Instrument Families
Instrument family of a piano.
What is piano/keyboard?
Michael Jackson is known as the king of this genre.
What is pop music?
Music note that only gets one beat.
What is a quarter note?
Someone who writes music.
What is a composer?
The dynamic symbol for quietness
What is piano (or pianissimo)
Instrument family of a violin.
What is string(s)?
Music genre that originated in the 1950s and features electric guitars and drums. Elvis is known as the king of this genre.
What is rock (and roll)?
Musical note that gets two beats.
What is a half note?
Taylor Swift is an example of this.
What is a performer/composer?
The most common time signature
What is 4/4 time?
Instrument family that is played by striking or hitting.
What is percussion?
Musical genre composed by professionally trained artists in Europe around 1750-1850. Pioneered by Mozart and Beethoven.
What is classical music?
Musical note that gets half of a beat.
What is an eighth note?
Give one example of a brass instrument.
What is trumpet, trombone, tuba, french horn, euphonium, cornet, sousaphone, or mellaphone, etc.?
Tempo is measured by these (Hint: same for heart rate)
What is beats per minute (BPM)?
Instrument family of a saxophone.
What is woodwind?
Musical genre that originated from African American communities in New Orleans, Louisianna and was also a prominant genre during the Harlem Renaissance around 1920-1930.
What is jazz?
Musical symbol that tells you NOT to play for one beat.
What is a quarter rest?
The way string instruments produce sound.
What is strumming, plucking, or using a bow?
What is FACE?
Name all five musical instrument families.
What are string, woodwind, brass, percussion, and piano/keyboard?.
Musical genre originating in African-American communities in the 1940s, having influence from jazz, blues, and even pop. The name was coined by Jerry Wexler.
What is R&B (rhythm and blues)?
Musical symbol that indicates which note will get the beat and how many beats will be in a measure.
What is a time signature?
The rights to your own creative ideas or designs; reason for patents and copyright.
What is intellectual property?
The only major key that has no sharps or flats in the key signature
What is C Major