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Pennsylvanians
Very Important
Pennsylvanians
Bessie Smith, one of the most influential and popular Blues artists in the 1920s and 30s, lived in Philadelphia in this area of the city.
What is South Philadelphia?
Near CAPA!!!
The spaces of the Treble staff spell this four-letter word.
What is FACE?
A piano makes its sound in this way.
What is: tiny hammers hit strings?
High ceilings and stone walls made this the perfect place for vocal music in the Middle Ages.
What is a cathedral?
This word refers to the distance between two notes of the same letter name.
*Hint: the number 8!*
What is an octave?
John Coltrane was a legendary bandleader and Jazz instrumentalist who got his start in Philadelphia when he was just a teenager. He played this instrument.
What is the saxophone?
The spaces of the Bass Clef make this acronym.
What is "All Cows Eat Grass"?
2 examples of a membranophone are:
What are: snare, bass, quads, congas, bongos...etc.
From ~1400-~1600, art, music, science, and architecture were reborn after the long and dark Middle Ages!
What is the Renaissance?
This tiny guitar is from Portugal, but is very popular in Hawaii.
What is the ukulele?
Boyz 2 Men, Jazmine Sullivan, and Leslie Odom Jr. all went this South Philly high school.
-Double Points!-
What is CAPA?
If I was playing in G Major, this letter is the 5th note of the scale.
What is D?
Order these aerophones from lowest to highest.
Piccolo, Clarinet, Flute, Bassoon
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What is:
Bassoon, Clarinet, Flute, Piccolo ?
Classical Music (~1750-~1820) was a direct rebuke of Baroque Music (~1600-~1750) and was its opposite in many ways. Classical music can be described this way.
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What is: simple, balanced, order, clear.
Some instruments have moveable parts that can shorten or lengthen. If I wanted my instrument to make a higher pitch, I would do this to it.
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What is shorten?
This Philadelphian singer/rapper/songwriter debuted their first song on Soundcloud titled "Money Longer" in 2016.
Who is Lil Uzi Vert?
This word refers to: "A lack of harmony among musical notes."
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What is dissonance?
The tabor was a handheld drum dating back to the Middle Ages, used in times of war to direct large armies across battlefields. It is still used today in drumlines, military parades and processions, but is called this name.
What is the snare?
Despite losing his hearing, this composer and pianist continued to write music!
Who is Ludwig von Beethoven?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had a pet that miraculously could sing the beginning of his Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major. That pet was this type of animal.
What is a bird?
Anna Moffo, Marian Anderson, and Mario Lanza were all from around Philadelphia and had this profession.
What is opera singer?
Banned from being played in churches from ~1000-~1500, the diabolus in musica or "the devil in music" refers to this.
What is a tritone?
There are this many keys on the piano.
What is 88?
Igor Stravinsky's ballet "The Rite of Spring" shocked audiences with how harsh and dissonant it sounded.
The 1913 audience was so upset, they actually rioted in this famous city.
What is Paris?
Jean-Baptiste Lully was one of the most important French composers of Baroque music. Unfortunately he passed away from an infection in his foot when he stubbed his toe with a large staff. This is what he was doing that caused the accident.
What is conducting music?