Musical Knowledge
Script Terms
Instruments
Stage Terms
Musical Symbols
100

Name the classical composer famous for Fur Elise and Moonlight Sonata

Beethoven 

100

The words in a play are called 

The dialogue 

100

This instrument features no reed and the sound is produced by blowing into it 

Recorder 

100

What is the area behind the stage called 

Back stage 

100

This symbol, of varying values, indicates a period of silence in music 

Rest

200

This composer was a young genius and composed 100's of works, some as young as 5 years old 

Mozart 

200

The actors must learn their ___

Lines 

200

This instrument has 3 valves and is played by buzzing ones lips. The overall pitch is high 

Trumpet or cornet 

200

What is the side of the stage called 

The wings 

200

The symbol lowers the pitch of a note by one half step 

Flat

300

Songs have to major parts, the verse and the ___ 

Chorus 

300

Who watches a play 

an audience 

300

This instrument has a single reed with many keys. There are no open holes on the instrument 

Saxophone 

300

If I stand in the middle of the stage, I am 

Center stage 

300

This symbol raises the pitch of a note by one half step 

Sharp 

400

True or False. When repeating after a first ending, you then play the first ending again before going on to the second ending 

False

400

The directions of how the stage is set up is called 

Stage directions 

400

This instrument is the largest of the string family 

Double Bass

400

The way that actors stand and move around the stage is called what 

Blocking 

400

This symbol indicates that performers should hold the note until queued 

Fermada 

500

This area involves the study of how music works and how notes, scales, and songs are put together 

Music Theory 

500

Who is in charge of the actors 

a director 

500

This instrument is similar to a violin but pitched lower 

Viola

500

the part of the stage furthest from the audience

upstage 

500

This symbol indicates that a performer is to return to a specific section of music 

Da capo or Dal Segno

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