Famous Composers
This composer wrote the opera "Carmen," which includes the famous "Habanera."
Who is Georges Bizet?
This term refers to a chord where the notes are played in succession rather than simultaneously.
What is an arpeggio?
This woodwind instrument is used to tune the orchestra and is also known as the "bassoon's smaller cousin."
What is the oboe?
This term refers to the underlying pulse of a piece of music, which may be regular or irregular.
What is the beat?
This is what ACMC stands for. (A___ C___M___C___.)
What is the Austin Chamber Music Center?
This composer is known for his "New World Symphony."
Who is Antonín Dvořák?
This term describes a composition technique where a theme is developed by altering its pitches, rhythms, or harmonies.
What is variation?
This brass instrument is known for its distinct slide mechanism.
What is a trombone?
This term describes a five-line grid used in music notation.
What is a stave or staff?
This is the concert attire for Saturday.
What is Concert Black or nice clothes (i.e. slacks, dress shirt)?
This composer was a key figure in the development of the twelve-tone technique.
Who is Arnold Schoenberg?
This term refers to the simultaneous use of two or more different rhythms within a composition.
What is polyrhythm?
This percussion instrument consists of wooden bars struck with mallets, each bar corresponding to a musical pitch.
What is the marimba?
This term indicates a temporary shift to a different key within a piece of music.
What is a modulation?
This is Ms. G's favorite dessert.
What is Tiramisu?
This Russian composer is famous for "Pictures at an Exhibition."
Who is Modest Mussorgsky?
This musical form consists of three main sections: exposition, development, and recapitulation.
What is sonata-allegro form?
This string instrument is the largest in the string family and plays the lowest pitches.
What is the double bass?
This term refers to a note that is not part of the harmony and creates a temporary dissonance.
What is a non-chord tone or a non-harmonic tone?
This is the instrument Annabel plays.
What is the flute?
This French composer is known for the impressionist work "Clair de Lune."
Who is Claude Debussy?
This term describes a scale that divides the octave into six equal parts, commonly used in jazz.
What is the whole tone scale?
This brass instrument is used in orchestras and is tuned in the key of F.
What is a french horn?
This term refers to a chord built on the fourth degree of a scale.
What is the subdominant?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
This is how many doors Ms. G has to unlock every morning for the workshop.
What is 23 doors?