Guitar
Music History
Timing
Musical Power
Odds and ends
100

 Another name for this, a plectrum used to pluck or strum guitar strings.

What is a pick?

100


Gregorian chants like this have all the singers singing the same note at the same time.  Is this called:

A) Solo

B) Harmony

C) Monophony

C) Monophony

100

The person who leads a group of musicians is called what?

A Conductor

100

 I forget all about ______ and I am ______. 

Troubles, happy

100

What kind of singing is this?

 

Polyphonic overtone singing

200

What is this part of the guitar called?

The Head

200

Renaissance period music like this had singers singing different notes at the same time, creating harmony.  This is called:

A)  Harmophony

B) Polyphony

C) Duets

B) Polyphony

200

What is the musical term for these numbers?

Time Signature

200

Sparsh Shah changed Impossible to what?

I'm possible

200

Turn off picture/listen to sound

What kind of singing is this?

 

Tuvan Throat Singing

300

What technique is Mrs. Francom using, with her right hand, to play the guitar?

Strumming

300

Who does not belong among these Baroque composers?

Johan Sebastian Bach

Antonio Vivaldi

Brian May


George Frideric Handel

Brian May

300

How many beats are there in a measure with this time signature?

3

300

Listening to music can improve your _______, that's very helpful if you have alzheimer's or parkinson's disease.

Memory

300

Turn off picture/listen

Where is this song sung?

 

Peru

400

What is this simple chord?

G

400

This ancient Greek instrument, the Aulos, can be played with using a method that allows the player to make music continuously. What is that called?

Hints may be given if necessary...(shapes...)

Circular Breathing

400

Watch Mrs. Francom conduct this and decide how many beats per measure there are in this Waltz by Johan Strauss in 1866 (late Romantic period).

3 (it is in 3 / 4 time which means 3 beats per measure and the quarter note gets one beat).

400

Playing music is the brain's equivalent to a full body ____________.

A) Cast

B) Wax

C) Work out 

C) Work out

playing an instrument requires use of the whole brain

400

Look at these instruments, then listen to the second instrument.   What do they have in common?

Pipes that air moves through - one powered by breath, the other by forced air pumped up by water.

500

Name this chord

D

500

What time period was this written in?

A) Renaissance

B) Baroque

C) Classical

C)Classical

500

What is the time signature for this piece

 

4 / 4 

500

We watched the Transformative Power of Classical Music.  Benjamin Zander (Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and Boston Youth Orchestra Conductor).

He said "classical music is for everyone."  Why?

Because it helped a boy to grieve the loss of his brother.  

Chopin prelude in e minor

 

500

Laugh and the other team gets all these points!

 

Don't laugh!

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