Modern Musicians
This Canadian singer is famous for the song Baby and is often called the "Prince of Pop."
Who is Justin Bieber?
This string instrument is the smallest in its family and usually plays the highest notes.
What is the violin?
This note looks like a solid black oval with a stem and is worth 1 beat in 4/4 time.
What is a crotchet (quarter note)?
This dynamic marking, written as p, tells the musician to play softly.
What is piano?
This singer’s fans are known as “Swifties,” and her Eras Tour broke ticket sale records around the world.
Who is Taylor Swift?
This large brass instrument uses a slide instead of valves to change pitch.
What is the trombone?
This rest looks like a little squiggly line and is worth 1 beat of silence.
What is a crotchet (quarter) rest?
This dynamic marking, written as f, tells the musician to play loudly.
What is forte?
This British singer-songwriter had hits like Shape of You and is known for playing an acoustic guitar with a loop pedal.
Who is Ed Sheeran?
This double-reed woodwind instrument has a long, straight shape and plays lower than the oboe.
What is the bassoon?
This note is worth 2 beats in 4/4 time and is written as a hollow oval with a stem.
What is a minim (half note)?
This symbol looks like a long hairpin opening out < and means the music should gradually get louder.
What is a crescendo?
This K-pop group, with members like RM, Jungkook, and Jimin, became the first Korean group to top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
Who is BTS?
This percussion instrument is tuned and can play actual pitches, often called kettledrums.
What are the timpani?
This rest looks like a rectangle hanging under the 4th line of the staff and is worth 2 beats of silence.
What is a minim (half) rest?
This famous piece by Beethoven is often one of the first classical tunes people learn on piano
What is Für Elise?
The marking mf means this — it’s louder than piano but softer than forte.
What is mezzo forte (moderately loud)?
This rapper and singer won multiple Grammy Awards for her album Sour and became famous for her debut single drivers license in 2021.
Who is Olivia Rodrigo?
This instrument, sometimes called the “king of instruments,” isn’t part of the regular orchestra but is occasionally featured; it has multiple keyboards and pipes of many sizes.
What is the organ?
This note is worth quarter of a beat in 4/4 time and is drawn with a filled-in note head, a stem, and two flags or beams.
What is a semiquaver (sixteenth note)?
This dramatic piece by Tchaikovsky is famous for its cannon blasts and is often played at fireworks shows.
What is the 1812 Overture?
This Italian word means to gradually get softer, and is the opposite of crescendo.
What is diminuendo (or decrescendo)?
This piece by Mozart is often called his “little night music” and is written for a small string orchestra.
What is Eine kleine Nachtmusik?
This ballet by Tchaikovsky tells the story of a girl and her magical toy that comes to life on Christmas Eve.
What is The Nutcracker?
This four-part work by Vivaldi represents Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter through music.
What is The Four Seasons?