Name that song
Three seconds of this song
Dancing queen
This string instrument is played by strumming or plucking and is common in rock and pop music.
Guitar
Disco Era
1970s
These large, flat discs were played on a turntable to listen to music before CDs and streaming existed.
Records
Cause baby you're a firework…
Come on, show ’em what you're worth.
Three seconds of this song
Smells like teen spirit
This brass instrument has three valves and is commonly used in jazz and marching bands.
Trumpet
Jazz
1920s–1930s
This Apple music device used a ‘Click Wheel’ for navigation and helped popularize digital music libraries in the early 2000s.
IPod
Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy…
but here’s my number, so call me maybe.
One second of this song
Shake it off
This woodwind instrument has a single reed and is a favorite in jazz ensembles.
Saxophone
Classical
1700s–early 1800s
Introduced commercially in 1982, this digital audio format stores music using tiny pits read by a laser inside a reflective disc.
CDs
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy…
Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality.
Two seconds of this song
Kashmir
This percussion instrument consists of tuned metal bars arranged like a keyboard and is played with mallets.
xylophone
Romantic Era
1800s
Before television became widespread, this device was the main source of music, news, and serialized dramas, broadcast through electromagnetic waves.
Radio
All the leaves are brown, and the sky is gray…
I went for a walk on a winter’s day.
One second of this song
Hotel California
This woodwind instrument is larger than a clarinet, has a curved metal neck, and produces a deep, mellow sound often used in orchestras and bands
bassoon
Baroque Era
1600s–1750
This music format, popular in the ’70s–’90s, stored audio on magnetic tape inside a small plastic shell and had to be flipped to play the other side.
Cassette tape
There's a fire starting in my heart…
reaching a fever pitch, and it’s bringing me out the dark.