Finish the Lyrics
Miscellaneous
notes and rhythm
Musical Terms
Instruments
100

Finish the lyrics:  O, say can you see by the dawn's early light...

...what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?

100

mountain, horses, snoring grandma, chicken and dumplings, "hi there"

She'll be Comin' 'Round the Mountain

100

This note gets 1 beat in 4/4 time.

Quarter note

100

This term is used to describe the speed of music

Tempo

100

This instrument belongs to BOTH the string and percussion families.

Piano

200

This land is your land, this land is my land...

...from California, to the New York Islands.

200

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is from what Broadway show/Movie?

Mary Poppins

200

in the time signature 3/4, what is the meter?

3

200

What does "meter" mean in music?

How the beats are grouped in a particular piece.

200

This wind instrument is the largest of all instruments.

The pipe organ.

300

You're a Grand Old Flag....

You're a high-flyin' flag, and forever in peace may you wave!

300

What musical term describes the differences in sound quality between different voices or instruments?

Timbre ("Tam-bur") (also "Tone Color")
300

In a 6/8 time signature, how many beats are in each measure?

6

300

This terms is used. to indicate "loud" in music

Forte ("for-tay")

300

This instrument has 6 strings (sometime 12 strings) and is made of wood

Guitar

400

"Oh, would you like to swing on a star, carry moonbeams home in a jar, and be ....

...better off than you are, or would you rather be a mule?"

400

This composer lived from 1770 through 1827, and wrote "Moonlight Sonata"

Beethoven

400

How does adding a dot to a note change the length of the note?

1/2 (One-half) the note's value is added to the note, making it longer. 

400

The terms "presto" and "lento" refer to this.

Tempo (speed)

400

Name an example of a pitched percussion instrument.

Xylophone, metallophone, handbell

500

"I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy, a...

...Yankee Doodle do or die!"

500

Those people who attend a musical performance for entertainment are called the __________.

Audience.

500

In a 2/2 time signature, what kind of note gets one beat?

half note

500
In order to have harmony, you must first have this musical element.

Melody

500

An ensemble with violins, cellos, violas and basses is called a ____________ ensemble.

String