Beat It
Enjoy the Silence
Lovely Meter
Other Stuff
Staff Infection
100
The basic underlying sense of pulse in a piece of music
What is the beat?
100
The rest that equals half of an eighth rest
What is a 16th rest?
100
Time signatures that keep things simple by not inherently using subdivision
What is simple meter?
100
a piece where a melody is played by one voice/instrument and then repeated exactly by another voice at a delayed interval
What is a Canon?
100
Five parallel lines used to notate the pitch of music
What is a staff?
200
The first beat of a measure, indicating a new group of beats
What is a downbeat?
200
Silence instead of sound for a given number of beats
What is a rest?
200
Time signatures are placed to the right of this on the staff
What is clef?
200
The weak beats in Simple Quadruple Meter
What is 2 and 4?
200
Nickname for the Tenor Clef
What is C clef?
300
One of the best selling albums of all time, this Michael Jackson record featured multiple #1 singles, including the R&B/rock crossover hit, "Beat It"
What is Thriller?
300
Line of staff from which the whole rest hangs
What is line 4?
300
A song from the second half of The Beatles' critically acclaimed album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band about an attractive meter maid whose name begins with the letter R
What is "Lovely Rita"?
300
Metrical accent for Simple Triple Meter
What is Strong- Weak-Weak?
300
A symbol on a staff that indicates which note names go with which lines or spaces
What is a clef?
400
The speed of a piece of music, measured in BPM (beats per minute)
What is tempo?
400
An English electronic band with the initials D.M. who wrote the 1990 top 10 single "Enjoy the Silence," later arranged as an acapella choral piece by "Seal Lullaby" composer Eric Whitacre
What is Depeche Mode?
400
The type of Clef a snare drum player uses
What is a neutral meter?
400
Breaking beats down
What is subdivision?
400
Symbol indicating that the lines on a staff represent E, G, B, D, and F, while the spaces represent F, A, C, and E
What is a treble clef?
500
The legendary hard rock guitarist who passed away in 2020 and played the solo on Micheal Jackson's #1 hit single "Beat It"
Who is Eddie Van Halen OR Who is Van Halen?
500
Also known as "train tracks," a full break where music pauses, then continues
What is a caesura?
500
The number of U.S. customary units equivalent to 804,672 meters, as in, "I would walk 804,672 meters and I would walk 804,672 meters more, just to be the man who walked 1,609,340 meters to fall down at your door, da-da da da (da-da da da) da-da da da (da-da da da) da-da dum diddy dum diddy dum diddy da da da"
What is "500 Miles"?
500
Pickup (note(s) before downbeat
What is an anacrusis?
500
Symbol indicating that the lines on a staff represent G, B, D, F, and A, while the spaces represent A, C E, and G
What is a bass clef?