Music History
What type of music uses instruments like the trumpet, trombone, and saxophone, and was very popular in the 1920s?
What is Jazz?
What are the five lines and four spaces where music notes are written?
What is a Staff?
Which 1977 Fleetwood Mac song begins with the line, “Now here you go again, you say you want your freedom.”?
What is Dreams?
Which pop singer is known for her “eras,” reinventing her image and sound with each album, from Red to Midnights.?
Who is Taylor Swift?
Which instrument, often used in jazz, is often "lead" and makes sound through it's reed?
What is The Saxophone?
What band from Liverpool, England, became one of the most famous groups in history with hits like “Hey Jude.”?
Who are The Beatles?
Which symbol at the start of the staff tells you how high or low notes sound?
What is a Clef?
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?
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?
Which musical term means to gradually get louder.
What is a crescendo?
Which American singer was denoted as "The King of Rock and Roll"?
Who is Elvis Presley?
What is the name of when two or more notes are played simultaneously?
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?
Which artist is known for her haunting vocals and minimalist production, and made waves with “Ocean Eyes” as a teenager?
Who is Billie Eilish?
Which American city gave birth to the Motown sound in the 1960s?
What is Detroit?
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?
What is Forte?
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?
Which performer, often called “The Queen" made history as the most-awarded artist in Grammy history?
Who is Beyonce?
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?
Which famous composer wrote the song “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” and started writing music as a child?
Who is Mozart?
4/4 time has an alias, what is it?
What is Common Time?
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?
Which artist performed the Super Bowl halftime show in 2021, during which he used a maze of mirrors?
Who is The Weeknd?
Which Italian composer’s Four Seasons uses violins to paint pictures of spring, summer, fall, and winter?
Who is Antonio Vivaldi?