Genres
Musical Terms
Treble Clef
Instruments
100
Instruments: Guitar, Violin, Drums
Singing: Twang in sound
Examples: Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash
Country
100
Type of music with no instruments
A Cappella
100
Name the lines on the staff. (Hint: What we worked on when trying to find phrases that work to remember the lines)
E,G,B,D,F
100
The smallest and highest-pitched member of the orchestral string family, played with a horsehair bow and tuned G-D-A-E.
Violin
200
Instruments: Heavy Drum Beats, Sampling
Singing: No real singing
Artists: Eminem, Tupac, Jay-Z
Hip Hop
200
Lowest singing voice: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, or Bass
Bass
200
Name the spaces on the staff. (Spells a part of the body)
FACE
200
A fretted six-string instrument usually played by strumming or plucking, standard-tuned to E-A-D-G-B-E
Guitar
300
Instruments: Saxophone, Trumpet, Upright Bass, Drums
Singing: Improvisation; Swing Rhythms
Artists: Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald
Jazz
300
Bass Clef
300
Draw a treble clef
300
Both a string and percussion instrument
Piano
400
Instruments: Guitar, Piano, Drums
Singing: Front and Center; Danceable tempo
Artists: Taylor Swift, Pink
Pop
400
Means "loud" on a piece of music
Forte
400
What note is on the middle line of the staff?
B
400
a Latin American percussion instrument consisting of a hollowed body with parallel notches or ridges on its surface. It is played by scraping a stick, fork, or wire scraper across the ridges to produce a unique, ratchet-like rasping sound
Guiro
500
Instruments: Electric guitar, Bass guitar, Drums
Singing: Close to speaking voice; Vocal slides
Artists: Green Day, Blink 182
Alternative
500
Means to gradually get louder in a piece of music
Crescendo
500
What note is the top line of the staff?
F
500
A large, triangular plucked instrument featuring many strings and foot pedals to change note pitches.
Harp