Baroque
Medieval
Romantic
Music Theory
Grab Bag
100
This composer wrote the "Messiah"
Who is George Frederick Handel?
100
From 500 - 1400 A.D.
What is the Time Period for Medieval Music?
100
It's like watching a film!
What is Romantic Music?
100
One beat.
What is the value of a Quarter Note?
100
It is everywhere. EVERYWHERE. Like spiderwebs. And John Cena.
What is MUSIC
200
Bach and Handel
Who are famous composers of the Baroque period.
200
Music written for the Church.
What is Sacred Music?
200
These became larger than those in the Classical Music world.
What are Orchestras?
200
Four beats.
What is a Whole Note?
200
He sings Uptown Funk. Bonus points DAILY DOUBLE Who WROTE the song?
Who is Bruno Mars! Daily Double: Mark Ronson
300
Roman Catholic
What is the primary religion in Europe at the time of Baroque?
300
Music written for anything outside of the Church.
What is Secular Music?
300
Another term for being extremely good at an instrument.
What is "virtuosic"?
300
What loud and quiet are written as on sheet music.
What is F (forte) and P (piano). Or... dynamics.
300
Some people can actually HEAR colors.
What is TRUE
400
When there are two or more lines of melodies competing for the listener's attention.
What is Polyphonic Music?
400
A minstrel typically played this instrument, shaped like half a watermelon with 8 strings.
What is a lute?
400
The 1800s.
Approximately when did the Romantic Period start?
400
The number of keys on a piano.
What is 88?
400
Mr. Lighthall's favorite Russian Composer.
Who is Tchaikovsky?
500
Unity of mood
What is the Baroque musical idea that what is happy will remain happy and what is sad will stay sad?
500
Sacred music "chanted" by monks of the Church.
What is Gregorian Chant?
500
Wagner, Chopin, Strauss, Brahms, and Tchaikovsky.
Who are famous Romantic Composers?
500
The amount of eighth notes that fit into ONE 4/4 measure.
What is 8?
500
The idea that music has the ability to change your soul - meaning how you act, what you do, how successful you are in life, and even how long you'll live.
What is Aristotle's "Doctrine of Ethos"?
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