West Side Story
Music History
Rhythm
Music Theory
100

The Shakespeare story that West Side Story is based off of. 

What is Romeo and Juliet?

100

The period in music in which Beethoven contributed as a composer.

What is the Classical Period?

100

Level 1

Level 1

100

Write on the board a quarter note G with the note stem going the correct direction

Yeet

200

Name 3 songs or at least song lyrics from 3 songs from the movie.

America, Officer Krupke, Maria, I feel Pretty, Tonight, Cool Boy, Somewhere, etc

200

A classical piece for solo instrument and orchestra is called a ______________.

What is a concerto?

200

Level 2

Level 2

200

What is a mnemonic to remember lines of Bass Clef?

How about the spaces?

There are many, an example is Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart and All Cows Eat Grass.

300

Explain the order of events in the Rumble Scene.

Who was killed by who and who tried to stop it.

The Jets and Sharks faced off to have a fist fight. Tony came to stop it and Bernardo was trying to fight him. Eventually tensions grew to the point where Riff and Bernardo were fighting with knives. Bernardo stabbed Riff, then Tony stabbed Bernardo, and then the entire gangs were fighting. In the end Chino killed Tony.

300

Name 2 of the 3 types of orchestral music that was developed during the Romantic Period.

What are tone poems, the Romantic Symphony, and the concert overture?

300

Level 3

Level 3

300

Write a pair of eighth note E's in Bass clef. Make sure the note stems are going the correct way :)

Lit

400

Name 2 Jets and 2 Sharks.

Jets: Tony, Riff, Ice, A-Rab, Action, Baby John

Sharks: Bernardo, Chino

400

The 4 periods of music we have studied so far.

Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary
400

Level 4

Level 4

400

What is the line called that a note sits on if it is not apart of the original 5 lines of the staff?

Ledger line

500

Name or sing the musical motif that represents war at first, but then is transferred into Tony and Maria's love theme.

Tri-tone

500

In Czechoslovakia, Antonin Dvorak's _________ _______, derived from folk songs and rhythms.

Slavonic Dances

500

Level 5

Level 5

500

Draw the Grand Staff with the correct amount of lines, symbols, and the clefs in the correct places.

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