Composers
This child prodigy wrote his first symphony at 9 years old, and went on to become one of the most famous Classical composers
Who is Mozart?
A chord with 3 notes each spaced a third apart
What is a triad?
Another word for decrescendo
What is diminuendo?
The most famous stringed instrument maker, he crafted instruments in Cremona, Italy in the early 1700s that are still used today
Who was Stradivarius?
Songs associated with African slaves in America, religiously based and descriptive of their sorrows in captivity
What are Spirituals?
This famous Baroque composer was a church organist and signed his compositions "Solo Dei Gloria," Glory to God alone
The relative minor of C Major
What is A minor?
Sforzando
What is an accent? (or, a strong accent)
A small plastic instrument played by humming into it
What is a kazoo?
The type of scale used in traditional Chinese music
What is pentatonic?
This Austrian composer wrote more than 500 waltzes and was known as the "Waltz King"
Who was Strauss? (Johann Strauss Jr.)
The number of sixteenth notes in a dotted eighth note
What is 3?
The opposite of accelerando
What is ritardando? (or rallentando)
The largest instrument in the woodwind family
What is a contrabassoon?
A sitar is an instrument from India, and is a member of this instrument family
What is a the string family?
This American composer wrote over a hundred marches for military band, and helped develop a brass instrument named after him
Who was Sousa? (John Philip Sousa)
What is melodic minor?
A musical ornament played by rapidly alternating notes a step apart
What is a trill?
The full name of the inventor of the saxophone
Who was Adolphe Sax?
This percussion instrument, used today, originated in Southern Africa and was named from a word in the Bantu language
What is a marimba?
This late-Romantic composer completed 9 enormously long symphonies, known by brass players for their difficult solos
Who was Mahler? (Gustav Mahler)
The scale degree called "subdominant"
What is 4? (IV)
The opposite of poco
What is molto?
One of the most famous competitions for this instrument is the Van Cliburn Competition
What is the piano?
The earliest known written music comes from this culture; only 15 songs survive including the "Delphic Hymn to Apollo" from 130 BC
What is Greek?