Beethoven Countdown
Name the Note
Key Signatures
Name the triads/inversions
Instruments
100

At Age 11, What was his job? ________

What is an Assistant Organist

100

This note gets 1 count.

What is a Quarter Note.

100

This major key has 3 flats

What is Eb Major?

100

From bottom to top: C, E, G

What is (C Major) root position?

100

This instrument is played by sticks 

What is drums?

200

Who said this about Beethoven:

"Keep an eye on him--he will make a noise in the world someday?

Who is Amadeus Mozart?

200

This note receives 4 counts

What is a whole note

200

This minor key has no sharps/flats.

What is (a minor)?

200

From bottom to top: F# A D

What is D major (first inversion) 6/3

200

This instrument has keys

What is a Piano?

300

Why did Haydn not particularly care for Beethoven?

What is: because Haydn was ruffled by Beethoven's volcanic temperament and free spirit?

300

This note receives 2 counts.

What is a Half Note?

300

This major key has 5 sharps

What is B major?

300

From bottom to top: A, C#, E, G

What is A7 (Dominant 7th) root position?

300

This instrument has 6 strings and is made of wood

What is a Guitar?

400

When Beethoven was in his late 20s, what dreadful curse afflicted him?

What is Beethoven was going deaf?

400

This note receives 3 counts

What is Dotted Half Note?

400

I am relative minor to the key of A major. 

What is f# minor

400

Key of C Major: V first inversion (6/3)

What is from bottom to top: B, D, G?

400

This instrument needs an amplifier and has 6 strings. 

What is an electric guitar?

500

Following Beethoven's death, Why did composers still look to his compositions?

What is as a standard of excellence for their own 

500

This note gets 1.5 count

What is a Dotted Quarter Note.

500

Another way to say "key change" is

What is "Modulation"

500

Name the dominant 7th chord in the key of (a minor)

What is E7?

500

This instrument is played by a bow

What is a Violin?

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