Rhythm
Composers
Notes
History
Miscellaneous
100
The amount of eighth notes that equal one quarter note.
What is two (2)?
100
German composer, born in 1770, who wrote 9 symphonies and couldn't hear.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
100
The amount of keys on the modern piano keyboard.
What is 88?
100
The number of periods in music that we typically use.
What is 4?
(Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern/Contermporary)
100
Instrument made of brass with a slide to assist it in creating low sounds, usually seated in the back of a band or orchestra.
What is a trombone?
200
The amount of sixteenth notes that equal one half note.
What is eight (8)?
200
German church composer who wrote many keyboard pieces, married twice, and had 20 children.
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
200
The note located in treble clef in the 4th space.
What is treble C or C?
200
Type of music developed in America during the 1920s highlighted mainly by African American musicians.
What is Jazz?
200
Event typically held for student musicians to perform pieces that they have learned.
What is a recital?
300
This gives the note or rest it is attached to half its value more in length.
What is a dotted note?
300
Norwegian composer of the Romantic Period, known for his symphonies, songs, and piano pieces.
Who is Edvard Grieg?
300
The note located in bass clef two ledger lines below the staff.
What is Low C or C?
300
The period of music that came before Baroque.
What is the Renaissance?
300
The name of a scale with the pattern W-W-H-W-W-H.
What is a major scale?
400
The name of the note that has five flags.
What is a 128th note?
400
20th Century American composer who composed pieces in various styles, including during his Populist period in the 1930s.
Who is Aaron Copland?
400
A hand position often associated with beginning piano studies, in which each finger is on a note next to each other (all in a row).
What is five-finger position?
400
Period of music that is defined by simple texture, harmony, and melody.
What is the Classical Period?
400
Trills, mordents, appogiaturas, and tremolos are all known as this in music.
What are ornaments?
500
The name of a rhythm that is written to feel like it is in another meter.
What is a hemiola?
500
19th Century Classical German composer who was also one of the top pianists in Europe at the time. This composer gave up writing music after marriage and focused on concertizing.
Who is Clara Schumann?
500
The notes B# and C are an example of notes that have the same sound but different names.
What are enharmonic notes?
500
Beethoven's Heroic Symphony (Eroica) was written with this particular person in mind, though Beethoven later changed his mind about the dedication.
Who is Napoleon?
500
The name of the note on the 2nd line in alto clef.
What is A?