Mr. Ward's Music Classes Jeopardy

Notes and Rhythms

100

This musical note gets only 1 beat.

What is the Quarter Note

200

What is the musical clef that higher pitched voices and instruments use?

What is the Treble Clef

300

How many beats does a Dotted Quarter + another Dotted Quarter equal?

What is 3 beats

400

Note duration names come from increasingly smaller fractions: What would the next note value be in this set?

Whole, Half, Quarter, Eighth, _______?

What is a sixteenth note.

500

What do you call the set of lines that music notes sit on that musicians read from?

What is a (music) staff

Musical Expression

100

This symbol means to get louder

What is a crescendo

200

What does the word accelerando mean? (Think of an English word that is spelled similarly)

What is to get faster/increase speed

300

This means loud in italian

what is forte

400

This means REALLY loud in italian

what is fortissimo

500

Dynamics refers to ....

what is the volume/loudness of a piece.

Singing

100

Vocalists often use this shaky quality to give a special style to what they sing. 

What is vibrato

200

The muscle that controls a singers breathing

What is the diaphragm

300

These folds of tissue, often called the voice box, vibrate together to create your voice

What are the vocal chords

400

Choirs usually have these 4 voice types/classifications

What are Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass

500

This type of singing refers to singing without any instrument accompaniment

What is "A Capella."

Dead Musicians

100

This composer was my Piano teacher's, teacher's, teacher's, teacher's, teacher's, teacher's, teacher's teacher.

This Composer is known for the famous symphony that goes, "Dun-Dun-Dun DUUUUUHHHHNN"

Who is Ludwig van Beethoven

200

This musician and singer wrote the song "Beat It."

Who is Michael Jackson

300

This composer is said to make babies who listen to  his music smarter!

Who is Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 

(Also known as "Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart")

400

This composer made Rock and Roll incredibly popular in the 50s, he was a Veteran who served the U.S. Army for 2 years in Germany and left with the rank of Sergeant. This musician, actor, singer, veteran was no other than...

Who is Elvis Presley

500

This composer and musician was the famous lead singer of the band Queen. Who most of you know their most famous song, "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Who was Freddie Mercury 

Fill in that Christmas Lyric

100

Up on the house top ______ ______,

What is Reindeer Pause

200

We three kings of Orient are, bearing gifts, we've _______ ____.

What is traverse afar.

300

Hark how the Bells, sweet ______ ______,

What is Silver Bells

400

Good King Wenceslas looked out, on the ______ of ______.

What is the Feast of Stephen.

500

There must have been some magic in that ____ ____ ____ they found.

What is Old Top Hat.