Music Terms
What is the musical term for the steady pulse in music?
Beat
What type of instrument is the piano?
String
“Think of your fellow man….”
What continent did the traditions of jazz music develop from?
Africa
What type of note gets one beat? (Ta)
Quarter note
What is the musical term for a pattern of loooong and short sounds?
Rhythm
What type of piano needs batteries or to be plugged in to work?
Electric piano/ keyboard
“You’ll always have my…”
“Shoulder when you cry”
What is the musical term for using an instrument or the voice to make up music on the spot?
Improvisation
What type of “note” tells the musician to be silent?
Rest
What is the musical term for the speed of music (How fast or slow the beat is)?
Tempo
What does the word piano mean in music?
Soft
“When I grow up I will be smart…”
“Enough to answer all the questions that you need to know the answers to”
Who is known as “The First Lady of Jazz”?
Ella Fitzgerald
When clapping a rhythmic pattern, what syllable is used for eighth notes that are barred together?
Ti-Ti
What is the musical term for a series of notes sung in order from Do-Do (Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do)?
Scale
What type of piano is in the cafe?
Grand piano
“I want a hippopotamus for Christmas…”
“Only a hippopotamus will do”
What is the musical term for a vocal technique that uses nonsense syllables and improvised sounds to mimic an instrument in jazz music?
Scatting or scat singing
What note receives 4 beats and takes up an entire measure of music?
Whole Note
What is the musical term used to describe notes that are high or low?
Pitch
Which devices on the inside of the piano hit the strings and make them vibrate to create sound?
Piano Hammers
“Take a good look around…”
“And if you’re looking down”
What is jazz music commonly referred to? (___ Music)
Soul Music
What is the name of a note that receives 2 Beats in music? (Ta-A)
Half Note