Composers
This famous British composer and left-handed bass player co-wrote such songs as "Eleanor Rigby", " Get Back", and "Let It Be".
Who is Paul McCartney?
This note receives two beats.
What is a half note?
This symbol tells us that the second line up on the music staff is "G".
What is the treble clef?
This Italian word means “medium/moderately loud”
What is mezzo forte?
"Up above the world so high . . ."
What is "like a diamond, in the sky."
In Dutch, this composer's last name means "beet root" but he is much more famous for his nine symphonies, most of which he wrote without being able to hear them.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
A dotted half note is this many beats long.
What is three beats?
This symbol means to lower the note by one half step.
What is a flat?
This Italian word means “cheerful, quick, or fast.”
What is allegro?
"Once I was seven years old my momma told me..."
What is "go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely"?
In the movie The Terminator, with Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Terminator has a very famous line about "returning" that sounds like the last name of this famous German composer from the 1700s.
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
This kind of note has three flags or beams.
What is a 32nd note?
This symbol means "to get gradually softer".
What is a decrescendo (or diminuendo)?
This Italian word means "expressive, emotional."
What is espressivo?
"Cause I got that sunshine in my pocket..."
What is "... got that good soul in my feet"?
This well-known German composer did NOT write the melody to "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" despite many people thinking that he did.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
Four sixteenth notes equal this many beats.
What is one beat?
This symbol means to play the notes "short; detached; separated".
What is staccato?
This Italian word means “to gradually slow down".
What is ritardando?
"If you say it loud enough
You'll always sound precocious . . . "
What is "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"?
This composer wrote the music to movies such as Jaws, Star Wars, and Indiana Jones.
Who is John Williams?
A dotted half note tied to a ________ note would receive a total of seven beats.
What is a whole note?
This symbol tells how many beats are in a measure and which note gets the beat.
What is a time signature?
This Italian word means "in a singing style".
What is cantabile?
"Hey yo, I’m just like my country
I’m young, scrappy and hungry . . . "
What is "I am not throwin' away my shot"?