Instruments
Name an ancient Egyptian instrument
Sistrum, Harp, etc.
What genre developed from DJ-ing and MC-ing and started with mostly electronic sounds in the 1980s?
Hip-Hop
Name 3 musicals
Hamilton, Lss Miserables, Wicked, Cats, etc
What country is the Tango from?
Argentina
What are the names of all 4 Beatles?
John, Paul, George, Ringo
Name three instruments typically found in a rock band.
Electric guitar, Bass guitar, keyboard, drumset
What genre was Chuck Berry?
Rock'n'roll and a teeny bit of blues
Name three characters from the musical Hairspray.
Traci, Link, Penny
What country did the mambo originate?
Cuba
Name a jazz artist.
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What is the instrument waterphone used for?
To create eerie or high pitched sounds in horror films
Dizzy Gilespie, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday were all apart of which genre?
Jazz
What was the name of the musical we watched in class?
Into The Woods
What is a large guitar that is the bass of the Mariachi family with 6 strings called?
Guitarron
Who wrote the music from Star Wars, Jaws, & Jurassic Park?
John Williams
What is an African instrument that looks similar to a Kalimba, but predates it by approximately 350 years?
Mbira
What genre(s) was The Bee Gees known for
Disco
Name one musical composer.
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein
The ______ is a set of wooden bars struck with mallets to produce notes. Developed in Zimbabwe, the instrument is known as the ‘mother of song’ and creator of musical instruments. It was introduced to Central America in 1680, and in 1821 it was declared the national instrument of Guatemala.
Marimba
What genre was Bob Marley known for?
Reggae
What instrument did Ringo Star of the Beatles play?
Drums
Name 4 Rock'n'roll musicians from the 1940s & 50s
Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Bill Haley, Gene Vincent
What ingredients did they need in the musical Into the Woods?
a cow as white as milk, a cape as red as blood, hair as yellow as corn, and a slipper as pure as gold
What is a 5 string small guitar that resembles a ukelele that is often found in Mariachi bands?
Vihuela
What was Jimi Hendrix known for?
Playing guitar and playing the national anthem on guitar