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Musicianship
Instruments
Composers
Broadway
Jazz
100
"I Just Might"
Bruno Mars
100
Listening 1
Stars and Stripes Forever
100
A short but loud and stirring typically played by brass instruments to announce a special event or person.
Fanfare
100
This traditional string instrument is played from a seated position and is known for its vocal-like quality.
Cello.
100
This American composer recently celebrated his 94th birthday and composed music for many motion pictures including: Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, Superman, Indiana Jones, and others.
John Williams.
100
The job of this Broadway employee is to create all the dance movements and sequences for a show.
Choreographer.
100
The process of spontaneously creating music.
Improvisation.
200
"I Knew It, I Knew You."
Taylor Swift
200
Listening 2
Guns and Ships (from Hamilton)
200
Music performed by a single singer or a group of singers without any instrumental accompaniment.
A capella
200
This instrument is closely related to the trumpet but has a more compact tubing and a conical bore.
A cornet.
200
This German composer died in 1827 and was a master of the classical period. he wrote 9 symphonies and many works for the piano including Fur Elise. He struggled with hearing loss during the last fifteen years of his life.
Ludwig van Beethoven.
200
An introductory piece of music that precedes a larger work like an opera or a musical.
Overture.
200
This scale contains that following notes:
C Eb F F# G Bb
Blues Scale
300
"Choosin' Texas"
Ella Langley
300
Listening 3
Amazing Grace
300
The distance between two notes.
An Interval.
300
A double reed instrument in the oboe family. It is larger than the oboe and has a bulbous bell. It is also pitched in F.
English horn.
300
This Russian composer is most well known for his music for Swan Lake, the Nutcracker, and Sleeping Beauty.
Peter Tchaikovsky.
300
This musical intertwines two mythic tales - Orpheus and Eurydice and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone.
Hadestown.
300
This jazz trumpet player was a founder of the bebop movement.
Dizzy Gillespie.
400
"So Easy (To Fall in Love)"
Olivia Dean
400
Listening 4
Glory Days (from the Incredibles)
400
The way to correct a wind instrument that is sharp.
Pull out.
400
The keyboard mallet instrument is larger than a xylophone with a range of 4-5 octaves and is characterized by a warm, rich, and resonant tone.
Marimba
400
This American jazz pianist and composer wrote many jazz standards including: Take the A Train, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Caravan, and Mood Indigo.
Duke Ellington.
400
From Tudor Queens to Pop Icones, the wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak.
Six.
400
John Coltrane - the jazz artist that composed and recorded "Giant Steps" played this instrument.
Tenor Saxophone.
500
"Stupid Song"
Olivia Rodrigo
500
Listening 5
In the Mood
500
Notes, chords, or intervals that sound identical but are written and named differently. Ex. C# and Db
Enharmonic.
500
Audio Sample
Alto Flute
500
This video game composer write the music for Super Mario and the Legend of Zelda.
Koji Kondo.
500
This new musical stems from the popular Netflix series Before the world turned upside down. Hawkins, 1959 was a regular town with regular worries.
Stranger Things: the First Shadow.
500
A style of traditional jazz that originated in New Orleans. It is characterized by collective improvisation, where instruments all embellish the melody simultaneously.
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