Music Vocab
What is a the staff?
This composer was completely deaf when he composed his famous 9th symphony.
Who is Beethoven?
This instrument looks and is played like a violin, but it is much larger.
What is a bass or bass violin?
The simultaneous combination of notes to compliment a melody?
What is harmony?
This famous saxaphonist was nicknamed "Yardbird" after stopping to pick up a chicken hit by a car, taking it home and cooking it.
Who is Charlie Parker?
This symbol lowers a note by one half step.
What is a flat?
This composer wrote a 4 movement symphony called The Four Seasons
Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
This brass instrument uses a slide instead of valves to change pitch.
What is a trombone?
A sequence of notes that is the primary part in harmonized music.
What is the melody?
This famous trumpet player was nicknamed "Satchmo".
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This symbol raises a note by one half step.
What is a sharp?
This famous composer wrote the score for many popular movies including Harry Potter, Star Wars and Jurasic Park.
Who is John Williams?
This wind instrument is commonly made of silver metal and is played by blowing accross instead of into the mouthpiece.
What is a flute?
The arrangement of sounds and silences creating a pattern of movement in music.
Frank Sinatra received this nickname because of the color of his eyes.
What is Ol' Blue Eyes?
What is a chord?
This composer was a child prodigy who wrote his first opera at 12 years old.
Who is Mozart?
Frank Yankovic famously played this instrument.
What is the accordian?
The combination of melodic, rhythmic and harmonic materials in music.
What is Dizzy?
The set of sharps or flats at the beginning of a piece of music.
What is the key signature?
Many babies are rocked to sleep by this composers famous lullaby.
Who is Johannes Brahms?
The player of this brass instrument uses the placement of their hand in the bell to help control pitch.
What is french horn?
The overall structure, organization or blueprint of a piece of music.
What is form?
This jazz musician's nickname came from a nursery rhyme.
Who is Nat King Cole?