Elements of Music
How high or low a sound is
What is pitch?
What is country?
This family includes instruments like the violin, cello, and double bass
What is the string family?
Another name for pop music form
What is verse-chorus?
Which famous composer continued writing music after becoming deaf?
Who is Beethoven?
This element refers to the structure or layout of a piece of music
What is form?
High-energy genre founded in the 1970s that features rapping and beatboxing
What is hip-hop?
This family includes instruments like the flute, clarinet, and oboe, and uses air to make sound
What is the woodwind family?
This three-part form is labeled A-B-A and features a return to the first section after a contrasting middle
What is ternary form?
This group of singers performs together, often in harmony, and may appear in schools or churches
What is a choir?
How loud of soft music is
What is dynamics?
Genre that has roots in New Orleans, and features trumpets, saxophones, improvisation, and swing rhythms
What is jazz?
This family includes instruments like the trumpet, trombone, and tuba, and players buzz their lips to create sound
What is the brass family?
This form repeats the same section of music over and over with different lyrics each time
What is strophic form?
This person stands in front of an orchestra or band and leads the group
What is a conductor?
The speed of the music, whether it is fast or slow
What is tempo?
What is classical?
This family includes instruments that are struck, shaken, or scraped, like the drums, tambourine, and xylophone.
What is the percussion family?
This kind of form follows a pattern like A-B-C-D, where no sections repeat exactly
What is through-composed?
This long piece of music is written for a full orchestra and is usually divided into movements
What is a symphony?
The quality or color of a sound that makes different instruments or voices unique
What is timbre?
Originating in Jamaica, this genre is known for laid-back rhythms and features artists such as Bob Marley
What is reggae?
This instrument can belong to both the string and percussion families because it has strings and is also struck with hammers
What is the piano?
This musical form includes a theme that returns between contrasting sections, like A-B-A-C-A
What is rondo form?
This music festival first took place in 1969 in Watkins Glen, NY
What is Woodstock?