Instruments I
Instruments II (World Instruments)
World Music I
World Music II
Ms. Kottabi Facts Part I
Miss Kottabi Facts Part II
Activities from our Class
100
This instrument has six strings and is often used in country music, folk music, and rock music, and can sometimes be used classically
Hint: This is a string instrument
What is the guitar?
100
This instrument was brought over to the native Hawai'ians by the Portuguese. It has four strings and looks like a small guitar.
Hint: Miss Kottabi has a bunch of them hanging up around the room
What is the ukulele?
100
This country is off the West Coast of the United States and is made up of a series of islands. There is a native population and the last queen is known as Lili'oukalani
What is Hawai'i?
100
This is a genre of music from Hawai'i and might include the word "mele" before it (ie: mele _______). It typically includes voice and some percussion.
Hint: This word in Hawai'ian literally translates to "dance" in English
What is hula?
100
This is the type of pet that Ms. Kottabi has
What is a cat?
100
This is Miss Kottabi's favorite Disney princess
Hint: Think Aladdin and the Princess and the Frog
Who are Jasmine and Tiana?
100
This game involves lil guys that change the pitch of their voices whenever you move the mouse/cursor up and down and from left to right
Hint: Blobs
What is Blob Opera?
200
This instrument is part of the brass family and is often used in jazz music
Hint: There is a statue of Miles Davis playing one of these in downtown Alton
What is the trumpet?
200
This instrument is used in Chinese music and has two strings.
Hint: This instrument is known as the Chinese violin
What is the erhu?
200
This country has traditional instruments such as the erhu, the pipa, and the sheng
Hint: This country is home to cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Kunming, and Hong Kong
What is China?
200
This instrument is part of the string family and it originates from the Indian subcontinent
Hint: It's thought to have taken inspiration from the Persian setar
What is the sitar?
200
This is the subject that Ms. Kottabi teaches
What is music?
200
This is Miss Kottabi's favorite food?
Hint: It's seafood
What are crab legs?
200
This game involves a computer program that we can use to make different beats. It requires that you drag and drop different "beats" or "sounds" over the guys on the screen
Hint: Combine incredible and box
What is incredibox?
300
This instrument is part of the woodwind family and is often used in classical music and sometimes jazz music.
Hint: Squidward plays this instrument
What is the clarinet?
300
This instrument is from Latin America; it is a type of scraper that can be made out of metal or wood and is often used in reggaeton, salsa, rumba, and more.
Hint: listen
What is the guiro/guira?
300
This country includes the genres of ra'i and chaabi, and lyrics to the songs in it are mostly sung in Arabic, sometimes in French.
Hint: It includes cities such as Casablanca and is right across the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain
What is Morocco?
300
This country holds cities such as Seoul, Gwangju, Saejong, and Busan
What is Korea?
300
This is the other instrument that Ms. Kottabi plays
What is the saxophone?
300
This is the number of cats that Miss Kottabi has
What is two?
300
This activity involves answering questions from different categories and each question has a certain amount of points assigned to them
Hint: You're playing this game now
What is jeopardy?
400
This instrument is part of the string instrument family and is often used in classical music. It is one of the instruments that you have to hold up to play.
Hint: It starts with a v...don't second-guess yourself
What is the violin?
400
This instrument is used in country/folk music. It originated in Africa as the akonting but is now used all across the United States.
Hint: think the hillbilly vibe
What is the banjo?
400
This genre of music comes from Mexico and uses instruments such as the vihuela, trumpet, violin, guitarrón, harp, and sometimes voice.
What is mariachi?
400
The capital of this country is Moscow and spans Europe and Asia
What is Russia?
400
This is the sport that Ms. Kottabi played in high school
What is golf?
400
This is the instrument that Miss Kottabi plays
What is the violin?
400
This activity involves something created by Google and has different programs and the ability to make songs.
Hint:_____ music lab
What is Chrome Music Lab?
500
This instrument is part of the string AND percussion family and has black and white keys. This instrument is used in many different genres of music.
Hint: Miss Kottabi has one sitting in the front of her class
What is the piano?
500
This instrument comes from West African and can have 21 strings. It is known as a lute-harp and is often played by griots.
Hint: Watch this video
What is the kora?
500
This music comes from India and is mostly sung in Hindu and is mostly made for this genre of movie.
Hint: Our version of this movie industry is called Hollywood
What is Bollywood music?
500
This country is home to genres such as country, jazz, rap, and rock music.
Hint: It's the country we are in now
What is America?
500
This is the year that Ms. Kottabi graduated college
What is 2022?
500
This is the age of Miss Kottabi
What is 25?
500
This game involves creating freestyle raps and rhymes and allows you to even *lightly* roast each other.
Hint: this game can be played on Jackbox
What is Mad Verse City?