Music History
This Barbadian singer is one of the best-selling musical artists of all time
Who is Rihanna?
This group of notes is arranged in ascending or descending steps
What is a scale?
This harmonic instrument has six strings tuned in fourths
What is a guitar?
You are, my fire
The one, desire
The Backstreet Boys
This term describes a style or piece of music that is produced only by one or multiple voices
What is a cappella?
This “Queen of Soul” was not only an artist but a prominent activist during the civil rights movement
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This term describes three notes played at the same time
What is a chord or a triad?
This family of instruments contains those that do not have any pitch
What is percussion?
Oh darling just dive right in
and follow my lead
Ed Sheeran
This vocal register is typically the highest
What is Soprano?
This style of music developed from blues and ragtime in the early 1900s in black communities of New Orleans, and is characterized by its focus on improvisation
What is Jazz?
This term describes the smallest interval between two notes
What is a half step?
The violin, harp, and guitar all belong to this family of instruments
What are the strings?
Woke up this morning
Smiled at the rising sun
Bob Marley
This is another term used to describe a technique where one sings with their “head voice”
What is falsetto?
This romantic era composer wrote the piano pieces “Für Elise” and “Moonlight Sonata”, and famously lost most of his hearing
Who is Beethoven?
This major scale contains no sharps or flats
What is a C major scale?
This small piece is used at the mouth of woodwind instruments to vibrate and produce sound
What is a reed?
When you believe in things
That you don‘t understand
then you suffer
Stevie Wonder
In a musical part, this Italian term would be written to tell the reader to perform at a “louder” dynamic
What is forte?
This ballet with a score composed by Tchaikovsky involves toy soldiers, an evil mouse king, and a sugar plum fairy
What is The Nutcracker?
These notes make a C major chord
What are C, E, and G?
This instrument is often considered to be of both the spring and percussion families
What is the piano?
I never knew love like I’ve known it with you
Will a memory survive, one I can hold on to
Whitney Houston
This vocal register is usually not part of a four-part choir, and is between the registers of bass and tenor
What is baritone?