Insane Instruments
Reading the Staff
Vocab Grab
Cool Cultures
Ridiculous Rhythms
Wild Card
Recorder
Rodeo
Rodeo
100
This instrument:
What is, the triangle!
100
A silly sentence that helps us read the notes on the treble staff.
What is Every Good Boy Does Fine OR Elephants Get Big Dirty Feet.
100
The steady flow and pulse of the music. It often comes after the word heart.
What is the beat!
100
We learned about Native American music this year. Name the VERY local Native American tribe in Plymouth.
What is the Wampanoag Tribe!
100
This is our easiest note. It is a one beat sound.
What is TA (or quarter note)!
100
A type of music that uses strong beats and fast-moving words. This type of music uses fast rhythms, rhyming and is usually done over a beat or backing track.
What is rap!
100
The type of air we blow into the recorder. 2 things!
What is warm and gentle/soft!
200
The metal instrument we use to play our songs. It has different keys with different notes. We use mallets to play it.
What is the xylophone!
200
The silly word that helps us read those spaces on the staff. Give me some SPACE!
What is FACE!
200
The person who makes, writes and creates the music.
What is a composer!
200
What is the month called where we celebrate Black music, art, traditions and culture. One composer we learned about during this time was Stevie Wonder. We also talked about MLK and the song 'We Shall Overcome.'
What is Black History Month!
200
This rhythm has 4 sounds on ONE beat. It's our fastest rhythm that we have learned.
What is Tikka Tikka (sixteenth notes)!
200
This note take up 4 beats all by itself. It is one, long 4-beat sound.
What is the whole note or (Ta-a-a-a)!
200
The first note we learned on recorder. It used our thumb and first finger.
What is note B!
300
This instrument also has keys, but they are white and black and not made of metal. This instrument can be electronic OR be big and have strings.
What is a piano!
300
This object that helps us read music.
What is the treble staff!
300
Staccato either means the music is smooth, separated, fast or slow. Name which one.
OR
The meaning of the word piano; not the instrument.
What is separated!
OR
What is soft/quiet!
300
This composer very much alive. He can play piano and harmonica. Despite not being able to see, he is one of the most successful black musicians/singers of all time. Some of his well-known songs include "Isn't She Lovely," "Sir Duke" and "Signed, Sealed Delivered I'm Yours."
Who is Stevie Wonder!
300
This rhythm is one, longer, two beat sound. Don't forget, the entire sound takes up TWO beats.
What is the half note (or TA-a)!
300
This composer is possibly the most famous classical musician of all time, he was able to compose music by the age of 4 and performed for kings and queens by the age of 6. Some of his most well known pieces of music are: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and The Turkish March. He was born in Austria and dies while writing his Requiem.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart!
300
The hand that plays on top of the recorder.
What is the left hand!
400
This instrument:
What is the tambourine!
400
Name all the letters in the musical alphabet. Hint - it starts at A, but does NOT go all the way to Z.
ABCDEFG
400
It's not the beat; a combination of short and long sounds that fit inside beats.
What is rhythm!
400
Hanukkah is celebrated by Jewish people. During the holiday, the eat specials foods, receive gifts and play with these items, which is also a song! (I have a little...)
What is dreidel!
400
If I have 4 rests in a row, how many beats do I have?
What is 4 beats!
400
A program where you can mix and match different beatboxing, looping and A capella sounds. You can dress the characters up in different clothes and change the way they sound!
What is incredibox!
400
The name of the first song we learned on recorder that sound like this: Mi - re - do.
What is Hot Cross Buns!
500
Long, hollow tubes in different colors and lengths that make a musical scale from ABCDEFG. You can hit them on different surfaces.
What are boomwhackers!
500
The word these notes on the treble staff spell.
What is cabbage!
500
The stick-like objects with a ball shape at the end that help us play certain instruments.
What are mallets!
500
We learned a song for Hispanic Heritage month at the beginning of the year. In Spanish we sang, "Vamos a la mar tum tum?" Name what we said in English.
What is let's go the ocean!
500
Music math! How many beats is a half note plus a half note? (Ta-a + Ta-a)
What is 4 beats!
500
Not the instruments or harmony; it's the main tune of a song. You always sing along with it and it's the part of a song you recognize the most.
What is the melody!
600
This type of dress is worn by girls in Native American nations or tribes. It is hand sewn and little metal pieces that clink together to make a tingling sound. The girls who wear them have to earn every metal piece. They wear the dresses during a powwow dance and it is a dance of healing.
OR
Ritchie Valens wrote this song. He was Mexican-American. This was the first song to EVER be a number 1 hit that was sung in Spanish. Para bailar....
What is a jingle dress!
OR
What is La Bamba!
700
This was the song of the Civil Rights Movement, where black and white people marched together to overcome racism and segregation. Martin Luther King Jr. sang this song and it has traveled all around the world. Joan Baez is famous for singing the song with her guitar. It is all about working together to get through difficult times.
What is "We Shall Overcome"!