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Rock
Musical Instruments
Classical Composers
Vocal Music
Orchestra
100
What British group nick named the "Fab Four" consisted of Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, & Ringo Starr?
the Beatles
100
What is the smallest instrument in a concert band?
Piccolo
100
What deaf composer closed his 9th Symphony with the "Ode to Joy"?
Ludwig von Beethovan
100
What is the number of singers found in a barbershop quartet?
Four
100
How many families of instruments make up a typical symphony orchestra?
Four (Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, & Percussion)
200
What 50's rocker was known as "the King"?
Elvis Presley
200
What keyboard instrument was replaced by the piano?
Harpsichord
200
What "Lutheran" composer wrote over 5000 works for the church?
Johann Sebastian Bach
200
What are the four voice parts commonly found in a mixed choir?
Soprano Alto Tenor Bass
200
What does pizzacato mean to a string player?
Pluck the strings
300
What star had his beginnings at age 6 with his brothers singing in the "Jackson 5"?
Michael Jackson
300
What brass instrument is played with three piston valves?
Trumpet
300
What composer started writing music at age 4 and died when he was only 35 years old?
Wolfgang Amadaeus Mozart
300
What word is used to describe a song sung without any accompaniment?
a Capella
300
What stringed instrument must be played from a seated position?
Cello
400
What female star was the first winner of the American Idol?
Kelly Clarkson
400
What instrument was originally called the "sackbutt"?
Trombone
400
What holiday was Handel's Messiah, which is often heard around Christmas time, originally written for?
Easter
400
What is necessary for the vocal chords to do in order for someone to sing?
Vibrate
400
What stringed instrument must be played standing up?
String Bass
500
What event caused the premature death of Richie Vallens, the Big Bopper & Patsie Cline?
Airplane crash
500
What instrument is partly made from horse hair and cat gut?
Violin
500
What famous ballet by Tchaikovsky is often performed around Christmas?
the Nutcracker
500
What type of "play" is one in which every line is sung?
Opera
500
What was the first percussion instrument accepted into the orchestra?
Timpani