December Play Party

Note Values in 4/4 time

100

What note gets 4 counts?

A whole note, draw it to earn your points.

200

What note gets 2 counts?

Half note, draw it to earn your points.

300

What note gets one count?

A quarter note, draw it for your points.

400

What note gets 1/2 count?

An eighth note, draw it for your points.

500

What note gets 1.5 or 1 1/2 counts?

A dotted quarter note, draw it to earn your points.

Composers and their Music

100

Name the composer and/or the name of this piece:

Pytor Tchaikovsky

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker

200

Name the composer and/or name of this piece:

Edvard Grieg

In the Hall of the Mountain King from 

Peer Gynt Suite

300

What are the names of the husband and wife composers during the Romantic period?

Robert and Clara Schumann

400

Who is the composer of this song?  He brought in jazz and ragtime and was a Black American composer.

Scott Joplin

The Entertainer and Maple Leaf Rag

500

Name the French composer who is known mainly for technique exercises to strengthen a pianist fingers?

Charles-Louis Hanon

Name That Christmas Tune/ Extra Points If You Play It

100

Level 1

Jingle Bells

200

Level 1 1/2

Up On The Housetop

300

Level 1

Jolly Old St. Nicholas

400

Level 2.5

We Three Kings

500

Level 5

Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer

Music Theory

100

Explain what 4/4 time signature means.

Top 4 - 4 counts in a measure

Bottom 4 - the quarter note gets the beat

200

What does this sign mean?  :]

Repeat

300

If you see p, do you play loud or soft?

p stands for pianissimo or soft

400

If andante is noted at the top of your song, do you play it fast, slow or at a walking pace?

Andante - walking pace

500

The three letters rit. tell you to do what in a song?

rit. = ritard or to gradually slow down