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In music, this symbol, which goes on a line or a space, tells you what pitch you'll play on an instrument.

What is a note?

100

The pulse or basic unit of time within a song.

What is a beat?

100

In 4/4 time, the top number tells you this number of beats are in one measure.

What is four beats?

100

A banjo is considered this kind of instrument.

What is a string instrument?

100

Often a tune sung to infants as they are about to go to sleep, Johannes Brahms was the composer known for this famous composition.

What is Brahm's Lullaby (Opus 49, Number 4)

200

The place where musical notes go, each one of these has five lines and four spaces between the lines.

What is the staff?

200

This term, which is not the same as tone, is used to describe how loud a sound is.

What is volume?

200

In music, this note is worth two beats.

What is a half note?

200

The djembe, originally from parts of West Africa, is this kind of instrument.

What is a drum (percussion instrument)?

200

Johann Sebastian Bach lived in and composed music during this era, which marked its end in 1750 when the composer passed away.

What is the Baroque Era?

300

The notes in the spaces of the bass clef include A, C, E, and this fourth note.

What is G?

300

A group of musicians who play instruments of different pitches and tones is called this.

What is an orchestra?

300

The top arrow points to this which divides a piece of music into sections.

What is a measure?

300

To play a hammered dulcimer, you hit the strings with special sticks called this to play different notes.

What are mallets?

300

The three B's of composers, Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms, were all born in this European country.

What is Germany?

400

When an instrument plays in both clefs, it is called this kind of staff.

What is the grand staff?

400

A whistle is known to have this kind of tone.

What is a sharp tone?

400

In three-four time, there are this many beats per measure.

What is three beats?

400

To play a mbira, you hit small metal bars with your thumb. A nickname for the mbira is often called this kind of thumb instrument.

What is a piano?

400

This American inventor, also known for his invention of the lightbulb, asked Brahms to perform for his new recording machine.

Who is Thomas Edison?

500

This note is a step up from A.

What is B?

500

If you press a guitar string on this part of the instrument, you change the pitch and play a different note.

What is the neck?

500

Two whole notes equals this many quarter notes.

What is eight quarter notes?

500

The Gayageum, a traditional string instrument, is from this Asian country.


What is Korea?

500

Vivaldi was given this nickname based on the coloring of his hair.

What is The Red Priest?