Elements of Music
Instruments
Film Music
Ukulele
Miscellaneous
100
The main tune in a song.
What is melody?
100
How you produce sound on percussion instruments.
What is hit, shake, or scrape?
100
The person who writes the music for movies.
What is film composer?
100
The ukulele is prominent in this culture.
What is Hawaiian culture?
100
The amount of beats a half note gets in 4/4 time.
What is 2 beats?
200
How fast or how slow a piece of music is performed.
What is tempo?
200
The four instrument families.
What are woodwind, brass, string, and percussion?
200
This composer uses full orchestra sounds to write music for movies.
Who is John Williams?
200
The order of string names.
What is GCEA?
200
The amount of beats a quarter note gets in 4/4 time.
What is 1 beat?
300
How loud or how soft a piece of music is performed.
What are dynamics?
300
The type of music from Latin America that involves specific instruments such as guitarron and trumpet as well as specific singing styles. It has been around since the 18th century and is still popular today.
What is Mariachi music?
300
This composer uses modern, electronic sounds to create music for movies.
Who is Hans Zimmer?
300
Do this if your ukulele string sounds too high.
What is loosen the string?
300
The amount of beats an eighth note gets in 4/4 time.
What is 1/2 a beat?
400
When two or more notes are played at the same time.
What is harmony?
400
The name of the instrument from Australia that has a slat of wood attached to a piece of string that is swung in a circle to produce sound.
What is bull roarer?
400
The three types of film music.
What is titles music, mood underscore, and character theme?
400
Do this if your ukulele string sounds too low.
What is tighten the string?
400
How to produce a sound on a string instrument.
What is strum, pluck, or bow?
500
The different types of notes or rests used to create music.
What is rhythm?
500
The name of the Chinese zither that has 21 strings and uses finger picks to pluck the strings and make sound.
What is guzheng?
500
This can happen when there is no music in movies.
What is the movie could feel flat or boring, it could be harder to understand characters' emotions, it could be less engaging/exciting?
500
These are examples of...
What is a chord diagram?
500
From which world instrument culture would you find instruments such as the digeridoo, gum leaf, bullroarer, and/or clapsticks?
What is Australia?