Instrument Families
A percussion family instrument where you hit the head of the instrument with sticks to produce the proper sound.
What is a drum.
The sounds that go up and down in music.
What is pitch?
The note that is worth one-quarter value of a whole note.
What is a quarter note?
A style of music with electric guitar, bass, vocals and drums.
What is Rock & Roll?
What most instruments do to make their sound.
What is vibration?
A brass instrument that changes it's pitch with a slide.
What is a trombone?
The speed of a piece of music.
What is tempo?
The longest note.
What is a whole note?
A style of music that involves percussion, samples, electronics and rapping vocals.
What is Hip-Hop?
When sound bounces around a space.
What is echo?
A string family instrument that looks like a guitar, but is smaller and only has four strings.
What is a ukulele?
The volume of a piece of music.
What is dynamics?
The note that is worth one half of a whole note's value.
What is a half note?
A style of music that has catchy lyrics, simple chords, and unique instruments.
What is Pop?
If and instrument is this size, the sound will be lower.
What is a larger instrument?
A woodwind instrument that doesn't use a reed, has a sharp edge, and is made of metal materials OR wood.
What is a flute?
The texture of a piece of music or instrument/ Adjectives to describe musical sounds.
What is timbre?
The note that is worth one-eighth the value of a whole note.
What is an eighth note?
A style of music that originated from African American spirituals and field chants, that later shaped modern music that we know today.
What is Blues?
If an instrument is this size, the sound will be higher.
What is a smaller instrument?
The name for a hand drum found in West Africa, Ghana, etc.
What is a Djembe?
The 5 lines and squiggly symbol that make up the map for notes.
What is a staff?
The term for when you are silent for that beat or note.
What is a rest?
What the United States considers their classical music.
What is Jazz?
The word for how sound travels through the air.
What are waves?