Music Theory
Music Genres
Guitar
Piano
Miscellaneous
100

This note gets 1 beat in 4/4 time.

What is a quarter note?

100

Famous artists from this genre include Beethoven, Bach & Brahms.

What is Classical?

100

The acoustic guitar has this many strings.

What is 6?

100

This is the key our thumbs live on the piano.

What is C or middle C?

100

The Guitar is in this music family.

What is Strings?

200

This has 5 lines and 4 spaces.

What is the music staff?

200

This genre was created in America, and branched off of the Blues, Classical and Ragtime music.

What is Jazz?

200

There are two of this letter/note string on the guitar.

What is E String?

200

We play Treble Clef notes with this hand.

What is the right hand?

200

The Ukulele is very popular in Hawaii, but began its life in this country.

What is Portugal?

300

This is the Italian word for medium loud.

What is mezzo forte?

300

Every country in the world has music in this genre.

What is Folk music?

300

These chords have easy and full versions.

What are C & G?

300

This is the word for playing 2 or more notes at the same time.

What is a chord?

300

This PG music teacher took band class from the other music teacher.

Who is Ms. Semelsberger?

400

This tempo means "slow walking speed"

What is Andante?

400

This subgenre of Pop was very popular in the 1970's and 80's, and inspired some unique dance moves.

What is Disco?

400

This rock and roll artist is one of the greatest guitarists of all time. He was famous for playing upside down and backward.

Who is Jimi Hendrix?

400

This engineer designed and refined the modern synthesizer.

Who is Moog?

400

These are the 4 strings of the Ukulele.

What is G C E A?

500

This talks about the mood of a piece of music, as well as the different instruments and voices used to create a specific sound.

What is Timbre?

500

This was the best selling genre starting in the 1950's through the 1990's.

What is Rock & Roll?

500

This was the hometown blues hit we played in our workbook.

What is "Sweet Home Chicago"?

500

This is the name of the piano book series we use in class.

What is Keys to Successful Performance?

500

Mrs. Thomsen has these pets.

What are 2 dogs and a cat?

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