Musical Instruments
This instrument has black and white keys and can be grand or upright.
Piano
A symbol that shows a note is held for one beat in 4/4 time.
Quarter note
This famous German composer became deaf but still wrote beautiful music like “Ode to Joy.”
Beethoven
People play maracas by shaking them. These are popular in this country known for salsa music.
Mexico
This super‑happy song by Pharrell Williams starts with "It might be crazy what I'm about to say..."
Happy
It’s played with a bow and has four strings; often seen in orchestras.
Violin
This symbol means one beat of silence in the music.
A quarter rest
He wrote fun music and started composing as a kid.
Mozart
What continent does the Djembe drum come from?
In this song from the Trolls movie, Justin Timberlake can’t stop...
Can't Stop the Feeling
The largest brass instrument you blow into while pressing valves
Tuba
Two of these connected notes equal one beat
Eighth notes
This composer from Italy wrote music called The Four Seasons, which sounds like different times of year.
Vivaldi
Steel drums come from this tropical island country known for reggae music.
Jamaica
Taylor Swift tells us to brush off the haters in this upbeat hit.
Shake it Off
This woodwind instrument uses a double reed and looks like a long clarinet.
Oboe
This type of rest if worth 2 beats and looks like a top hat
Half rest
This Russian composer wrote the music for The Nutcracker ballet.
Tchaikovsky
In this country, people dance the samba and play lots of drums during Carnival.
Brazil
Katy Perry encourages everyone to be brave and shout out loud in...
Roar
A percussion instrument made of wooden bars struck with mallets.
Xylophone
This type of note is worth 1/4 of a beat
Sixteenth note
This composer went blind just before he died and he wrote Baroque music.
Bach
This large wind instrument from Australia makes a low buzzing sound.
Didgeridoo
Bruno Mars reminds us we can count on someone in this friendship song.
Count on Me