

200

This main character has had a very successful musical career, going by the stage name Djo. He has had popular songs including End of Beginning, Roddy, Chateau (Feel Alright). This character also has the same grading policy as Mr. Z; A for everybody and B for the knuckleheads.

Steve (Joe Keery)

300

This part of the ukulele is where the sound goes in, gets amplified, and comes back out so the audience can hear

Sound Hole

300

What is one acronym we can use to remember the line notes? 

Every-Great-Burger-Deserves-Fries

300

This Mow has collaborated a bunch with her brother and has a massive fan base, even though you may refer to her as a "Bad Guy"

Billie Eilish 

300

This word is what we use to describe how a song makes us feel (calm, upset, energized)

Mood

300

This stranger things character got his acting start playing the role of Gavroche in Les Miserables on Broadway. You can see his singing background appear in Stranger Things season 3 with his performance of Never Ending Story

Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) 

400

This part of the ukulele is where we change pitch by pressing down on different strings

fret/fretboard

400

What is one acronym we can use to remember the space notes?

Friends-Are-Caring-Everyday

400

This MoW is a local legend, coming from Hicksville right here on Long Island. You can typically find him performing at Madison Square Garden in NYC.

Billy Joel

400

This word describes the type of music we listen to; like pop, hip-hop, rock, jazz, classical, etc. (different types of books/shows/movies also fall in this)

Genre

400

In real life, this main character plays guitar and sings lead vocals in bands known as Calpurnia and The Aubreys. 

Mike (Finn Wolfhard)

500

This part of the ukulele is where we turn pegs to alter the pitch-but only Mr. Z should touch these!

Tuning Pegs

500

What is the name of the system that organizes pitch in music? (Do-Re-Mi...)

A Scale (solfege)

500

Hopefully some of you will Get Lucky with this MoW, who produced 43% of the music on the radio in 2003. He must've had some help from the minions and Gru...

Pharrell Williams

500

Two songs have the same beat and tempo, but one feels louder and more “in your face.” What part of music is making it feel that way?

Dynamics

500

This character has been on the show since the very beginning. She flexed her musical skills in the 1988 film Beetlejuice, by lipsinging two Harry Belefonte songs; Day-O (Banana Boat Song) and Jump in the Line

Joyce (Winona Ryder) 

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