Music Theory
The number of sharps in the key of G major.
What is one?
This woodwind instrument uses a single reed to produce sound and is often made of wood.
What is a clarinet?
The period of music history from roughly 1600 to 1750.
What is the Baroque period?
The artist known as the “King of Pop.”
Who is Michael Jackson?
This composer wrote the opera Carmen.
Who is Georges Bizet?
The term for a symbol that raises a note by one semitone.
What is a sharp?
This brass instrument is known for its slide.
What is a trombone?
The African American musical genre that originated in the early 20th century and influenced jazz.
What is the blues?
The Broadway musical about Alexander Hamilton
What is Hamilton?
This 20th-century American composer wrote Appalachian Spring.
Who is Aaron Copland?
A group of three or more notes played together to create harmony.
What is a chord?
A percussion instrument with metal bars arranged like a piano keyboard and has a pedal that lets the sound ring out dampens the sound.
What is a vibraphon?
The music style associated with Elvis Presley in the 1950s.
What is rock and roll?
This artist’s album 1989 won the Grammy for Album of the Year.
Who is Taylor Swift?
This composer wrote the “Fifth Symphony” and “Für Elise.”
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
The distance between two pitches.
What is an interval?
This string instrument is the smallest and highest-pitched in the orchestra.
What is a violin?
The genre of music that evolved from disco and became popular in the 1980s.
What is electronic dance music (EDM)?
The title of the song that features the lyrics “Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?”
What is “Bohemian Rhapsody”?
This Baroque composer wrote “The Four Seasons.”
Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
The musical term for gradually getting louder.
What is crescendo?
This instrument has pedals and 47 strings and is often associated with angelic music.
What is a harp?
A famous choral work by Handel that is often performed during Christmas.
What is “Messiah”?
The animated Disney movie featuring the song “Let It Go.”
What is Frozen?
Known as the “King of Ragtime,” he composed “The Entertainer.”
Who is Scott Joplin?