Composers
Classical Music Terms
Music Notes/Symbols
Rhythms
SMA Officers
100

The Composer of Für Elise

Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
100

A musical direction meaning “to be performed softly”

What is "Piano"?

100

what note represents the middle line in the clef that viola players play in?

what is alto cleff?

100

what is the term for tempo slowing down gradually in music?

what is a ritardando?

100

Co-Presidents of the SMA Sugar Land Branch

Who are Julie Song and Vivian Zhu?

200

Who composed "The Four Seasons"?

Who is Antonio Vivaldi?

200

What is the term for a gradual increase in loudness?


What is a crescendo?

200

the time signature where a measure has 3 beats, with each beat represented by a quarter note.

describe the 3/4 time signature

(what is 3/4 time signature?)

200

what is the term for dividing a beat into two or more equal parts?

what is subdivision?

200

The Instrument Hannah plays

What is a Harp?

300

Who composed "Clair de Lune"

Who is Claude Debussy?

300

what is the term for the speed or pace of a piece of music?

what is tempo?
300

what is the symbol that raises a note by a half step?

what is a sharp (#)?

300
what is the term for playing two conflicting rhythms at the same time?

what is a polyrhythm?

300

Hana's favorite composer

Who is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky?

400

A Polish Composer famous for writing mazurkas, nocturnes, and etudes for piano


Who is Frederic Chopin?

400

what is the term for a smooth, connected style of playing notes?

what is a legato?

400

what is the term for a short, accented note played quickly before the main note?

what is a grace note?

400

what is the term for a repeated pattern of strong and weak beats?

what is a meter?

400

How many officers play the violin?

(4) what is the violin?

500

This composer once cut the pigtails off another student as a joke when he was in choir school.

Who is Joseph Hadyn?

500

This Baroque-era form consists of a subject that is introduced by one voice and imitated by others, typically woven into a complex texture.

What is a "fugue"?

500

This notation, often represented by a horizontal line adjacent to the note, indicates the performer to hold or sustain a note for its full length  

What is "tenuto"?

500

what is the term for an unexpected emphasis on a weak beat or off-beat?

what is syncopation?

500
Our Vice President's favorite piece

What is Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10, No. 2 by Beethoven?