Instrument Families
What is a vioin?
It's the sound we make when we see a quarter note.
What is "ta"?
This is the musical term for loud.
What is forte?
I have to cover one hole in the front and one hole in the back of the recorder for this note.
What is the note "B"?
This concert hall is located in Manhattan, New York.
What is Carnegie Hall?
It's the largest instrument in the string family and it has lot of strings.
What is a harp?
It's the sound we say when we see two eighth notes.
What is "ti-ti"?
This is the musical term for soft.
What is piano?
I have to cover two holes in the front and one hole in the back of the recorder.
What is the note "A"?
This is the number of seats in Carnegie Hall's main auditorium.
What is 2,804 seats?
It's a woodwind instrument, silver, makes very high sounds and can be played without a reed.
What is a flute?
It's the sound we say when we see a half note.
What is "too"?
This is the musical term for very loud.
What is fortissimo?
I have to cover three holes in the front and one hole in the back of the recorder.
What is the note "G"?
This is the full name of the Scottish-American businessman that helped to build Carnegie Hall.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
It's the family of instruments that you can hit, scrape, or shake.
What is the percussion family?
What is a half note?
This is the musical term for very soft.
What is pianissimo?
I have to place this hand on top of the recorder when playing.
What is the left hand?
This is the year that Carnegie Hall was built.
What is 1891?
It's the largest and lowest sound instrument in the brass family.
What is a tuba?
This set of four notes have the value of 1 beat in total.
What are sixteenth notes?
This musical term means to gradually get louder.
I have to cover one hole in the front of the recorder with the middle finger and one hole in the back of the recorder.
What is the note "C"?
This was the year that Carnegie Hall was turned into a national landmark.
What is 1964?