Instruments
There are 4 main classifications for musical instruments. They are, Percussion, Strings, Woodwind and THIS
What is Brass
THIS simple American musical form, often using a 12-bar pattern, is the foundation of jazz and is known for its expression of struggle and melancholy.
What are the Blues?
We watched the music video for THIS SONG by Michael Jackson to celebrate Halloween
What is Thriller
in Common time, a measure has THIS Many beats
What is 4?
When learning to read music a person might have trouble adjusting to reading from THIS TO THIS, as it's more common in other languages to read the opposite way
The Piano is part of THIS instrument classification
What is Percussion
This highly important city in Louisiana, famous for its cultural blending and unique marching band tradition, is known as the birthplace of jazz
What is New Orleans
DOING THIS to 8th notes is common practice EXCEPT between beats 2 and 3
What is Beaming
The lines of a staff can be memorized by using THIS funny phrase
What is every good burger deserves fries? (EGBDF)
THIS woodwind instrument is commonly used in New Orleans style jazz performances and was the instrument played by the great Sidney Bechet
what is the Clarinet
Who is Louis Armstrong
The Chicks wrote about best friends Maryann and Wanda opening a pie shop together, after poisoning some black eyed peas and hiding the body of Wanda's husband in their song titled Goodbye THIS PERSON
Who is Earl?
When counting sixteenth notes on beat one, you would speak the syllables one, THIS THIS THIS
What is One e & a
Space = THIS
What is FACE
Even though THIS kind of guitar is one of the most important instruments in a band, as it provides support to the rest of the instruments, most people don't notice that it's there because the notes it provides are so low
What is a bass guitar?
Piano player Duke Ellington made it big in New York City during the Harlem Renaissance but he initially got his start is THIS CITY (his hometown)
What is Washington D.C.
What is Deodorant
A single eighth note has one of THESE but a single sixteenth note has two
What is a flag?
What are Accidentals
What is a Half Step?
This creole pianist and composer, who claimed to have "invented jazz," was one of the first to write down and arrange his jazz pieces, such as those with his Red Hot Peppers.
Who is Jellyroll Morton?
THIS ARTIST'S solo guitar performance of the star spangled banner was performed at the 1969 Woodstock music festival. It featured experimental sounds that mimicked the sounds of war in reference to Vietnam
Who is Jimi Hendrix
What is 4?
When qualifying intervals, if a 3rd is 3 half steps away from 1, it can be qualified as THIS kind of third
What is Minor?