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American Folk
Jazz
100

The guitar's ancestor

lute

100

Considered to be the father of music

Johann Sebastien Bach

100

Named after John Phillip Sousa

the Sousaphone

100

This Land is Your Land was written by:

Woody Guthrie

100

The birthplace of jazz

New Orleans

200

This instrument has strings and a wheel which much be turned in order to play it

Hurdy-Gurdy

200

This composer famously lost his hearing early on in his career

Ludwig van Beethoven

200

To get the perfect voice, they gave up something of their own

Castrato

200

Peter, Paul, and ______

Mary

200

Lead _____

Belly

300
An early trombone

Sackbut

300

A ruthless king with a knack for songwriting

Henry the XIII

300

Taco Bell's artillery

Pachelbel's Canon

300

Ella _________ arranged most of the Fisk Jubilee's spiritual arrangements

Sheppard

300

This famous relocation contributed to the spread of jazz

The Great Migration

400

This stringed instrument from the Romantic era is so large the player must step on a step stool in order to play it

Octobass

400

This composer wrote music for a girls in an orphanage.

Antonio Vivaldi

400

Romeo and Juliet, Orfeo and ________

Euridice

400

An instrument originally used for cleaning

Washboard

400

"The High Priest of Bebop"

Thelonious Monk

500

This instrument was invented by Benjamin Franklin

Glass Armonica

500

The Four Seasons, mixing music and poetry, is considered to be the first example of ________ music.

Program

500

Finish this Renaissance lyric: "Can she excuse my _________"

wrongs

500

A type of American zither, of a sweet sound

Dulcimer

500

The first blues song to be recorded was the "__________ Blues"

Memphis Blues