Music Theory
This grouping of instruments includes the viola and occasionally the piano.
What is chordophone?
The expanded form of SSC in ThrustSSC
What is supersonic car?
She drove the first long-distance car ride.
Who was Bertha Benz?
He rode in a Ferrari and was inspired to write a piece based on his experience.
Who is John Adams?
The organization that Ellington joined, leading him to acknowledge he "was in a bit of a pickle".
What is the ASCAP?
This interval is equivalent to that between an E and the next G.
What is a minor third?
He won the first major American auto race.
Who was Frank Duryea?
These were carried by the first steam-powered cars.
What are cannons?
This man composed this piece because he was not part of the ASCAP.
Who is Billy Strayhorn?
A seafaring vessel that leans in to turn, according to the British Royal Navy.
What is a boat?
This is another name for the 4th degree of a scale.
What is the subdominant?
The nickname for the laufmaschine.
What is the dandyhorse?
This publicity stunt killed two and injured six.
What is the Crush Collision/Crash At Crush?
The composer who was commissioned to commemorate a lifeboat.
Who is Malcolm Arnold?
What are camels?
The unique sound of an instrument (not pitch or amplitude).
What is timbre?
The new lifeboat delivered for the opening of the new station.
The train people would accidently take as opposed to the "A" Train.
What is the "D" Train?
This man wrote a musical about racing trains.
Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?
"A large carriage with bench seating that was pulled by horses".
What is an omnibus?
The two names for a time signature of 2/2.
What are cut time and alla breve?
This man is taking the "Out Of Eden Walk".
Who is Paul Salopek?
The major city near the first known lifeboat station.
What is Liverpool?
The arranger for our version of Daisy Bell.
Who is Hiroshi Tamawari?
An aggressive strain in a march that is often in call-and response.
What is a break-strain? or What is a dog-fight?