Trends
Music Descriptions
Music Vocabulary
Music Facts
Riddles 500 All
100

What is a trend?

Something that is popular or becoming popular.

100

Describe Taylor Swift's music with an adjective: (rough, loud, etc.)

Melodic, sweet, comforting, etc.

100

What is the main tune of a song called?

Melody

100

T or F: Music always makes people relax.

False

100

500 points

It is thrown away when you need it most, and taken back when you're done with it.

Anchor

200

If something is becoming more popular over time, is it rising or falling?

Rising

200
Say an adjective that would describe music that hurts your ears and you really want to turn it off.

Screeching, painful, etc.

200

What do we call a category of music such as rock, pop, rap, shoegaze, metal, jazz, classical, etc.

Genre

200

True or False: Music that changes pace often is the best for sleeping.

False

200

500 points

What loses its head in the morning and gets it back at night?

Pillow

300

If fewer people are interested in something each year, what kind of trend is it?

declining/downward trend

300

What kind of sound would advertisement agencies use?

Happy, addicting

300

What does a pitch describe?

How low or high a sound is

300

How can upbeat music cheer someone up? What does the person need to do?

Actively try to be happy while listening.

300

500 points

There exists a word with L in the middle, in the beginning, and at the end. Yet the word only has 1 L. What's the word?

Inland

400
What word can you use to describe a trend on a graph that suddenly drops very far?

Plummet, "took a dive", etc.

400

What tempo music do shopping malls use? Why?

Slow tempo, to keep you there

400

The ________ behind the scenes in this movie really makes my emotions engage with each scene. The person who edited the sound should be praised.

Soundtrack

400

What band had fans scream so loudly that they couldn't hear the music?

The Beatles

400

How far can a wolf run into the woods?


500 points

Halfway

500

Nobody ever heard of the rapper, McSkwizzle, until 2026, but suddenly, after 20 years in the business, the whole world wants his album. How could you describe this trend?

"McSkwizzle's popularity sky-rocketed/went through the roof/suddenly rose/etc."

500

Where would you hear irritating sounds?

A factory, a busy office, etc.

500

What is an earworm?

A song stuck in your head

500

Why is birdsong relaxing?

Safety

500

Step on the dead, they mutter and grumble, step on the living, they won't even mumble. What are they?

500 points

Leaves