History
The country largely considered to be the birthplace of opera.
What is Italy?
The singer nicknamed "The Queen of Soul."
Who is Aretha Franklin?
The name of the symbol that raises a note by two semitones.
What is a double sharp?
This pop star plays classical and hip-hop lines on the flute, often during live performances.
Who is Lizzo?
An electronic musical instrument that a performer plays without touching it, often used to imitate ghastly noises.
What is a theremin?
The beginning of this century is used to mark the beginning of the Baroque period in music.
What is the 15th century?
A genre originated in Jamaica and characterized by its offbeat guitar or keyboard rhythms.
What is reggae?
The full name of what "sFz" stands for in music dynamics notation.
What is sforzando?
Who is Justin Bieber?
The composer of "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown," as well as many other Peanuts classics.
Who is Vince Guaraldi?
The name of the musical and cultural movement that emphasized emotional expression, individualism, and expanded orchestral forces in the 19th century.
What is Romanticism?
A Brazilian genre combining samba rhythms with jazz harmonies and became internationally popular in the 1950s.
What is bossa nova?
The relative minor to E-flat major.
What is C minor?
The rock icon who was the founder of The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-haired Men.
Who is David Bowie?
This famous, uncredited pop superstar sang the high-pitched background/co-lead vocals on Rockwell's 1984 paranoid hit "Somebody's Watching Me."
Who is Michael Jackson?
The four-note musical motif that represented Bach’s encoded message of his own name in his music.
What are B flat, A natural, C natural, and B natural?
A genre originated in the Appalachian region and traditionally features instruments such as the banjo, fiddle, and acoustic guitar.
What is bluegrass?
The name of a chord consisting of four notes stacked in minor third intervals.
What is a fully diminished 7th chord?
This artist surpassed Elvis with a top 40 hit in 31 consecutive years
Who is Elton John?
In the opening lines of Danny Elfman’s "This is Halloween" from The Nightmare Before Christmas, these classic Halloween creatures "scream in the dead of night."
The name of the legendary 1969 rock music festival held in upstate New York.
What was Woodstock?
A style of jazz is characterized by pushing the boundaries of traditional jazz by combining unconventional art-music concepts, modern classical composition, and radical improvisation.
What is avant-garde?
A tritone, also known as an augmented 4th or diminished 5th, is also known by this name, given due to its dissonant sound.
What is the Devil's Interval?
The one-hit wonder act is behind “Barbie Girl.”
Who is Aqua?
This artist wrote and performed "The Purple People Eater," although the credit is often given to Judy Garland and Barry Cryer.
Who is Sheb Wooley?