Music Theory
Dynamics: What is mp and its meaning?
What is mezzopiano; somewhat/medium quiet.
#1
What is Grofe: Grand Canyon & Mississippi suites
What kind of work is Grand Canyon Suite?
What is programmatic work?
Name 3 string instruments played with a bow.
Who sang Feels Like Summer?
What is Childish Gambino.
Tempo: What is Allegro?
What is fast.
#2
What is A Shepherds Tale by Beethoven.
How many movements does A Shepherds Tale by Beethoven have?
What is five movements.
Name 4 brass instruments.
What is tuba, french horn, trombone, trumpet, sousaphone, etc.
What is Paul Whitemen Orchestra?
What is a popular U.S. jazz orchestra in the 1920’s
Articulation: What is the difference between staccato and legato?
What is short, separated vs. smoothly.
#3
What is Ame No Ki (Rain Tree)
How does he imitate the sound of raindrops?
What is the marimbas.
When were electronic instruments developed?
What is the 20th century.
What was the band Radiohead originally called?
What is On a Friday.
Scales: What are the steps to making a major scale?
What is whole/whole/half/whole/whole/whole/half.
#4 and who is it by?
What is Flight of The Bumblebee by Rimski-Korsakov.
What does Flight of The Bumblebee open with?
What is a loud sforzando chord.
What album does Joni Mitchell win a Grammy for?
What is her second album, clouds.
What is simple duple and simple quadruple.
#5, who its by and what this song addresses?
What is What’s going on by Marvin Gaye, addresses themes of war, peace, economics, ecology, politics, and salvation.
What is woodblock and mellotron.
What instrument did Colin Greenwood (Radiohead) play?
What is the bass.
What were the three main writers that advocated fo environmental issues?
What is Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and John Muir.