Instrument Families
Notes
Pot-Pourri
Composition
Musical Periods
100
Brass Family
What is the family of instruments which are made of metal, and of course brass, that have mouth pieces to blow air through in order to make the sounds. These include the trumpet, trombone, and french horn.
100
Gets one beat.
What is a quarter note?
100
The pattern of sounds that a song makes.
What is rhythm?
100
ABA
What is the most popular compositional format.
100
The period of music that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed in.
What is the Classical period?
200
All of the instrument families
What are brass, woodwind, percussion, and strings.
200
Gets two beats.
What is a half note?
200
Tempo
What is how fast or slow the music goes?
200
The ending to a composition.
What is a coda?
200
The first defined musical period.
What is the Baroque period?
300
Clarinet, bassoon, and oboe
What are woodwind instruments.
300
Gets 4 beats.
What is a whole note?
300
A persistent, underlying rhythm.
What is an ostinato?
300
Whimsical sounds of flutes. Blurry and not defined music.
What is the Impressionist period?
400
How they are grouped
What is how they make sounds?
400
Most popularly used time signature.
What is 4/4.
400
The opposite of sharp.
What is flat?
400
The very first thing in a composition.
What is an introduction.
400
The period of music that Ludwig van Beethoven composed in.
What is the Romantic period?
500
Hit, shake, scrape
What is the way percussion instruments are used.
500
The note that looks like an upside down top hat.
What is a whole rest.
500
The man named the King of Pop
What is Michael Jackson?
500
Create a short, musical composition in ABA format with all the necessary components.
Needs an introduction, two rhyming lines in ABA format, a coda, and an ostinato.
500
The era extending from the 1900's until now.
What is the Modern Era.