Summative Music

Dynamics

100

This symbol means to sing or play loud.

f - forte

200

This symbol means to play very soft.

pp - pianissimo

300

A crescendo has you perform the music changing the volume from ______ to ______.

soft to loud

400

The symbol (sfz) sforzando means?

Suddenly loud!

500

This symbol means you are performing the music from loud to soft.

Decrescendo or diminuendo 

Instruments

100

4th and 5th graders work to learn this woodwind instrument in music class. 

The Recorder

200

This is Mrs. Hallsten's main instrument. 

Piano

300

Which instrument uses a double reed that also played the music for the duck character in Peter and the Wolf?

The oboe

400

This instrument has 3 valves that are used to change its' sound. It's used in marching band and jazz music. 

The trumpet

500

These drums come in sets, often 4 or 5, and can have their sound changed by using a pedal. 

Timpani

Symbols

100

This is the symbol located at the beginning of the music that tells you to sing or play higher sounds.

Treble clef

200

This is what a repeat sign looks like. 

:ll

300

This symbol consists of a thin and thick vertical line. It tells you the song is done. 

Double/Final bar line

400

This symbol means to hold a note longer than its original length. 

Fermata

500

This little line is use to extend the music staff higher or lower to show additional notes that can be played.

Ledger line. 

Composers

100

This composer lost his hearing later in his life. He is considered the greatest composer of all time.

Ludwig van Beethoven

200

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote many ballets. One of his most famous being performed around the Christmas holiday.

The Nutcracker

300

This composer was a child prodigy playing the keyboard and performing with his family. He only lived to be 35 years old and wrote more that 800 works including symphonies, operas, chamber music, and choral works.

Mozart

400

Lin Manuel Miranda is a modern composer who writes music for musicals and Disney. He composed the music for Moana and this movie where "We don't talk about Bruno."

Encanto

500

Hans Zimmer composed the music to many famous movies including Pirates of the Caribbean and this movie about the king of the jungle.

The Lion King

Mixed

100

This instrument was made to be a mix between a brass and woodwind instrument. 

The saxophone

200

These are colorful tubes that are used to play pitched music.

Boomwhackers

300

This type of music is usually played with amplified or electronic instruments. The music is catchy and repetative.

Pop Music

400

This symbol means to sing or play lower sounds.  

Bass Clef

500

The person who leads the orchestra or a musical group is called the ________.

Conductor