Music!

Guitar

100

How many strings on a standard guitar?

6 strings

200

What are the six strings on a standard guitar from lowest to highest?

E, A, D, G, B, E

300

What is the name of the part of the guitar where you press the strings down to change pitch?

The fretboard

400

This guitar type uses pickups and an amplifier to create sound

Electric guitar

500

What is the device called that changes the pitch of all the guitar strings to the correct notes?

Tuner

Glockenspiel

100

What type of instrument is the glockenspiel?

Pitched percussion

200

How do you play a glockenspiel?

By striking the metal bars with mallets

300

Which family does the glockenspiel belong to?

Percussion family

400

The glockenspiel is similar to which other instrument in terms of the layout?

Piano/keyboard

500

The glockenspiel produces different notes because its bars are different lengths and this other physical feature.

The thickness/size of the bars

The Blues

100

Which country did the blues style of music originate from?

America

200

How many bars are in a standard 12 -bar blues progression?

12 bars

300

This scale is commonly used in blues melodies and solos.

Blues scale

400

The repeating chord pattern in Blues often uses these three main chords. What are they?

I, IV, V

500

What is AAB lyric structure?

Line A = statement

Line A = repeated statement with slight variation

Line B = rhyming response

Famous artists

100

This artist is know as the King of Pop and sang the hit song Thriller

Michael Jackson

200

This band performed the famous rock song _____ Rhapsody

Queen

300

This song by The Beatles begins with the lyrics 'Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away'.

Yesterday

400

This Australian rock band released the song Back in Black.

AC/DC

500

This artist wrote and performed Purple Rain, a song that became one of their most famous works.

Prince