Famous Composers
Parts of the Instrument
Musical Signs
Musical Terms
Rhythms
100
This composer wrote the theme for "Ode to Joy" in the final movement of his 9th symphony.
Who is Beethoven?
100
These objects are the part of the instrument that you use to tune it.
What are the pegs?
100
This musical sign means that you should play a shorter note.
What is staccato?
100
This Italian term (also the name of an instrument), mean's "quiet" in English.
What is piano?
100
In 4/4 time, this note is worth one beat.
What is a quarter note?
200
With the name "Amadeus", this classical composer is well known for many of his works, especially his opera or his composition "The Messiah".
Who is Mozart?
200
This is the only instrument in the orchestra that has two different types of bows.
What is the bass?
200
The symbol looks like an apostrophe ( ' ).
What is a bow lift?
200
This Italian musical term means "end" when translated into English.
What is Fine?
200
In 2/4 time, this note is worth one beat.
What is a quarter note?
300
A composer in the Baroque period, this individual's first and middle names were Johann Sebastian...
What is Johann Sebastian Bach?
300
This is the "swirly" or fancy top of the instrument.
What is the scroll?
300
This sign means to hold the note for an unknown period of time until the conductor shows you that you can move on.
What is a fermata?
300
This Italian musical term means to increase in speed/tempo.
What is accelerando?
300
There are six of these in 3/4 time.
What are eighth notes?
400
Composers like Beethoven and Liszt were categorized as being composers from this musical period.
What is the Romantic period?
400
Located near the endpin, this part of the instrument holds the lower part of the strings so that they remain in place on the instrument and on the bridge.
What is the tailpiece?
400
This sign means to STOP and watch the conductor.
What is a caesura (or "train tracks")?
400
This Italian musical term is used when you go back the the beginning of a piece and play until a stopping point. When translated it reads in English as "To the head until the end".
What is Da Capo al Fine (or D.C. al Fine)?
400
This is the number of eighth notes in 5/4 time.
What is ten?
500
Composers after the Romantic or Impressionistic musical period are called _____________ composers.
What is Contemporary?
500
This sign looks means to decrease in volume.
What is a decrescendo?
500
This Italian musical term is used when you go back to an "S"-shaped sign in the middle of a piece and play until a stopping point. When translated it reads in English as "To the sign until the end".
What is Dal Segno al Fine (or D.S. al Fine)?
500
This is the number of sixteenth notes in 12/8 time.
What is 24?