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Tag your it!  This string instrument is the smallest of the string instrument and is usually played with a bow.

What is the Violin

100

This small drum is very loud and is sometimes called a Field Drum.  It is the first drum you learn to play in Band.  It will buzz if the lever is not pulled down.

What is the Snare Drum

100

He wrote such classics as Take Me Home Country Roads, Looking for Space, and The Ballad of St. Anne's Reel.  Other classics include:  Rocky Mountain High, Calypso, and Thank God I'm A Country Boy.

Who is John Denver

100

Your Monday song comes from the emotionally colorful British Group who wondered, "Do you still think about me in your Wildest Dreams?"

Who are the Moody Blues

100

THis tiny little ocean animal always looks like it is smiling.   A very popular choice in the treasure box.  This little creature begs you _______________ questions.

What is an Axolotl

200

Tag Your It:  This instrument can be acoustic or electric and is the instrument of choice for many rock n' roll musicians like Joe Perry of Aerosmith or Carlos Santana

What is the Guitar

200

This instrument makes a clicking sound and sometimes sounds like horses clopping on wood or concrete.

What is a Woodblock

200

She wrote to 9 to 5 as well as over 150 other hit songs.  She also gave us the Imagination Library.

Who is Dolly Parton

200

Your Tuesday Song: This song was written by Hoagy Carmichael. However, it was Ray Charles version that became the official state song of  the Peachtree State in 1979.

What is "Georgia On My Mind"

200

What is the true meaning behind the Chicago hit 25 or 6 to 4?

What is "time" or it is about 4 guys who could not finish their homework.

300

Tag Your It:  This instrument took over the recorder as a woodwind instruments in orchestras.  It is played by blowing air across the hole rather than blowing into the instrument.

What is a Flute

300

This instrument is the Portuguese word for Fish and is frequently played with a comb.

What is a Guiro

300

He was the moody Beatle that enjoyed simply Watching The Wheels go round.  He was the other half of the songwriting team _____________ and McCartney

Who is John Lennon

300

Your Wednesday Song: This song invites you to return to the Windy City and simpler days of Street Corners and Tasty Freeze

What is "Take Me Back To Chicago"

300

Three brothers from Oklahoma that found success in the 1990's.  They also had a healthy family relationship that continues to this day.  

Who is Hanson

400

Tag Your It:  This loud brass instrument is used to frequent the coming of royalty.  It has 3 valves and can be played very high.

What is the Trumpet

400

This is what you put on the neck of your cattle to make sure they come home.  It is also the instrument that Christopher Walken said they need more of in the classic Saturday Night Live sketch.

What is the Cowbell

400

He took us to The Land of Make Believe along with Esther Satterfield.

Who is Chuck Mangione

400

Your Thursday Song:  This song is sung by two sisters and a best friend and received the Grammy for song Song of the Year in 1991.  It is about being patient "for one more day."

What is "Hold On."

400

The teacher says this all the time, "Don't just instantly hate it, at least __________________ it."

What is "consider it"

500

Tag Your It :  This instrument has been nicknamed "The licorice stick" of the orchestra.  Benny Goodman made this sweet woodwind instrument sing in his big Bands.

What is The Clarinet

500

This instrument is played by scraping beads around a piece of medal attached to a wooden or plastic base.  It makes a sandpaper sound frequently used in Latin music.

What is a Cabasa

500

His Baba Yetu would become an important choral work and was used in the video game Civilizations IV.

Who is Christopher Tin

500

Your Friday Song:  This song won Song of the Year in 1988 but was never written down.  It was completely made up on the spot vocal virtuoso Bobby McFerrin for his album "Simple Pleasures." It reminds us to take an optimistic approach at life.

What is "Don't Worry Be Happy."

500

Who sang the original recording of the song, "Rainbow Connection"?

Who is Kermit the Frog

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