Music History
Name of Institution that controlled most of the written music in the Medieval Period
What is the Catholic Church?
Sorry, what was that? I cant hear anything from one ear.
Who was Beethoven?
Look up, dummies.
What is a Key Signature?
As American as it could get in the early 1900's.
What is Jazz?
A Renaissance Trombone (dont laugh)
What is a Sakbut?
Any Music that is not Religous.
What is Secular Music?
4"33
Who is John Cage?
A word for the 2/2 Time Signature.
What is Cut Time?
You use math to make that awful sound?!
What is 12 Tone/Atonal?
The Piano's older brother that can't play dynamics.
What is a harpschord?
These mechanics on instruments were popularized after Beethoven's 9th Symphony and used to clear the path for chromatacism; no more hand/crook work.
What are Valves?
Cannon Go Boom! Take that, French!
Who was Tchaikovsky?
Sometimes, I feel like life is slowing down more and more...
What is a ritardando?
Hard to define, but the masses are soaking it up!
What is Pop Music?
Pipes go honk.
What is an Organ?
These venues combined theater and music for the masses, often with overly vibrato like singing.
What is the Opera?
As a daily update on our favorite Catholic, shes dead.
Who was Hildegard of Bingen?
The name of a popular instrument is but one of many names in this broad range of noise.
What are Dynamics?
I need at least two, but no more than 10, volunteers.
What is Chamber Music?
He's the Boogie Woogey ______ Boy! Still weird with no vales on that thing though....
What is a Bugle?
This Record label helped spread Black music throughout the 1960's in the then booming Detroit, Michigan.
What is Motown?
British man finds astrology and makes freaky noises as a result.
Who was Gustav Holst?
No, this does not directly mean short!!!
Napoleon, 1814
What is a Staccato?
Madness is the gift that has been given to me.
What is metal?
The one Orchestra's didn't want to have join the fun...
(Is it because the inventor's name is Adolph?)
What are Saxophones?