Music Notes
Music Vocab
Instruments
Popular Music
Genres
100

This note gets 4 beats.

What is a whole note?

100

This word means “loud.”

Answer: What is forte?

100

This brass instrument has a slide.

Answer: What is a trombone?

100

This singer performed “Shake It Off.”

Answer: Who is Taylor Swift?

100

This genre often includes electric guitars and drums.

Answer: What is rock?

200

This note gets 2 beats.

Answer: What is a half note?


200

This word means “soft.”

Answer: What is piano?

200

These 2 woodwind instruments use a single reed.

Answer: Clarinet and Saxophone

200

This movie features the songs “Let It Go” and “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?”

Answer: What is Frozen?

200

This genre began in Jamaica and is connected with Bob Marley.

Answer: What is reggae?

300

This note gets 1 beat.

Answer: What is a quarter note?


300

This symbol tells musicians to get louder gradually.

Answer: What is a crescendo?

300

This instrument is made of brass but belongs to the woodwind family.

Answer: What is a saxophone?

300

This artist sings “Happy.”

Answer: Who is Pharrell Williams?

300

This genre often includes improvisation and swing rhythms.

Answer: What is jazz?

400

Two eighth notes together equal this many beats.

Answer: What is 1 beat?

400

This word means the speed of the music.

Answer: What is tempo?

400

This percussion instrument has bars you strike with mallets and is arranged like a piano keyboard.

Answer: What is a xylophone?

400

This animated movie featured songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda and includes “We Don’t Talk About Bruno.”

Answer: What is Encanto?

400

This genre is known for storytelling and instruments like banjo and fiddle.

Answer: What is country?

500

A dotted half note gets this many beats.

Answer: What is 3 beats?

500

This word means to play smoothly and connected.

Answer: What is legato?

500

This largest brass instrument usually plays the lowest notes.

Answer: What is a tuba?

500

This artist is known for songs like “Firework” and “Roar.”

Answer: Who is Katy Perry?

500

This genre is usually the most current and mainstream music heard on the radio.

Answer: What is pop?

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