Music History
This prodigy began composing music at age 5 and wrote his first opera by age 12.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
This instrument has 88 keys- some white, some black.
What is a piano?
This Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is based on a collection of poems by T.S. Eliot. (The collection of poems are all about one particular furry household companion.)
What is "Cats"?
This letter in music is used to indicate that the section should be sung or played loudly.
What is f?
This term refers to how high or low a note is.
What is pitch?
Even though they were only active as a band for a decade, they still hold the record for being the best selling artists of all time.
Who are The Beatles?
"Taps" is a tune played at military funerals on a bugle, or sometimes this other brass instrument.
What is a trumpet?
The longest running musical in Broadway history.
What is "The Phantom of the Opera"?
Many music notes are written by using a combination of note heads and these- which look like sticks- attached to the note heads.
What are stems?
This term references the main tune of a song- it is an arrangement of pitches and rhythms that together create one identity that sticks out as the song's theme.
What is melody?
Beethoven wrote this many symphonies- the last one of which was composed completely deaf.
What is nine?
The flute is a member of this family of instruments.
What is the woodwind family?
In "Hamilton", King George III sings that he will send a fully-armed battalion to remind the colonists of this.
What is his love?
Accelerando means to gradually do this. (Accelerando looks like the English word accelerate.)
What is get faster?
This term refers to the any variation of the beat- it is the arrangement of musical sounds based upon duration.
What is rhythm?
In 1741, Handel wrote this oratorio (most commonly performed at Christmas time) in only 24 days.
What is Messiah?
Yo-Yo Ma is famous for playing this stringed instrument.
What is a cello?
At the opening of "Les Miserables", we discover Jean Valjean has been imprisoned for nineteen years for stealing this.
What is a loaf of bread?
Usually the first thing to appear on a piece of sheet music, these symbols indicate what the letter names of the lines and spaces are. Examples: Treble, Bass...
What are clefs?
This term refers to the speed of the beat.
What is tempo?
His 1968 Fender Strat guitar- which he famously played at Woodstock- was sold for 2 million dollars at auction.
Who is Jimi Hendrix?
A symphony orchestra tunes to this double reeded woodwind instrument.
What is an oboe?
The name of Annie's dog in the musical "Annie".
Who is Sandy?
This symbol should be placed under a note to indicate that the note should be performed short and detached.
What is a dot?
This terms refers to the louds and softs of music.
What are dynamics?