Music Theory
This minor key does not have any sharps or flats.
What is A minor?
A genre of music that became popular in the 20th century that can be produced with digital instruments and synthesizers.
What is electronic music?
The creator of most of Minecraft’s music.
Who is c418?
This string instrument is plucked with the fingers, has a number of strings attached at an angle, and is often known to be triangular-shaped.
What is a harp?
“Drop-toppin', playin' our favorite CDs
Pullin' up to the parties
Tryna get a little bit tipsy”
“Don't stop, make it pop
DJ, blow my speakers up”
(kesha - tik tok)
Name the type of interval that is the following: G# to Bb interval.
What is a diminished 3rd?
A style of music sung without accompaniment, originally used for choral music.
What is a cappella?
Composer of the soundtracks for Celeste, Guild Wars 2, and the new music included in Minecraft’s Nether update.
Who is Lena Raine?
This percussion instrument uses wooden bars and a mallet, and is similar to what’s known as a xylophone.
What is a marimba?
“Am I your fire?
The one, yeah, desire
Yes, I know that it's too late
But I want it that way”
“Tell me why
Ain't nothin' but a heartache
Tell me why
Ain't nothin' but a mistake”
(backstreet boys - i want it that way)
SATB on a stave stands for ____, _____, _____, and _____.
What is soprano, alto, tenor, and bass?
A syncopated musical style popular around 1900, normally composed for piano.
What is ragtime?
The theme which plays in Super Mario Galaxy when rolling the ball in Rolling Green, Rolling Gizmo, and Rolling Masterpiece Galaxy.
What is Ball Rolling?
This woodwind instrument in the flute family is heavily mocked for having a more screeching sound at times and is some even considered this to not be an instrument.
What is the recorder?
“I would wait for ever and ever
Broke your heart, I'll put it back together
I would wait for ever and ever”
“And that's how it works
That's how you get the girl, girl, oh”
(taylor swift - how you get the girl)
An instrumental form that is characterized by the initial statement and subsequent restatement of a particular melody or section.
What is rondo?
A genre of music with roots from old-time, cowboy Western, and American folk music.
What is country?
One of the pieces for Minecraft composed by c418, obtained as a music disc with a white and purple center.
What is Mellohi?
This brass instrument is somewhat hooped shaped, with tubing wrapped into a coil, and is known as just horn among some groups.
What is a french horn?
“I know you were way too bright for me
I'm hopeless, broken
So you wait for me in the sky
Browns my skin just right”
“You're so golden
You're so golden
I'm out of my head”
(harry styles - golden)
_____ is the amount of full dotted quintuplet 16th notes can fall within a bar of 17/16.
What is 14?
Music that originated from African American communities in 1940, it incorporates elements of gospel, blues, and jazz.
What is rhythm and blues?
The music which plays in the Gale Motorcycle Club’s area in the game LISA: the Painful.
What is Vroom Vroom?
This electric instrument is controlled or played without any contact at all, and usually consists of 2 metal antennas.
What is a theremin?
“When you're on a golden sea
You don't need no memory
Just a place to call your own
As we drift into the zone”
“On an island in the sun
We'll be playin' and havin' fun
And it makes me feel so fine
I can't control my brain”
(Weezer - island in the sun)