Keyboard Technology
Instruments of the Orchestra
Notes and rests
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Wizard of Oz Trivia
100

This is the most popular of all keyboard instruments.

What is the piano

100

This instrument is also known as a fiddle.

What is a violin?

100
This note looks kind of like a donut and tells you to hold your sound for four beats.

What is a whole note?

100
When you are singing Solfege syllables, this is often the first AND the last note of every song.

What is "do"?

100

Dorothy sings a beautiful song wondering what is "over" this natural phenomenon.

What is a rainbow?

200

The piano belongs to both of these instrument families!

What are strings and percussion.

200

This instrument is in the woodwind family but it is not made out of wood!

What is a flute?

200

In a 4/4 time signature this tells you to be silent for one beat.

What is a quarter rest?

200

This note is one step above mi.

What is "fa"?

200
In The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy skips down a road that is this color!

What is yellow?

300

This instrument looks just like a piano but is actually a string instrument because the strings inside are "plucked" to make a sound. This instrument was used before the piano was invented.

What is a harpsichord?

300
This instrument is very popular in jazz music.  It is in the woodwind family.

What is a clarinet?

300

This dotted note is held for 3 beats.

What is a dotted half note?
300

This note is one step below "do."

What is "ti"?

300

Dorothy carries a one of these and it's name is Toto.

What is a dog?

400

This is another keyboard instrument that has keys just like the piano, but is actually a wind instrument.  Music is made with air vibrating in the pipes of this instrument.

What is an organ?

400

Thirty of these instruments are hanging on the wall in the music room right now!  They are popular in folk music and also rock 'n roll.

What is a guitar?

400

The spaces in the treble clef spell this word!

What is F-A-C-E?

400

This note is a skip above "re."

What is "fa"?

400

Dorothy makes three friends during her travels in The Wizard of Oz.

Who are the scarecrow, the tin man and the cowardly lion?

500

In the 20th century, Robert Moog, inventor and physicist, applied new technologies to the keyboard and created the first one of these electronic keyboards.

What is a synthesizer?

500

This is Mr. Jenkin's favorite instrument.  It uses an alto clef and is bigger than a violin.

What is a viola?

500

This note is on the very top line of the treble clef.

What is an "F"?

500

This note is an octave above "sol."

What is "sol"?

500

Dorothy tries to capture the broom from this wicked character in the story.

Who is the Wicked Witch of the West?