Holst
This person composed the famous work, "The Planets".
Who was Gustav Holst?
These include the woodwinds, brass, strings and percussion instruments.
What is the orchestra?
The number of planets in our solar system.
What is seven?
What is tempo?
The five lines and four spaces that we put all our music notes on.
What is a staff?
Gustav Holst was born in this country.
What is England?
An instrument family that is typically known for being very loud. There are only four instruments in this family.
What is brass?
The planet call the "Red Planet".
What is Mars?
A pattern that is repeated over and over.
What is an ostinato?
The name of the third line of the music staff.
What is B?
This was Gustav Holst's main instrument.
What is the trombone?
This family includes the violin, viola, cello, bass and harp.
What is the string family?
The planet that is the biggest.
What is Jupiter?
The volume of the music - how loud or soft.
What is dynamics?
We use Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge to remember this.
What are the lines of the music staff.
In Gustav Holst's family, there were a lot of these...
This family is made up of instruments that you tap, shake or scrape.
What is percussion?
The planet that has the most prominent rings.
What is Saturn?
Playing with the wood of the bow instead of the horse hair.
What is col lengo?
We use F-A-C-E to remember this.
Gustav Holst's life spanned across two time spans...was it the 1700-1800's, the 1800-1900's or the 1900-2000's?
What is the 1800-1900's?
This person directs the orchestra by keeping the beat and giving cues to play,stop playing, and the dynamic levels to play.
Who is the conductor?
This planet is closest to the sun
What is Mercury?
When music clashes or sounds harsh.
What is dissonance?
This is the name of the person who writes a song.
What is a composer?