Ukulele
Rhythms
Random
Missing Lyrics
100

True or false: The ukulele is int he brass instrument family

FALSE

100

True or false: Taylor Swift invented eighth notes in the year 1492?

False!

100

Mr. Q's favorite coffee is from ______?

Stewart's............

100

Welcome to Music with Howard and Walter ____.

Melon

200

Coach Hayden does not know what a ukulele is. He calls it a "little guitar"... Let's prove him wrong! A guitar has 6 strings, while a ukulele has ____ strings?

4!! Classic Coach Hayden.

200

What is this note called? (this is the one you hold out for 2 beats)

half note

200

What genre of music expresses feelings of sadness, typically has 12 "bars" per section, and has an AAB lyrical form?

The BLUES

200

From "Sweet Caroline Street"

- Where it began, for most it was ________
but others joined along the ____.
Was in the spring, and spring became the ______.
Who'd have believed how much we'd done?

- Where it began, for most it was kindergarten
but others joined along the way.
Was in the spring, and spring became the summer.
Who'd have believed how much we'd done?

300

Name 4 parts of the ukulele

Neck, body, strings, tuning keys/ pegs, sound hole, the nut, bridge, head, upper body, lower body, waist, frets, fretboard.

300

How many beats does a whole note get?

4

300

What 7 instruments can you play as a 5th grade band student at Caroline Street?

Trumpet, Trombone, Baritone, Clarinet, Saxophone, Flute, Percussion

300

Many mumbling mice,
making ____ music in the _______
_____ nice.

Many mumbling mice,
making merry music in the moonlight
mighty nice.

400

What tune can you play on ukulele by pressing the frets:

0-3-5,      0-3-6-5,     0-3-5,    3-0

Smoke on the water!!

400

a ta rhythm is also called a _______ note?

quarter note!

400

What is a "loop" in music? Think soundtrap...

A musical phrase that repeats continuously (like a ringtone!)

400

Oh, the thinks you can think
Oh, the thinks you can think!
If you're ____ to ____...
Think invisible ink
Or a Gink with a _____
Or a ____ to the ____...
 

Oh, the thinks you can think
Oh, the thinks you can think!
If you're willing to try...
Think invisible ink
Or a Gink with a stink
Or a stair to the sky...
 

500

What happens when you twist the tuning pegs on a ukulele? (Obviously they tune the instrument, but how?)

They tighten and loosen the strings, OR

They raise and lower the pitch of the strings

500

ti-ti rhythms are also called ____ notes?

8th notes!

500

What does a "flat" symbol do to the note in music?

makes it lower (fun fact: makes it lower by one half-step!)

500

From "Best Day Ever":

I'm so busy got nothing to do....
Spent the last two hours just tying my ____
Every flower, every grain of____
Is reaching out to ____ my hand

I'm so busy got nothing to do....
Spent the last two hours just tying my shoe
Every flower, every grain of sand
Is reaching out to shake my hand