Acoustics
Acoustics and Music
Lang Lang
Songs and Stuff
Potpourri
100
This is the result of reflected sound waves from a surface. A slinky give a good visual of this.
What is an echo.
100
Faster frequencies result in a _______________ pitch
What is higher
100
Lang Lang plays this instrument
What is the piano
100
This song was sung by the troops of both the North and the South during the Civil War
What is Battle Cry of Freedom
100
Name the part of your ear that has a soft membrane that vibrates.
What is the eardrum
200
The musical term for the highness or lowness of a sound.
What is pitch
200
Low pitches have ________________ sound waves (larger or smaller)
What is larger
200
Lang Lang was born in this country
What is China
200
The name for songs the slaves sung in church and while working
What is spirituals
200
The name of the composer who lost his hearing
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven
300
When each object produces its own sound we call this sound the _________________________.
What is natural frequency
300
The term used for the loudness or softness of a sound.
What is volume
300
The reason Lang Lang left his hometown and moved to the city.
What is to get a better music teacher
300
This is the famous song that Julia Ward Howe composed
What is Battle Hymn of the Republic
300
From the _________ ________ to the Gulf Stream waters.
What is Redwood Forest
400
A machine that uses sound waves to produce an image. It's used to see a baby before birth.
What is ultrasound
400
The musical term for the speed at which music is performed i
What is tempo
400
This person was left behind when Lang Lang moved to the city
What is his mother
400
He wrote the "Battle Cry of Freedom"
Who is George F. Root
400
Scott Joplin, a famous black American pianist who lived in the early 1900s made this kind of music popular.
What is Ragtime
500
an instrument that lets us see sound waves.
What is an oscilloscope
500
In order to speak and sing these parts of our body must vibrate
What are vocal chords
500
Lang Lang's father left this profession to oversee Lang Lang's musical training
What is a musician
500
This famous patriotic song was written by Irving Berlin during World War I, but was not published till Kate Smith sang in on Veterans Day during World War II
What is God Bless America
500
This type of music is composed to tell a story.
What is Program Music