Composers
This Austrian composer toured Europe with his father from 1763-1766. He is known for his clarinet concerto.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
What is one?
Top space of the treble clef
What is E?
This is the term for gradually slowing down.
What is ritardando?
This is Mr. Wood's age.
What is 32?
This composer made his living as a church music director. The Baroque period ended with his death in 1750.
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
This many eighth notes fit into a single measure of 4/4.
What is eight?
This is a mnemonic for the spaces of the treble clef staff.
What is F-A-C-E?
This is the term for "soft".
What is piano?
This is one of Mr. Wood's favorite composers from class.
Who is Schubert, Mozart, or Chopin?
This composer collected fine art and violins. He wrote mostly for the violin, and he died in 1713.
Who is Arcangelo Corelli?
What is a 128th note?
Third line of the treble clef staff
What is B?
When a piece needs to be played "quickly and cheerfully," this term is used.
What is allegro?
These are the grades that Mr. Wood teaches.
What is middle school (or grades 6-8)?
This composer utilized a technique called "text painting" in his many compostiions. He died in 1828 with more than 600 works to his name.
Who is Franz Schubert?
This is the term for a disturbance in the regular flow of rhythm. We usually describe it in class as playing "off the beat".
What is syncopation?
The bottom line of the treble clef
What is E?
Many chords played in sequence is called...
What is a progression?
This is Mr. Wood's primary instrument.
What is the clarinet?
This composer was born in 1839. He is known for "Pictures at an Exhibition".
Who is Modest Mussorgsky?
This is the first rhythmic value in "Across the Western Ocean".
What is an eighth note?
This is the mnemonic for the lines of the treble clef staff.
What is Every Good Boy Does Fine (or similar)?
This is where Mr. Wood was born.
What is Dallas, TX?