Instrument Families
These four instruments make up the String Family.
What are violin, viola, cello and bass?
This composer wrote "Moonlight Sonata" and went deaf at an early age.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
This early rock and roll musician played guitar and did the "duckwalk."
Who is Chuck Berry?
Scott Joplin wrote this famous song used in the movie "The Sting."
What is "The Entertainer"?
These are the letters of the alphabet that name the notes in music.
What are A,B,C,D,E,F,and G?
This keyboard instrument was used in the Baroque Era before the piano was invented.
What is the harpsichord?
This composer wrote the famous "Nutcracker" ballet and live in Russia.
Who is Tchaikovsky?
Elvis Presley was given this title.
What is the King of Rock and Roll?
His nickname was Satchmo because he puffed out his cheeks when playing the trumpet.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This word means the rate of speed for a song.
What is tempo?
This is the smallest woodwind instruement.
What is the piccolo?
This composer, like Hitler, hated the Jews.
Who is Richard Wagner?
This man had many rock and roll bands perform on his TV show.
Who is Ed Sullivan?
This trombone player was lost in a plane crash and never found.
Who is Glenn Miller?
Forte is an Italian word that means this.
What is loud?
These two woodwind instruments have double reeds.
What are the bassoon and oboe?
This composer wrote an orchestra suite about the planets.
Who is Gustav Holst?
These are the names of the four Beatles.
Who are George Harrison, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney?
This trumpet player liked to play his trumpet bent up at a 45 degree angle.
Who is Dizzy Gillespie?
These are the names of the Treble Clef notes on the lines of the staff.
What is Every Good Boy Does Fine?
This was what the trombone was called at first.
What is a sackbut?
These are two of the most famous Baroque composers.
Who are J.S Bach and George Frederic Handel?
These three musicians were killed in an airplane crash in 1959.
Who are Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper (Jiles Richardson)?
This singer won a talent contest at the Apollo Theater in New York City.
Who was Ella Fitzgerald?
This is what the bottom 5 lines of the staff are called.
What is the Bass Clef?