Musical Elements
Musical History
Musical Terms
Rhythmic Notation
Composers
100
This makes choral music different from instrumental music
What are the words?
100
The time period before Baroque
What is Renaissance?
100
this word means soft
What is piano?
100
It receives 4 counts in 4/4 time.
What is a whole note?
100
He wrote the Hallelujah Chorus
Who is G.F. Handel?
200
the speed of the music
What is the tempo?
200
The time period Bach and Handel wrote music for
What is Baroque?
200
This word means very loud
What is fortissimo
200
It receives 1/2 a count in 4/4 time
What is an eighth note?
200
He wrote the Moonlight Sonata and Fur Elise.
Who is Beethoven?
300
the louds and softs used in music
What are dynamics?
300
He lived from 1685-1750 and had 20 children
Who is Bach?
300
Gradually get louder
What is crescendo?
300
It takes 4 of these to make up 1 count in 4/4 time
What are sixteenth notes?
300
He wrote Toccata and Fugue and had 20 children
Who is Bach?
400
Duration of sound
What is rhythm?
400
He wrote over 600 compositions and died when he was 35.
Who is Mozart?
400
Gradually get softer
What is decrescendo or diminuendo?
400
It receives 3 counts in 4/4 time
What is a dotted half note?
400
He is credited in writing the melody of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Who is Mozart?
500
each voice and each instrument has this
What is tone color?
500
He wrote Ode to Joy
Who is Beethoven?
500
Gradually become faster
What is accelerando?
500
This connects eighth notes as well as sixteenth notes
What is a beam?
500
He wrote the Nutcracker Ballet
Who is Tchaikovsky