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100

What type of music uses instruments like the trumpet, trombone, and saxophone, and was very popular in the 1920s?

What is Jazz?

100

What are the five lines and four spaces where music notes are written?

What is a Staff?

100

Which 1977 Fleetwood Mac song begins with the line, “Now here you go again, you say you want your freedom.”?

What is Dreams?

100

Which pop singer is known for her “eras,” reinventing her image and sound with each album, from Red to Midnights.?

Who is Taylor Swift?

100

Which instrument, often used in jazz, is often "lead" and makes sound through it's reed?

What is The Saxophone?

200

What band from Liverpool, England, became one of the most famous groups in history with hits like “Hey Jude.”?

Who are The Beatles?

200

Which symbol at the start of the staff tells you how high or low notes sound?

What is a Clef?

200

Which 1983 song by The Police features the repeated lyric “... every move you make, I'll be watchin' you.”?

What is Every Breath You Take?

200

Which artist, before becoming a solo megastar, gained fame in a British boy band known for the song “What Makes You Beautiful.”?

Who is Harry Styles?

200

Which musical term means to gradually get louder.

What is a crescendo?

300

Which American singer was denoted as "The King of Rock and Roll"?

Who is Elvis Presley?

300

What is the name of when two or more notes are played simultaneously? 

What is a Chord?
300

Which 1991 grunge anthem by Nirvana begins with distorted guitar and the words “Load up on guns, bring your friends.”?

What is Smells Like Teen Spirit?

300

Which artist is known for her haunting vocals and minimalist production, and made waves with “Ocean Eyes” as a teenager?

Who is Billie Eilish?

300

Which American city gave birth to the Motown sound in the 1960s?

What is Detroit?

400

Before CDs and streaming, people listened to music on these round, black discs played on a record player. What is this item?

What are Vinyl Records?

400
What music-related Italian word means to "play strong"?

What is Forte?

400

Which 1966 Beach Boys masterpiece, from the album Pet Sounds, opens with the line “I may not always love you.”?

What is God Only Knows?

400

Which performer, often called “The Queen" made history as the most-awarded artist in Grammy history?

Who is Beyonce?

400

Which German composer’s Brandenburg Concertos are masterpieces of the Baroque era — but he died over 70 years before Beethoven was born?

Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?

500

Which famous composer wrote the song “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” and started writing music as a child?

Who is Mozart?

500

4/4 time has an alias, what is it?

What is Common Time?

500

Which classical composition by Beethoven is often played by beginning pianists and is also known as “Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor.”?

What is Fur Elise?

500

Which artist performed the Super Bowl halftime show in 2021, during which he used a maze of mirrors?

Who is The Weeknd?

500

Which Italian composer’s Four Seasons uses violins to paint pictures of spring, summer, fall, and winter?

Who is Antonio Vivaldi?

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