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100

This note looks like a colored-in oval with a stem and gets 1 beat of sound in 4/4/ time. 

Quarter Note

100

This family of instruments includes the flute, clarinet, and saxophone.

Woodwinds

100

In Italian musical terms, forte means to play or sing in this way.

Loud

100

What theme song starts with "Are you ready kids?" 

Spongebob Squarepants

100

This famous German composer went completely deaf later in life, yet continued to write some of the greatest classical music in history, including the 5th Symphony.

Ludwig Van Beethoven

200

This musical symbol tells you to stop making sound for a specific amount of time.

Rest

200

Despite being made of brass, this instrument is the highest-pitched member of the brass family and has valves you press with your fingers.

Trumpet

200

The Italian word piano means to play or sing in this way.

Soft

200

In the movie Frozen, Anna and Elsa live in a fictional kingdom where music plays a huge role. What is the name of the kingdom?

Arendelle

200

This musical genius was a child prodigy who started composing music and playing for royalty when he was only 5 years old.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

300

How many quarter notes equal the duration of one whole note?

4

300

This large string instrument is played while sitting down, held between the knees, and is lower-pitched than a viola.

Cello

300

This term means to gradually get louder.

Crescendo

300

What popular video game features a mode called "Festival" where you can play rhythm-based guitar, bass, and drums along with hit songs?

Fortnite

300

Known as the "King of Pop," this artist released the best-selling album of all time, Thriller.

Michael Jackson

400

These five horizontal lines and four spaces are where we write notes.

The staff

400

The timpani is also known by this common name because of its bowl-like shape.

Kettle Drums

400

This tempo marking tells the musician to play at a walking pace.

Andante

400

Pixar's movie Coco is centered around which colorful Mexican musical holiday?

Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)

400

This composer wrote the famous spooky Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and played the pipe organ during the Baroque period.

Johann Sebastian Bach

500

The notes on the lines of the Treble Clef from bottom to top are E, G, B, D, and F. What popular mnemonic phrase is used to remember them?

Every Good Boy Does Fine

500

This instrument is unique because it belongs to both the percussion family (because of the hammers inside hitting strings) and the keyboard family.

Piano

500

When you see this symbol (𝄢) at the beginning of a staff, it usually indicates lower-pitched notes and is also known as the F clef.

Bass Clef

500

What Disney animated musical features a magical family where one member (Mirabel) is the only one without a magical gift?

Encanto

500

This American composer and pianist is famous for writing ragtime music, including "The Entertainer" and "Maple Leaf Rag."

Scott Joplin