Composers
Musical Terms
Billboard Top 100s
Musical Math
Did You Know?
100
This composer cut the legs off his piano so he could feel the vibration of the music through the floor.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
100
This is a rapid alternation between one note and the next.
What is trill?
100
This song was ranked #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart starting in December 2017 and lasted until the end of January 2018.
"Darlin' just kiss me slow. Your heart is all I own, and in your eyes you're holdin' mine..."
What is "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran?
100
Two quarter notes, a half note, and a dotted half note add up to this many beats.
What is 7 beats?
100
This small instrument is the best selling instrument in the world!
What is the harmonica?
200
This composer was considered a young prodigy and was reportedly composing music at age 5.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
200
The controlled movement of music in time.
What is rhythm?
200
This song finished off as the chart topping song in December, 2001.
The band comes from the small Alberta town called Hanna, and the lyrics are:
"It's not like you to say sorry, I was waiting on a different story. This time I'm mistaken for handin' you a heart worth breakin'"
What is "How You Remind Me" by Nickelback?
200
There are this many beats in the following sequence:
whole note, half note, half note, quarter note, quarter note, quarter note, quarter note.
What is 12 beats?
200
The London Symphony Orchestra was booked to travel on this doomed boat, but luckily changed ships at the last minute.
What is the Titanic?
300
This composer - whose work was characterized by anti-Semitic views - wrote the opera: The Flying Dutchman.
Who is Richard Wagner?
300
The relationship and distance between two pitches.
What is interval?
300
The artist of this chart topping song of 2002 is also known as "Slim Shady."
"His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. There's vomit on his sweater already. Mom's spaghetti. He's nervous but on the surface he's calm and ready."
What is "Lose Yourself" by Eminem?
300
The number of beats when you have 16 sixteenth notes.
What is 4 beats?
300
This is the first and only band to play on all 7 continents.
What is Metallica?
400
This composer created the music for these ballets: Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker
Who is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky?
400
This notation tells the musician to go back to the beginning of a song.
What is Da Capo?
400
This song topped the chart the year Miss Tomkins was born!
This carpool karaoke star sings:
"I'll be forever thankful baby. You're the one who held me up, never let me fall."
What is "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion?
400
The amount of beats if you have:
3 dotted half notes, a quarter note, 2 sixteenth notes, and an eighth note.
What is 11 beats?
400
This Japanese word is derived from a phrase meaning "empty orchestra."
What is "Karaoke?"
500
This Austrian composer lived from 1732-1809 and was a teacher of Beethoven.
Who is Joseph Haydn?
500
These are extensions above and below the staff for notes to sit on.
What are ledger lines?
500
(Must answer with both songs and the artist)
This artist became the first woman to replace herself at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart by replacing a song that is known for horrible dancing in its music video with a song that features the line:
"Love's a game, wanna play?"
What are "Shake it Off" and "Blank Space" by Taylor Swift?
500
If notes are positive and rests are negative, this is the value of the following sequence:
quarter note, half note, eighth rest, quarter note, eighth rest, dotted half note, whole rest.
What is 2 beats?
500
This is the first song played on a foreign planet (played by the Curiosity Rover).
What is "Happy Birthday?"
This is played each year on the anniversary of the Rover landing.