This kind of music was used to keep soldiers marching together to the beat.
What is a march?
100
The violin belongs to this instrument family.
What is string?
100
This instrument belongs to the brass family. It is the smallest of the brass instruments.
What is a trumpet?
100
This is the man or woman who leads the orchestra with a baton.
Who is the conductor?
100
This composer is from Italy.
a. Gioacchino Rossini
b. John Phillip Sousa
c. Ludwig von Beethoven
d. Roberto Sierra
e. Lucas Richmond
Who is Gioacchino Rossini?
200
This piece of well-known music begins with these familiar four notes.
What is Beethoven's Fifth Symphony?
200
The cymbals belong to this instrument family.
What is percussion.
200
This instrument belongs to the brass family. Notes are produced by moving a sliding mechanism out and in while blowing into the mouthpiece.
What is a trombone?
200
This is the best violinist in the orchestra. He/she sits in a special place at the front of the orchestra and is responsible to signal the oboe player to begin tuning the orchestra.
What is the concertmaster?
200
This composer is from Puerto Rico.
a. Gioacchini Rossini
b. John Phillip Sousa
c. Ludwig von Beethoven
d. Roberto Sierra
e. Lucas Richmond
Who is Roberto Sierra?
300
This style of music is used by Puerto Rican composer Roberto Sierra to mix with classical music in his Sinfonia No. 3.
What is salsa?
300
The clarinet belongs to this instrument family.
What is woodwinds?
300
This instrument belongs to the percussion family. It is a well-known shape that is learned in kindergarten and is played by hitting it with a metal beater giving a high-pitched, ringing tone. It is usually held by a loop of thread or wire.
What is a triangle?
300
This is how you know when a piece of music is completed and you may clap.
What is when the conductor lowers his/her arms?
300
This composer was used by his father to make money for his family.
a. Gioacchini Rossini
b. John Phillip Sousa
c. Ludwig von Beethoven
d. Roberto Sierra
e. Lucas Richmond
Who is Ludwig von Beethoven?
400
In the piece of music entitled Behold the Bold Umbrellapant, this type of creature is created from a tuba and a baboon.
What is a tubaboon?
400
The french horn belongs to this instrument family.
What is brass?
400
This instrument belongs to the strings family. It is often pictured as the instrument of angels. It is as tall as an adult and is played while sitting on a chair.
What is a harp?
400
This is the name of the musical group we went to see perform.
What is The Grand Rapids Symphony?
400
This composer had to create interesting sounds to show how an object and an animal sound when put together.
a. Gioacchini Rossini
b. John Phillip Sousa
c. Ludwig von Beethoven
d. Roberto Sierra
e. Lucas Richmond
Who is Lucas Richmond?
500
This piece of music was made famous by the TV show the Lone Ranger. It is based on a Swiss fable about a man who saved his son by shooting an apple off his head.
What is the William Tell Overture?
500
The contrabassoon belongs to this instrument family.
What is woodwinds?
500
This instrument belongs to the woodwind family. It is the only woodwind instrument that does not use a wooden reed.
What is a flute?
500
This is the cost of a symphony ticket for an elementary, middle, or high school student.
What is five dollars?
500
This composer was born in Washington D.C. in 1854.