Music Theory
The scale has this many tones
What is 12 tones?
This composer went deaf later in life
Who is Beethoven
This Indian instrument sits on your lap and is played like a guitar
What is the veena
The Hallelujah Chorus is part of this famous oratorio
What is Handel's Messiah
This is the piano's full name
What is pianoforte
This is the musical scale in solfège
What is Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti, Do
This composer named himself Amadeus at age 14
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
A piano is part of of these 2 families
What are string and percussion
This Tchaikovsky piece uses cannons in its performance
What is 1812 Overture
A standard piano has this many keys
What is 88
These are the 3 most commonly used chords
What are tonic (I), subdominant (IV), and dominant (V)?
This composer wrote very famous film music from the 70s to the early 2000s
Who is John Williams
The koto has this many strings
What is 13?
This piece is about a famous Swiss Hero who shot an apple off his son's head with a crossbow
What is William Tell Overture
The rightmost pedal on a piano is called this
What is the damper pedal?
These are the 7 scale degrees
What are tonic (I), supertonic (ii), mediant (iii), subdominant (IV), dominant (V), submediant (vi), leading tone (viiº)
The famous minuet in G Major was not by Bach, but by this other German composer
Who is Christian Petzold
This Australian instrument uses circular breathing
What is the didgeridoo?
Angelina Jolie played this famous opera singer in a movie whose title is her name
Who is Maria Callas
The piano was invented by this Italian man
Who is Bartolomeo Cristofori
These are the 5 types of seventh chords
What are dominant, major, minor, diminished, and half diminished
This pianist/composer injured his right index and middle fingers trying to strengthen them
Who is Robert Schumann
These 3 instruments make up the Puerto Rican orquesta jibara
What are the cuatro, tiple, and bordonúa?
Who is Prince Tamino's sidekick in The Magic Flute
Who is Papagueno
The mechanism that makes the hammers hit the strings is called this
What is the action