Middle School Music Definitions

Instruments

100

A mallet is a __________ used by a musician to ___________ a percussion instrument

tool; strike

200

The piano is a ____________ and ____________ instrument with keys that make a sound with a ___________ striking a ____________

string; percussion; hammer; string

300

Xylophone is a _________________ instrument with ____________ bars that go from _________ and lowest to ________ and highest

percussion; tuned; largest; smallest

400

Steele Tongue Drum is a ________________ instrument in the _________________ family made out of a _________________________ and has ______________________

percussion; idiophone; propane gas tank; tongues

Singing

100

Melody is the ______ _______ of notes put together in a song

main group

200

A phrase is a __________ musical thought, idea, or __________

short; melody

300

Worship is how we _____________ our life to Jesus through ________, _________, _________ God's word, and __________ as the hands and feet of God

dedicate; singing; praying; reading; acting

400

Our lungs are one of the main ________ used to help us _________ our bodies with breath; _________ when we breathe in

organs; fill; grows

500

Our diaphragm is one of the main ___________ used to help us breathe _________; ___________ when we breathe in

muscles; deeply; descends

Music Theory

100

Solfege is ___________ used to help us remember how to sing a ____________

syllables; scale

200

A scale is a _________ of musical notes in order from ___________ note to ____________ note.

set; lowest; highest

300

A pattern is a musical __________ that __________ itself each time

phrase; repeats

400

A stanza is a group of _________ put together to create a ___________

phrases; song

500

A sequence is a musical ____________ that _________ slightly each time

phrase; changes