Instruments
What instrument has 88 keys?
Piano
What does forte mean?
loud
How many beats does a quarter note get in a 4/4 measure?
1
This musical tells the story of a founding father using modern music styles and premiered on Broadway in 2015.
Hamilton
What college did Ms. Sweeney go to?
Wartburg
What instrument family does the trumpet belong to?
Brass
What does crescendo mean?
gradually getting louder
What do we call the highness / lowness of a sound? (not how loud it is)
Pitch
Which musical is set during the French Revolution?
Les Miserables
What's the name of Ms. Sweeney's cat?
Daisy
Which voice part sings the lowest notes?
Bass
What does ritardando mean?
gradually slowing down
What are the five lines and four spaces that we read music off of?
The Staff
What long-running musical features a chandelier falling onstage?
The Phantom of the Opera
What voice part did Ms. Sweeney sing when she was in HS Choir?
Soprano 1
What instrument uses a singular reed to produce sound?
Clarinet / Saxophone
What does staccato mean?
separated, detached.
What music symbol shows that a note is RAISED by a half step?
Sharp
In Dear Evan Hansen, Evan writes letters pretending to be a friend of which student who passed away?
Connor Murphy
What's Ms. Sweeney's Favorite Musical
Little Shop of Horrors / Hadestown
This instrument plays a single pitch and is often used to quietly give starting notes without disrupting rehearsal
pitch pipe / tuning fork
What does dolce mean?
sweet and gentle
How many different notes are in the musical alphabet?
7 (A,B,C,D,E,F,G)
Who composed the music for Wicked?
Stephen Schwartz
How many musicals/plays has Ms. Sweeney worked on OR been in?
9 (at the end of this year it'll be 11!)