It's All in the Name
Hughes Cinema
Back to Basics
About Your Teacher
100

Do, mi, and sol are all examples of these.

What are pitches?

100

This holiday classic tells the story of a young buck who hasn't found his place yet, while the answer was under his nose all along.

What is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?

100

This rhythm has one sound and fills one beat.

What is a quarter note?

100

This Texas city is where Mr. Smith is from (and spent most of his life up to this point).

What is San Antonio?

200

This word refers to the duration of musical sounds.

What is rhythm?

200

This short film, featuring music by Sergei Prokofiev, tells the story of a boy venturing into the woods with his animal companions in search of a dangerous beast.

What is Peter and the Wolf?

200

This type of rhythm has no sound, but still takes up space in a measure.

What is a rest?

200

Five colorful mind workers help a young girl grow up in this, Mr. Smith's favorite movie.

What is Inside Out?

300

Measures of music are defined by these vertical separators.

What are barlines?

300

This 1940 film was Disney's third project overall and featured classical music staples like Dukas' The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.

What is Fantasia?

300

This pitch begins an iconic song from The Sound of Music, and is also found in the song's title.

What is do?

300

More than anything else, Mr. Smith is asked to perform this dance for a wide array of students.

What is the Griddy?

400
Darth Vader, Indiana Jones, and the characters from Peter and the Wolf are among those who have one of these, a musical idea that represents them as a character.

What is a motif/leitmotif/theme?

400

This series of 2000s animated projects showcased musical space robots, pogo sticks, and water pipes.

What is Animusic?

400

These two rhyming pitches are a leap apart (a perfect fifth, specifically).

What are do and sol?

400

Mr. Smith got his degree in music education from this mean green university.

What is UNT (University of North Texas)?

500

Often seen in early Disney animated works from an iconic mouse, this practice involved lining up character movements with the accompanying music.

What is "Mickey-Mousing"?

500
George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue is Mr. Smith's favorite piece in this film rehashing of a Disney classic.

What is Fantasia 2000?

500

These horizontal lines connect multiple notes of the same value--usually smaller ones, like eighth notes.

What are beams?

500

Mr. Smith orders a double cheeseburger with fries and either creamy pepper sauce or gravy from here, his favorite fast food restaurant.

What is Whataburger?

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