Elements of Music
Keeping steady time with the music is also known as ___________.
What is beat?
This instrument is used by the conductor to lead the ensemble.
What is a baton?
A whole note has _____ beats.
What is 4?
This song starts with "Off we go into the wild blue yonder,
Climbing high into the sun
Here they come, zooming to meet our thunder,
At 'em boys, give 'er the gun."
What is the Air Force song?
This teacher played clarinet in grade school and through out college.
Who is Ms. Niciejewski?
The ___________ is also referred to as the speed of the music.
What is tempo?
This instrument has 4 strings and is Peter in Peter and the Wolf.
What is violin?
A _______ note has 2 beats.
What is half?
"____ ________ _______ ________ ___________" by John Sousa is played often by marching bands, and was named America's official National March.
What is The Stars and Stripes Forever"?
This teacher played viola in 6th grade.
Who is Ms. Dominguez?
____________ is a term that deals with volume in music.
What are dynamics?
This instrument is famous for being the duck in Peter and the Wolf.
What is the oboe?
What is a flag?
"_________ Doodle" was actually sung by British soldiers to make fun of the colonists who were rebelling during the War of Independence.
What is yankee?
This teacher was chosen to be part of a County Choir in the 6th grade
Who is Mrs. Jackson?
An accent on the upbeat.
What is syncopation?
This reed instrument is not found in orchestra but more commonly in Jazz and bands.
What is a saxophone?
What makes a beat longer?
What is a dot?
The words to "America the Beautiful" were originally used as a _______ and written by Katherine Lee Bates.
What is poem?
Who can play the piano, violin and guitar?
Who is Mrs. Williams?
The __________ is usually the recognizable tune in a song. The song might not have words, but you can still hum this.
What is melody?
Every student can play this instrument.
A sixteenth note is _____ of a beat.
What is 1/4?
The ______ ________ ________ was written by Francis Scott Key while he was on a British ship attempting to rescue his friend.
What is Star Spangled Banner?
This teacher has been singing since she was 8 and has performed the national Anthem at a Diamondbacks game and a Phoenix Suns game.
Who is Ms. Townsend?