Sound
Basics
Basics
This is duration
What is the length of time a sound lasts?
This is the staff
What are five horizontal lines where music is written?
This is the steady pulse of music
What is beat?
These are the notes of the musical alphabet
What is A, B, C, D, E, F, G?
This is the first rapper to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Who is Tupac Shakur?
This is pitch
What is the highness or lowness of a sound?
The treble clef is used for this
What are higher-pitched instruments and voices?
This is the speed of the beat measured in Beats Per Minute (BPM)
What is the tempo?
The number of notes in one scale
What is 7?
This is the most streamed artist in the world
Who is Taylor Swift?
This is how frequency is measured
What is Hertz (Hz)?
This note lasts four beats
What is a whole note?
The indication of how beats are grouped
What is a time signature?
This is the number of keys on the circle of fifths
What is 12?
This artist has won the most Grammy Awards
Who is Beyoncé?
This is dynamics
What is the loudness or softness of a note?
These notes are the spaces of the treble clef
What is F-A-C-E?
This is the most common time signature in modern music
What is 4/4?
A key signature indicates this
What is which notes are sharp (#) or flat (♭) in a piece?
This song has the most platinum certifications
What is "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee?
This is timbre
What is the tone quality or color of a sound, distinguishing between different instruments?
These are the lines of the treble clef
What is E-G-B-D-F?
The top number in a time signature represents this
This is the major scale formula
What is W – W – H – W – W – W – H?
This album has sold the most copies worldwide
What is Michael Jackson's Thriller
This is the range of human hearing (measured in Hz)
What is 20 - 20,000 Hz?
This is the number of 16th notes in one beat
What is four?
The bottom number in a time signature represents this
What is the value of one beat?
These are the three types of minor scales
What is Natural, Melodic, and Harmonic?
This song has the most streams of all time
What is "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd?