Instruments & Sounds
This string instrument is often used for chords and strumming in rock and pop music.
What is the guitar?
How many beats are in a 4/4 measure?
Four beats.
The blues lyric pattern is often written in this 3-line form.
AAB form.
This genre often features DJs, sampling, and rapping.
What is hip-hop?
This artist performed the Tiny Desk Concert that went viral for her flute skills and positivity.
Who is Lizzo?
This keyboard instrument makes sound when hammers strike strings inside.
What is a piano?
Two eighth notes equal this note value.
🎵
One quarter note. ♩
This famous blues musician was known as “The King of the Blues.”
Who is B.B. King?
Reggae originated in this country.
What is Jamaica?
Name This Tune:
Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
This small, four-string instrument from Hawaii is often used to play cheerful island music.
What is a ukulele?
If a rhythm has a pattern of “long-short-short-long,” what kind of feel might that create — march, swing, or waltz?
What is swing?
The blues influenced this 1950s genre that featured electric guitars and fast rhythms.
What is rock 'n' roll?
What makes a pop song “catchy”?
A memorable hook or chorus.
What’s one way music videos can make a song more memorable?
Visual storytelling, choreography, humor, etc.
This effect changes a guitar’s sound to make it “wavy” or “spacey,” often used in rock and funk.
What is a wah-wah pedal or chorus effect?
If you clap on beats 2 and 4 in a pop song, what is that called?
The backbeat.
One main emotion or topic blues lyrics often express.
Sadness, heartbreak, hard times, etc.
If you hear distorted guitars and shouting vocals, you’re probably listening to this genre.
What is rock or punk rock?
This viral app has helped launch countless music hits by letting users dance or lip-sync to songs.
What is TikTok?
Name one way electric guitars changed popular music starting in the 1950s.
They allowed for louder music, new effects, and rock 'n' roll styles.
Create a short 4-beat body percussion groove using claps, snaps, or desk taps — bonus if the class can repeat it back in rhythm!
(Performance challenge — rhythm must fit in 4 beats)
Name two artists who helped bridge blues into rock music.
Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, or similar.
Guess the genre and give one musical clue that helped you:
Punk Rock
If your class could form a band, what would the band’s name be and what genre would you play? (Best answer wins the points!)
Team 1
Team 2