Usually made from silver-colored metal, this instrument is a small-sized member of the woodwind family. The tone is produced by blowing air across an open hole.
What is the flute?
100
This note gets one count in quarter time.
What is a quarter note?
100
The bars on a xylophone are made out of this.
What is wood?
100
Written and sung by Michael Jackson, where he says to "just call my name".
What is I'll Be There?
100
A group of brass, woodwind, and percussion players. These groups often march, too.
What is a band?
200
A member of the brass family, the notes are changed by moving the slide. There were seventy-six of them in the Music Man.
What is a trombone.
200
The note gets two counts in quarter time.
What is a half note?
200
Two notes sounded at the same time and repeated in a steady pattern on any barred instrument.
What is a bordun?
200
Written and sung by Ray Charles, this song tells about the names of the states in the union.
What is Fifty Nifty United States?
200
A large group of people singing together.
What is a choir?
300
This large member of the percussion family is in charge of keeping the steady beat for the entire band or orchestra. It is played with a large mallet.
What is a bass drum?
300
This note gets three counts in quarter time.
What is a dotted half note?
300
ABCDEFG.
What are the letters used in the musical alphabet?
300
My mother gave me a penny, to go and see Jack Benny.
What is the Bubblegum song?
300
A large group of violins, violas, cellos, and string basses, sometimes with wind instruments and percussion added.
What is an orchestra?
400
Another member of the woodwind family, this instrument is played by grade-school children all around the world. The sound is produced by breathing into an open hole. It is often made out of plastic or wood.
What is a recorder?
400
This note gets four counts in quarter time.
What is a whole note?
400
When two or more people or groups sing the same tune, but start at different times.
What is a round.
400
An African-American spiritual that taught slaves how to stay away from slave-catching dogs by "troubling" the water.
What is Wade in the Water?
400
A group that usually has a guitar player, bass player, drummer, lead vocalist, and keyboard. They usually use a lot of amplification and their music has a steady, pulsating beat.
What is a rock band?
500
This instrument has six strings and is often played with a pick. The player can play single note melodies, chords, or improvise using both.
What is the guitar?
500
This note gets one-half of a count in quarter time.
What is an eighth note?
500
Do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do, when sung or playing in that order.
What is a major scale?
500
Where the lion sleeps tonight.
What is the jungle.
500
A group of people singing jazz music together, sometimes with a rhythm section of guitar, piano, bass and drums.