Instruments in this era were simple and crude, for example a drum might have been a simple hollowed out log.
What is Ancient Times
100
A gate slamming shut could best be portrayed by a:
a) triangle
b)penny whistle
c)bird whistle
d) slap stick
What is a slap stick
100
This piece for piano is simple to play - you could probably still play it, though the snow is away.
What is Jingle Bells / Good King Wenceslas
100
The fingering pattern for playing a C-scale.
What is 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-5
100
A member of the string family, you need to hold it between your needs to bow it.
What is the Cello
200
In Medeival Times monks would draw pictures in hymnals and Bibles often focusing on enlarging the first letter of the first word of the first sentence, otherwise known as this
What is Illumination
200
A dream sequence in a TV show is often accompanied by this string instrument:
a)bass
b)flute
c)harp
d)xylophone
What is the harp
200
Thanksgiving we put on a pilgrim play here, and pretended that we were huddled in a freezing church. There were two __________s that we sang, which you sing in a church.
What are hymns.
200
Many of our soings began on this starting pitch, which is low and off the staff. I fact it never fit into the 'tools' we learned for memorizing note names.
What is Middle C.
200
A member of the brass family, we learned to play it when we were younger and our favorite part was the slide.
What is the trombone.
300
This Renaissance King had 6 wives and 3 children, of whom one daughter became Queen Elizabeth I - she danced to "La Volte."
Who is King Henry VIII
300
This instrument comes from 'South of the Border' - and sounds like a snake who's been stepped on scared.
What is maracas
300
Holiday songs come from all 'round the world and at Christmas we sing one that comes from Puerto Rico, we sang with maracas to bring out that Latin flavor - what was the song? It's title is Spanish.
What is Feliz Navidad
300
Spaces spell this from bottom to top.
What is F-A-C-E
300
Our major 3rd grade instrument that gets us reading music and prepared to play other band instruments/
What is The Recorder
400
The keyboard instrument most popular in palaces and theaters of the Baroque Era, before the invention of the piano.
What is the harpsichord
400
Birds of a feather may answer your call when you toot on this whistle and sound like a nightengale.
What is bird whistle.
400
At Halloween time we enjoy all the scary sounds, including this song about a wounded warrior who terrorizes others.
What is The Headless Horseman
400
This is the sentence we use to remember our line notes.
What is Every Good Behavior Deserves Fun.
400
This has 47 strings, a 7 pedals, but the classroom model only has 36 strings and no pedals.
What is the harp
500
This Classical Era composer wrote his first piece of music at the age of 5, as a child prodigy, and his last at the age of 35, when he died while writing 'The Requiem Mass.'
Who is Mozart
500
This instrument mimics the sound of a storm that rages when clouds are ready to burst. 'Can' you guess what the official name of this instrument is?
What is thunder can.
500
We learned this on piano for Christmas time - we sang it too, and the muppets recorded it with John Denver as well. What is this Christmas song?
What is We Wish You a Merry Christmas
500
These are the auxiliary notes we learned tha did not fit into out 'tools' to learn space notes and line notes.
What is Low D and High G (and Middle C)
500
This drum is said to mimic the human voice when played correctly. Pressuring the strings around the body of the drum will change the inflection of the pitch/