Musical symbols
Music Math
Famous musicians
Music Genres
Hip-Hop History
100

This symbol looks like a top hat turned upside down.

What is a Whole Rest

100

Three quarter notes plus three half notes equals this many beats.

What is 9?

100

This trumpet player had a bent horn and big puffy cheeks when he played.

Who is Dizzy Gillespie?

100

This genre of music was popular in the 1950’s and is characterized by by a smooth relaxing sound usually dominated by horns such as trumpets or saxophones and most of the time had no vocals or lyrics.

What is Jazz?

100

RAP is an acronym that stands for these three words.

What is Rhythm And Poetry?

200

This symbol looks like a squiggly line.

What is quarter rest?

200

Three half notes plus three whole notes equals this many beats.

What is 18?

200

This artist and producer has over one billion YouTube views of his song “Happy” that he made for the soundtrack of “Despicable Me.”

Who is Pharrell Williams?

200

This genre of music from the 1950’s is characterized by a smooth upbeat tempo with big bands led by conductors whose main focus was entertaining the audience.

What is the swing jazz?

200

Hip-Hop was born in this burrow of this major city.

What is the Bronx New York?

300

This symbol looks like a top hat.

What is a half rest?

300

Two quarter rests equals this many beats of rests.

What is 2?

300

This artist has a movie about her life starring Jennifer Hudson titled after her most famous song “Respect.”

Who is Aretha Franklin?

300

This genre of music was considered experimental and practiced after hours featuring a small combo band in which each instrumentalist was considered an important soloist.

What is bebop jazz?

300

Hip-Hop was born in this year.

What is 1973

400

This symbol looks sort of like the number 7 with a ball on top.

What is an eighth rest?

400

Two half rests plus two whole rests plus one quarter rest equals this many beats of rests.

What is 13?

400

This famous singer had a unique voice and sang the most popular version of “Young Gifted and Black.”

Who is Nina Simone?

400

Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” is considered this genre of music.

What is rock n roll?

400

This rap group is credited with popularizing Hip-hop with their 1979 hit song “Rappers Delight.”

Who is the Sugarhill Gang?

500

This symbol has a head, stem and a flag.

What is eighth note?

500

Three eighth notes plus three whole notes is this many beats.

What is 13&1/2?

500

This DJ is called the father of hip hop because he created the style by scratching and mixing old school records at his famous block parties.

Who is DJ Kool Herc?

500

This genre the heart of Broadway performance and is intertwined with the story of a play production.

What is musical theater?

500

These are the 4 pillars of hip-hop culture.

What is deejaying, emceeing, graffiti and breakdancing?

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