General Knowledge
This is an easy definition of music.
What is "Sounds that are organized in time"?
This instrument often provides the bass line in both orchestral and smaller chamber ensembles.
What is the cello?
The musical texture of the Middle Ages was primarily this.
What is monophonic?
This form of entertainment was invented during the Baroque period.
What is opera?
This genre is considered the first true American music.
What is jazz?
This term describes someone who writes music.
What is a composer?
This double reed woodwind instrument is dividd into four different sections.
What is the bassoon?
This was the official music of the Roman Catholic church.
What is Gregorian Chant?
This instrument replaced the harpsichord in homes.
What is the piano?
This term describes music that is created with a specific national identity.
What is nationalism?
This term describes how high or low a sound is.
What is pitch?
This brass instrument was invented in the 1830's in Germany although it was rarely found in orchestras before 1850.
What is the tuba?
What is the term used to describe music that is outside of the church?
What is secular music?
Basso continuo was known for this musical time period?
What is the Baroque era?
This genre of music became the voice of American youth in the 1960s.
What is rock and roll?
This term describes the distance between two notes.
What is an interval?
These two percussion instruments often stand next to each other and play complimentary parts.
What is the snare drum and the bass drum?
This type of music making describes how composers made a musical "picture" from the lyrics/text.
What is word painting?
These three composers were considered "musical giants" in their day.
What are Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven?
This term describes music that was based on foreign lands.
What is exoticism?
These are the four main properties of musical sounds.
What is pitch, dynamics, tone color, and rhythm .
These are the four sections of a symphony orchestra.
What are the strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion?
During the Renaissance, this kind of music was seen as more important.
What is vocal music?
This composer bridges the gap between the Classical and Romantic eras.
Who is Beethoven?
In rap, this term is used describe songs that exchange insults.
What is "playing the dozens"?