Instrument Categories
Note Names
Name that Recorder Tune
What IS that??
Italian Music Terms
100
All instruments in this category create sound by vibrating strings.
What is chordophone?
100
The space notes of the treble clef from bottom to top spell this word.
What is FACE?
100
It's the classic recorder turn heard here. (listen)
What is "Hot Cross Buns"?
100
It's that thing when a group of musicians plays together. It's also that thing when you choose items of clothing to wear together.
What is an ensemble?
100
This Italian music term means "softly" or "quietly."
What is "piano"?
200
Instruments in both the woodwind and brass families belong in this instrument category.
What is aerophone?
200
It's the line note that the treble clef sign marks.
What is G?
200
This song we played on the recorder is written with a 6/8 time signature and is commonly played as a canon.
What is "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"?
200
It's that instrument that was originally called a "pianoforte" because it could be played both quietly and loudly.
What is the piano?
200
This Italian tempo marking means "to speed up."
What is "accelerando"?
300
It's a set of (usually) four tunable membranophones found in an orchestra.
What are the timpani drums?
300
It's the highest pitch we learned how to play on the recorder.
What is "high G"?
300
This recorder song features the notes C and A and is a traditional Jamaican folk tune.
What is "Cobbler, Cobbler"?
300
It's the instrument the musicians in this video are all playing. (watch/listen)
What is a theremin?
300
Adding this suffix to an Italian word adds a qualifier of "extremely" to its meaning.
What is "-issimo"?
400
It's the category in which the instrument heard here belongs.
What is idiophone?
400
According to the bass staff line note mnemonic device, good boys do fine this often.
What is "always."
400
This could serve as an introduction to this recorder song.
What is "Au Claire de la Lune"?
400
It's the instrument heard here. (listen)
What is the sitar?
400
This Italian music term literally means "tied together" and could be considered the opposite of "staccato."
What is "legato"?
500
It's the idiophone heard here.
What is a vibraphone?
500
In order to write a "middle C," one must use this type of line.
What is a leger line?
500
This melody would be accompanied well by the harmony part heard here. (listen)
What is "Mexican Hat Dance"?
500
It's the composer who wrote the music heard here. (listen)
Who was Bach?
500
This Italian music marking signals that the performer should return to the beginning and play until the "end" marking.
What is "D.C. al fine"?
M
e
n
u