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Music Vocab
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What's a woodwind instrument that produces sound by a player's breath blowing across an opening?

Flute

100

What defined this era as a period of transition?

Renaissance 

100

What was the first album to win a Grammy for Album of the Year?

The Music from Peter Gunn by Henry Mancini

100

what connects both sides of the brain?

Corpus Callosum

100

What is the highness or lowness of a single musical sound called?

Pitch

200

What brass instrument has valves and a bright sound?"

Trumpet

200

What are the key characteristics of this era, such as monophony and the use of plainchant and organum?

Medieval

200

What classic ballad was originally recorded by Dolly Parton but famously covered by Whitney Houston?

I Will Always Love You

200

What is something that involves reading music?

Visual Cortex

200

What is the term for the volume (loudness or softness) of the music?

Dynamics

300

What is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the orchestral string family?

Violin

300

When did the Baroque period begin and end, and whose death marked its end?

The Baroque period generally spans from 1600 to 1750, with its end marked by the death of composer Johann Sebastian Bach

300

In what decade was the oldest known musical instrument, a flute made of bone, created?

40,000 years ago

300

What controls tactile feedback while playing instruments or dancing?

Sensory Cortex

300

What word describes the speed or pace of a musical piece?

Tempo

400

What musical instrument has a head but no face, and is beaten to produce a sound?

Drums

400

What are the three master composers of the classical era?

Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven.

400

The voice behind which fast-food jingle was none other than Justin Timberlake?

McDonald's

400

What controls your behavior and decision making?

Prefrontal Cortex

400

What do we call a succession of single pitches that is perceived as a recognizable whole?

Melody

500

Which instrument is often called the "King of Instruments" due to its powerful and varied sound?

Pipe Organ

500

What core values and themes defined the Romantic era, such as emotional expression, individualism, and fantasy?

Overflow of feelings

500

In what year did the band Metallica perform on all seven continents?

2013

500

what is the primarily responsible for processing visual information

Occipital Lobe

500

What does it mean to play a note "staccato"?

Articulation

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