Operas & Ballets
Music Theory
String Things
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Songs and Singers
100
A type of storytelling that uses dance and music
BALLET
100
This type of note gets one beat
QUARTER
100
String instruments can be played arco (meaning to bow) or pizzicato meaning this
PLUCK
100
You can find both the sitar and tabla in the music of this country
INDIA (HUNDUSTANI)
100
The job of a composer
WRITES SONGS
200
This opera features Papageno, a birdcatcher; Sarastro, the sun king and a Queen of the Night
THE MAGIC FLUTE
200
The symbol shown here
REPEAT
200
The note played with one finger on the D string (for all four instruments)
E
200
This Persian frame drum (relative to the tambourine
)
DAF
200
In this popular song, you spell out this dog's name-o
BINGO
300
This Stravinsky ballet features dances like: The Infernal Dance of Kastchkei and the Round Dance of the Princess
THE FIREBIRD
300
The key shown here. (Note the two sharps)
D MAJOR (B minor)
300
This part holds the strings up off the body
BRIDGE
300
The Epitaph of Seilkos, the oldest piece of written music ever discovered was found in which country?
Greece
300
The melody for Twinkle Twinkle Little Star was written by this famous Austrian composer
MOZART
400
In opera, this is the highest voice type
SOPRANO
400
A series of notes in ascending and descending order
SCALE
400
The only instrument in the orchestra to read alto clef
VIOLA
400
The name for the Indonesian Gong-Chime ensemble shown here.
GAMELAN
400
The magical land where Puff the Magic Dragon lives
HONALEE
500
With music by Tchaikovsky, this ballet features a swan princess (and her evil twin) a prince and a sorcerer.
SWAN LAKE
500
This time signature tells you that there are three beats in a measure (the quarter note getting the beat)
3/4
500
These metal pieces help guitarists (and other string players) to correctly position their fingers when playing chords
FRETS
500
The Persian equivalent of scales. Each of these has their own mood associated with it.
DASTGAH
500
Beethoven's 5th symphony, featuring movements such as Scene by the Brook and The Storm is also known by this name.
PASTORAL