Music!

Composers

100

Name one composer we have talked about this year. 

Mozart, Haydn, Chopin. 

200

Mozart wrote variations. Please describe what a variation is. 

A passage of music that is derived from another. It has the same structure and many of the same notes but is slightly changed, different. 

300

Chopin is famous for writing a lot of music for this instrument. Which instrument?

Piano

400

Mozart started composing at a young age. How old was he when he wrote his first piece?

5 years old

500

Haydn was famous for writing pieces for a specific group of instruments. What group of instruments?

String quartets

Recorder!

100

Which hand should be on the top part of the recorder when playing? (right or left hand)

Left hand

200

When playing recorder, what causes the yucky, high pitched ugly sounds?

Over-blowing

300

Please show me on recorder, how you play C

(students must show)

400

Show me how to play D on the recorder

Students must show

500

the recorder is from what family of instruments?

(brass, strings, woodwind or percussion)

Woodwinds

Instruments

100

Please give an example of a type of drum

Djembe, bass, snare, toms, etc. 

200

what instrument family does a recorder belong to?

(brass, woodwind, percussion, or strings)

woodwinds

300

What instrument family does the violin belong to?

(brass, woodwind, percussion, or strings)

strings

400

What instrument family does the trumpet belong to?

(brass, woodwind, percussion, or strings)

Brass

500

what instrument family does the drum belong to?

(brass, woodwind, percussion, or strings)

Percussion

Symbols

100

In terms of volume, does PIANO mean loud or soft?

Soft

200

In terms of volume, does FORTE mean loud or soft?

Loud

300

Please find in the room where there is a STAFF, or draw one on the board

Students must show a staff

400

The term crescendo (<) means what? 

<

to get louder

500

In our song "Jingle Bells" there is a repeat sign. Please draw on the board what a repeat sign looks like

Students must draw