Basics of Music
Science of Sound
African Music
Name That Song/Genre
Name That Instrument
100

This shows how high or low a note is.

What is pitch?

100

All sound requires this.

What are vibrations?

100

This name refers to any instrument that is shaken, hit, or scraped.

What is percussion?
100

Name this song

What is Bohemian Rhapsody?

100

This instrument has 88 keys and is often found in music classrooms.

What is a keyboard/piano?

200

The music alphabet runs between these letters

What is A-G?

200

The name for the way sound moves through the air or other mediums.

What are waves?

200

This material was what drum sticks were originally made out of.

What are bones?

200

Name this song.

What is Jolene?

200

This brass instrument has a slide instead of valves.

What is a trombone?

300

This Italian word means how fast or slow music is played.

What is tempo?

300

This 5 letter word means sound. It's name is also used in a piece of every day technology.

What is phone?
300
The Gankogui (Gon-koh-gwee) is a West African instrument that combines two of these types of instruments with different pitches.

What are cowbells?

300

Name this genre.

What is blues?

300

This woodwind instrument uses a reed and is commonly used in jazz music.

What is a saxophone?

400

The top number of a time signature means this.

What is the number of beats in a measure?

400

In order to have a sound, it needs to come from a _____ and travel to a _____

What is source and receiver? 

400

The Griots were a ____ of people in West African culture, meaning the belonged to a group with a specific level of societal status.

What is a caste?

400

Name this genre.

What is Gospel?

400

This instrument has strings, pedals, and is often shaped like a triangle.

What is a harp?

500

The name for the higher of the two clefs, also sometimes called the "G" clef.

What is Treble?

500

This word refers to the number of complete vibrations that happen in a second. It is measured in Hertz (Hz). 

What is frequency?

500

This traditional drum is made out of goatskin. It also has a series of strings that change the pitch.

What is the Djembe?

500

Name this song.

What is Clair de Lune?

500

This gigantic instrument in Atlantic City is considered the largest musical instrument ever built.

What is an organ?