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Trivia
(music and otherwise)
Foreign Terms
Music History
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(Past and Present)
100

The four main groups of musical instruments.

What are Strings, Percussion, Woodwinds and Brass

100

This Latin/French term refers to an introductory movement for a much longer work. You would hear this before every musical/opera. 

What is an Overture?

100
This classical era composer wrote over 600 works, began composing at the age of 5, and is known for composing the children's song "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."
Who is Mozart?
100
Adds half the value of the note.
What is a dot?
100

This piece that we played is the theme song for the US Navy.

What is Anchors Aweigh?

200

This character idolized clarinet player Kelpy G on Spongebob Squarepants

Who is Squidward?

200

Typically used in Hymns, a progression of moving chords that provide a sense of peace when played or sung.

What is a Chorale?

200
This Baroque woodwind instrument was popular in Medieval times and is often played in elementary school classrooms.
What is a recorder?
200

The notes in the key signature of Bb major.

What is Bb & Eb?

200

Based on an early American Hymn tune, there is a Balm in Gilead, we played this tune on our final concert.

What is On a Southern Hymnsong?

300

A FRENCH horn is as French as fries. It's from a different European Country

What is Germany?

300
This French word means "the position and shape of the mouth of a wind player."
What is embouchure?
300
This German composer wrote music in the Romantic era and continued to compose even after becoming completely deaf. He composed "Ode to Joy" without ever hearing it.
Who is Beethoven?
300

Turn a major scale into a natural minor scale by altering these three things.

What are the 3rd, 6th, and 7th notes of the scale?

300

Roof! Roof! Roof! Let's Dance!

What is Mambo Perro Loco?

400

If band went through a period of inflation this instrument would no longer be a tuba.

What is a three-ba?

400

Two is a crowd, and Three is company. If you had SEVEN performers you would have a...

What is a Septet?

400
Anton Dvorak composed the "New World Symphony" for this country.
What is America/United States?
400

The number of quarter notes which are found in a measure of 3/2 time.

What is six?

400

Aesop, Brothers Grimm, written to teach you miserable kids a lesson!


What is Fable?

500

This is what you would call a group of Flamingos

What is a flamboyance?

500

A French term used to describe a piece of music intended to improve technique.

What is an Etude?

500
This keyboard instrument produces sound by plucking the strings instead of striking them with a hammer. It was widely used in Renaissance and Baroque music.
What is a harpsichord?
500

The term for when one musical group begins, and another group joins in, and another, and another, creating a harmonious effect. 

What is a canon?

500

The Clash of the Ironclads was a depiction of a real battle between these two Civil War Ironclad ships 

What are the Monitor and the Merrimac?