Instruments
This instrument is played by the majority of string players, and has the highest sound of the string instruments.
What is the violin?
This is the name for a song with origins in a specific culture.
What is a folk song?
This is the only sharp in the key signature of G Major and e minor.
What is F#?
This piece features "Mary Had a Little Lamb," "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star," and "Ode to Joy."
What is Classical Medley?
This note value is twice the value of a half note, being worth 4 beats in 4/4 time.
What is a whole note?
This instrument has a medium sound in the orchestra, and in elementary school there are usually few of them.
What is the viola?
This is the country Mozart lived in.
What is Austria?
In this time signature, there are three quarter notes in every measure.
What is 3/4?
This piece features a folk song that is played pizzicato, then arco.
What is Old MacDonald Had a Farm?
This rhythm features two equal sounds in one beat, and the notes are beamed together.
What is an eighth note pair?
This instrument has a low sound in the orchestra and is played differently than the violin and viola.
What is the cello?
This Chanukah song is sung while playing a Hebrew game based on a spinning top.
What is Dreidel?
These are used when the second time through a section needs to have a different ending than the first time through.
What are endings?
This composer wrote the melody for "Ode to Joy."
Who is Beethoven?
This symbol adds half of whatever comes before it to whatever comes before it.
What is a dot?
This instrument has the lowest sound in the orchestra, and to play it you need to either stand or use a tall stool.
What is the bass?
Mary Had a Little Lamb, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, and Old MacDonald Had a Farm are all examples of these.
What are folk songs?
This is the term for when a pickup note and the last measure of a piece add up to a full measure according to the time signature.
What is anacrusis?
This piece is in a theme and variations form.
What is Twinkle Twinkle Variations?
This rhythm features four equal sounds in one beat, and the notes are beamed together.
What are beamed sixteenth notes?
This instrument is used to accompany an orchestra and can play all of the parts in a piece at once.
What is the piano?
Bulgaria and Ukraine can be referred to by this ethnic descriptor, related to the name Czechoslovakia.
What is Slavic?
This is the name for a curved line that connects two of the same note and means to only play the first note, but to hold it for the combined value of both notes.
What is a tie?
This is the name of the arranger of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star/Pepperoni Pizza, Down Pony Up Pony, and Wish I Had a Million Dollars.
Who is N. Kimbro?
This symbol indicates that you have multiple measures of rest - you rest for the number of measures indicated by the number above the bar.
What is a multirest?