Notes
The number of beats in one quarter note.
What is 1 beat?
This composer was born in Germany and had 20 children.
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
This genre began in New Orleans and features instruments like the trumpet and saxophone.
What is jazz?
This is a woodwind instrument made out of brass.
What is a saxophone?
These are the three elements of music.
The number of beats in a half note.
What is 2 beats?
This composer was born in Austria and died at the age of 35.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
This genre features electric guitars and artists like Chuck Berry?
What is rock and roll?
This woodwind instrument was famously played by Squidward Tentacles.
These are the three ways to play a percussion instrument. HINT: they all start with "s".
What are shake, scrape, and strike?
The number of beats in an eighth note.
What is 1/2 of a beat?
This German composer wrote the Ode to Joy and was famously deaf.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
This genre came from soul music, featured complex drumming, and was played by the singer James Brown.
What is funk music?
This string instrument is played by the famous musician Yo Yo Ma.
What is the cello?
This instrument is commonly heard in church and was played by Bach.
What is the organ?
What is 4 beats?
This musician was born in New Orleans and played the trumpet.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This genre started in the American South and originated as field hollers and work songs among plantation workers.
What is blues music?
This instrument features a slide and can often be heard going "wah wah"
What is the trombone?
This is a style of music commonly sung by Catholic friars and monks has no instruments, just singing.
What is Gregorian chant?
The number of beats in a sixteenth note.
What is 1/4 of a beat?
This composer wrote 4 Minutes and 33 Seconds, a piece where the musicians are instructed to sit in silence.
Who is John Cage?
This type of classical music started in the 1600s and was played by composers such as Bach and Handel.
What is baroque music?
This is the largest of all string instruments and plays the lowest notes in the orchestra.
What is the double bass?
What are E, G, B, D, and F?