Instrument Families
This large instrument has 88 keys and a note is every one.
What is the piano?
This note is called “middle” this letter because it usually sits in the middle of an 88-key grand piano.
What is C?
This singer re-released an entire album of her own “versions” this year following a dispute with her record label.
Who is Taylor Swift?
Cumbia, though popular in the US and Mexico, originated in this South American nation.
What is Colombia?
Backpack, Backpack! Or Muchila, Muchila! Either way, Dora the Explorer sings this song as she looks for it in her 2019 movie.
What is the lost city of gold?
This type of percussion instrument gets its name from the small metal rattles underneath the drum head.
What is a snare drum?
It’s not for delivering power to your phone, but is instead a collection of 3 or more notes.
What is a chord?
This native New Yorker rose to fame with his musical about a founding father and later playing a chimney sweep in Mary Poppins Returns.
Who is Lin-Manuel Miranda?
This genre of music rhymes with the filmmaking capital of America, but comes from much farther away- India.
What is Bollywood?
In 1988 Jodi Benson played this young mermaid, who lost her voice after making a promise to the Sea Witch.
Who is Ariel?
This is the difference between the guitar and its tropical cousin the ukulele.
What is 2 strings? OR the guitar has more/the ukulele has fewer strings.
It’s the 8th letter of the alphabet and also not used by musicians when writing songs.
What is H?
Located 30 miles south of Stevie Wonder’s hometown, the Motown record label had its headquarters in this Michigan city during the 1960s and 70s.
Where is Detroit?
Music from immigrants of these two European countries combined with Indigenous and traditional Mexican music to make Tejano or Tex mex.
What are Poland and Germany?
Broadway star Lea Salonga performed this character’s singing voice in Disney’s 1998 animated movie, but Ming-Na Wen was her speaking voice.
Who is (Fa) Mulan?
Stevie Wonder plays this instrument….but it’s not the one you’re thinking!
What is the harmonica?
A place to sleep, but spelled out with these three notes.
What are B E and D?
This singer, guitarist, and actor surprised fans when he changed his name to a symbol in the 1990s.
Who is Prince?
This drum, played in Salsa music, also shares its name with a “line” dance.
What is the Conga?
Hello, it’s me. Well, not me- but it is this British singer who underwent surgery for vocal nodules and almost lost her voice.
Who is Adele?
The accordion, usually played in polka or Tejano music, could belong to these two families.
What are wind and keyboard?
If a trumpet player reads a C on the page, the horn will sound one whole step lower at this pitch.
What is B flat?
This musician is known for her skills playing an instrument named Sasha Flute onstage during performances with her backup dancers the Big Girls.
Who is Lizzo?
It’s the official language of the nation where rapper K’NAAN (of “Wavin’ Flag” fame) has roots. Mr. Omar at Roxhill also speaks this language.
Where is Somalia/What is Somali?
Shari Lewis and, more recently, Darci Lynne are two famous performers of this style of entertainment where someone “throws” their voice somewhere else. Don’t worry though, their voices always come back.
What is ventriloquism?