Instruments
Trombone music is written in this clef.
What is the bass clef?
This era of music is known for its wild extremes of emotion and expression, as seen in the works of Chopin, Berlioz, and Schumann.
What is the Romantic era?
This composer was famous for continuing to compose after losing his hearing.
Who is Beethoven?
These letters represent the spaces on the treble clef staff.
What are F-A-C-E?
This is the number of 16th notes in a quarter note.
What is 4?
The saxophone is a member of this musical family of instruments.
What is the woodwind family?
This era of music ended with the death of Bach in 1750 and comes from a Portuguese word meaning "flawed pearl".
What is the Baroque era?
Widely considered the most influential composer of the Classical era, this composer's life was immortalized in the film Amadeus.
Who is Mozart?
These letters represent the lines on a bass clef staff.
What are G-B-D-F-A?
An apostrophe in choral music signals to the ensemble to do this.
What is breathe?
This ancestor of the piano uses quills to pluck the strings and is used heavily in Baroque basso continuo.
What is the harpsichord?
This music of the Medieval period is characterized by monophony, stepwise motion, and sacred themes.
What is plainchant/Gregorian chant?
This German-born composer composed serious Italian opera for years before turning to writing English oratorios, the most famous of which is his Messiah.
Who is Handel?
Often shown by the symbol <, this word means to gradually play louder.
What is crescendo?
This term describes the act of playing two notes simultaneously on a string instrument.
What is a double stop?
This instrument reads music in the uncommonly used alto clef.
What is the viola?
Maddalena Casulana, the first female composer to see her work published, lived in this time period of "rebirth".
What is the Renaissance?
This composer composed the famous Romantic-Era piece Symphonie Fantastique.
Who is Berlioz?
These are the 4 possible qualities of triads.
What are major, minor, diminished, and augmented?
This object can be used to make an instrument quieter. In string instruments, it is placed on the bridge.
What is a mute?
This rarely used keyboard instrument is known for its unique timbre and is used heavily in the Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy from Tchaikovsky's Nutcraker.
What is the celesta?
The first successful opera and the Broadway musical Hadestown are both based on the Greek myth of this character who attempts to save his love from death.
Who is Orpheus?
Many of this female composer and pianist's compositions were falsely attributed to her husband Robert, another famous composer of the Romantic era.
Who is Clara Schumann?
This is the technical name for the symbol, //, that signals a complete break of sound.
What is a caesura?
This is Ms. Fahrenthold's favorite color.
What is yellow?