Important Artists
Genres
Instruments
Music Terminology
Historical/Political Facts
100

Learned Jazz by listening to Ragtime

Who is Louis Armstrong

100

American style developed from the Blues and Jazz

What is Rock n Roll

100

The instrument I play

What is Guitar

100
A succession of pitches forming a musical idea, or the singable tune in a song

What is melody

100

They brought Carnival to Trinidad

Who are the French

200

Popular Reggae artist

Who is Bob Marley

200

Style of music played in Brazil during Carnival

What is Samba

200

The instrument played by Louis Armstrong

What is Trumpet

200

The duration of a musical sound

What is Rhythm

200

The album that popularized world music, featuring music from South Africa

What is Graceland by Paul Simon

300

Turned Tango into concert music

Who is Astor Piazolla

300

Steel Pan music with vocals

What is Calypso

300

The main instrument of Trinidadian Carnival, which was made from oil drums

What is Steel Pan

300
The consistent pulse of the music
What is beat
300
The year Edison produced the first practical sound recording device

1877

400

Lead singer of the Miami Sound Machine

Who is Gloria Estefan

400
Made popular in the US with Ritchie Valen's song "La Bomba"

Latin Pop

400

 A Brazilian drum which used friction

What is a Cuica drum

400

The order of sections within a piece of music

What is Form

400

Trinidad and Jamaica were controlled by this empire by the mid 18th century

What is the British Empire
500

Early composer of Bossa Nova (and performed it with Frank Sinatra)

Who is Antonio Jobim

500

A Brazilian ballroom dance which was fused elements of Polka and African dance

Maxixe

500

An instrument similar to the Accordion, played by Astor Piazolla

What is the Bandoneon

500

The aural quality of an instrument which helps to differentiate one instrument from another

What is timbre

500

The introduction of this in to Trinidad boosted the economy, but also brought an increase in social issues

US Naval base