Instrument Families
Basic Music Knowledge
Song Structure
Musician 101
Fun Facts
100
The clarinet, saxophone and flute are members of this family.
What is the Woodwind family?
100
The common number of "beats" in a measure (or bar) in modern music.
What is Four (4)?
100
The most repeated and the most recognizable passage of a song.
What is the Chorus?
100
The five lines and four spaces used for writing music.
What is the Staff?
100
Pop music singer Rihanna's real first name.
What is Robyn?
200
The bongos, timpani, and piano are all members of this family.
What is the Percussion family?
200
This disk-shaped marking in music tells us what pitch the instruments must play.
What are the Notes?
200
The words of a song.
What are the Lyrics?
200
In order to prevent musicians from playing a song too slow or too fast, they must first know this.
What is the Tempo?
200
Taylor Swift's favorite and lucky number.
What is 13?
300
The cello, harp, and violin are members of this music family.
What is the String family?
300
The foundational roots of Rock music can be found in this classic African-American style of music.
What is The Blues?
300
The section of a song that is used to express the story.
What is the Verse?
300
The number written at the beginning of a piece of music that informs the musician on how to perform the rhythms.
What is the Time Signature or Meter?
300
Singer, song writer Kendrick Lamar's real last name.
What is Duckworth?
400
The euphonium, trumpet and trombone are all members of this family.
What is the Brass family?
400
The "main idea" of a song performed by the lead vocalist or instrumentalist.
What is the Melody?
400
The instrumental "prelude" or beginning section of a song.
What is the Intro or Introduction?
400
Lower case letter markings written in the music that tell the performer to play or sing softer or louder.
What are Dynamics markings?
400
This iconic rock band wrote over 200 hit songs in the 1960's alone.
Who are The Beatles?
500
The harpsichord, accordion, and synthesizer are all members of this family.
What is the Keyboard family?
500
The groove, the beat, the pulse of music.
What is Rhythm?
500
A unique section of the music that connects two other sections of the song.
What is the Bridge?
500
Treble, Bass and Alto are examples of this symbol used at the beginning of every line of all pitched music.
What is a Clef symbol?
500
The most ancient instrument archaeologists have ever discovered.
What is the Divje Babe flute, Neanderthal flute (or flute)?
