Music Terms
This word means "soft"
What is piano?
A traditional acoustic guitar has this many strings
What is 6?
Ain't no sunshine...
What is "when she's gone"?
- Bill Withers
Moves Like Jagger
Who is Maroon 5?
This famous musical is about house pets and based on poems written by T.S. Elliott
What is Cats?
The musical era of Bach and Handel
What is the Baroque Era?
This word means "loud"
What is forte?
The trumpet belongs to this instrument family
What is the brass family?
Big wheels...
What is "keep on turnin'"?
- Lynyrd Synyrd
Dance Monkey
Who is Tones and I?
This musical featured Judy Garland as Dorothy
What is the Wizard of Oz?
This genre of music grew in popularity during the Romantic Era and featured staged shows where everything was sung
What is opera?
Another name for the F clef in sheet music
What is the bass clef?
The Saxophone is considered part of this instrument family
What is the woodwind family?
Girls just....
What is "wanna have fun"?
- Cyndi Lauper
Another One Bites the Dust
Who is Queen?
This musical featured Julie Andrews and the famous song Do-re-mi
What is The Sound of Music?
The famous deaf composer from the Classical/Romantic era
Who is Beethoven?
This term, indicating the speed of the musical beat, is measured in beats per minute
What is tempo?
This musical instrument consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets and has a lower range than a xylophone
What is the marimba?
Now I've had...
What is "the time of my life"?
- Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
High Hopes
Who is Panic at the Disco?
This musical features an orphan who gets a chance to spend a week with a millionaire and eventually gets adopted
What is Annie?
This composer traveled around Europe at a young age with his sister and father performing piano concerts
Who is Mozart?
A type of vocalization, commonly heard in jazz music, where words are replaced with imaginative sounds
What is scatting?
This instrument was introduced as the "Clegghorn" at the Georgia State Fair in 1852
What is the kazoo?
A spoon full of sugar...
What is "helps the medicine go down"?
- Mary Poppins
Stairway to Heaven
Who is Led Zeppelin?
This musical features a ghost who lives in the basement of an opera house and wears a mask covering half of his face
What is the Phantom of the Opera?
This famous film composer wrote the music for Star Wars, E.T., Jaws, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, and many more
Who is John Williams?
The symbol used for "pound" and "hashtag" is also used to indicate this in sheet music
What is a sharp?
The higher pitch relative of a flute
What is a piccolo?
When the night has come and the land is dark...
What is "and the moon is the only light we'll see"?
- Ben E. King
What a Wonderful World
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This modern musical deals with the American Founding Fathers
What is Hamilton?
The name of MJ's chimp
What is Bubbles?