Music Careers
Type of music performing career Jon Batiste has
What is a late night show band musician?
What is balance?
The difference between a song and a piece
What is "songs have to have lyrics, but pieces don't have to have lyrics"?
John Williams' job
What is a film score composer? (Also acceptable: what is movie music composer?)
FOR 200 BONUS POINTS: Name three other types of composers that haven't been mentioned yet
The 2 instruments playing melody and accompanying harmony line in this recording: *Play milestones*
What are the trumpet and saxophone?
The place where the CIA hired Dave Brubeck to play during the Cold War to spread American music
What is the Soviet Union? (Also acceptable: What is Russia?)
The overall structure of a song that helps tells the story
What is form?
Four things you must include when submitting your assignments on the Google Form (other than your name)
What are the title of the song, the artist's name, a YouTube link, why you chose the song, and the week?
A term to describe written images, words, or symbols that tell musicians what to play
What is notation?
3 instruments in this recording: *Play "Back in Black" by AC/DC*
What are guitar, vocals, and drums?
The place in the world where the Sitar is used in popular music
What is India?
For 200 BONUS POINTS: Who is the sitar player we listened to?
The high-ness or low-ness of a note that can make it sound stable or unstable
What is intonation? (Also acceptable: What is tuning?)
The day of the week most assignments are due
What is Friday?
The lines and spaces where musicians read notes. It has a a clef and a time signature on the left.
The first lyrics at the chorus of this song: *Play "Party in the USA"*
What is "So I put my hands up, to play my song"?
The place in the the world where Javanese Gamelan originates
What is Indonesia?
The speed of a piece of music
What is tempo?
The prompt for the first week's assignment
What is "You can only listen to one song for the rest of your life. What song do you choose and why?" (or similar)
The type of composer Lin Manuel Miranda is
What is a musical theater composer?
The lyrics in the chorus of this song: *Play "The Champion" *
What is "I am invincible"?
The type of traditional music that originates in Mexico we listened to.
What is mariachi music?
A genre of music that is anti-war or inspires some other kind of change in the world
What is protest music?
What is 5?
A kind of music that is passed down from generation to generation that is traditional to a specific culture or group of people
What is folk music?
The lyrics in the chorus of this song: *Play "Everything" by Michael Buble
What is "and in this crazy life"?