Family Matters
Instruments in this family- like the triangle and maracas- must be hit, shaken or scraped to make a sound
What is the percussion family?
This is the musical word for volume a measure of how loud or quiet music is
What is dynamics?
This repetitive, underwater pop song about a family of oceanic carnivores became one of the most-viewed YouTube videos of all time
What is Baby Shark?
This steady pulse never changes in music, giving the perfect time for an audience to clap their hands, stomp their feet and nod their heads.
What is the beat?
This note which gets one beat coincidentally has the same name as a 25-cent coin
What is a quarter note?
This family of peanut-shaped instruments is named after the small fibers of material that make sound, either individually or all at once
What is the string family?
This Italian word tells a musician to play or sing loudly and proudly
What is forte?
What is Hakuna Matata?
This word describes the speed of music, whether at a speedy presto or a slow and broad largo
Read as "ti-ti", these notes can be described as looking like a pair of headphones
What are eighth notes?
Even though it is made of metal today, the flute belongs to this family because of it previously being made of wood and relying on air to make sound
What is the woodwind family?
What is crescendo?
This smash-hit single dominated global music charts, making history as the first female-led K-pop act-and the first animated act-to top the Billboard Hot 100.
What is Golden?
This person stands at the front of a music ensemble, waving their hands rhythmically to keep everyone at the same speed
What is a conductor?
A dotted half note gets this number of beats
What is three?
The brass instrument family (as well as the saxophone) is known for having this outwardly-curved feature that expands the sound of air exiting from it
What is a bell?
The term meaning "very quiet", this word has a single use of the suffix "issi"
What is pianissimo?
Often listened to in December, this song accompanies the tale of a jolly fellow of the same name who was given life by a magic tophat
What is Frosty the Snowman?
The meaning of the abbreviation "BPM" this is the measure of how many pulses are recorded in a certain interval of time in music
What is beats per minute?
This ringed note has no stem and usually is played for the entire measure
What is a whole note?
This instrument can be categorized into two different families because of the player indirectly hitting up to 88 of its strings.
What is the piano?
This term describes music slowly becoming softer, the antithesis of a crescendo
What is a decrescendo?
This spooky, finger-snapping theme song is all about a family that is "creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky"
What is The Addams Family?
This genre of music is known for having a fast tempo, intense guitar solos and inspiring listeners to keep the beat by banging their heads
What is rock music?
In 4/4 time signature, six half notes get this number of beats.