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Australia
100

Clap this rhythm

Nice!

100
Name a composer.

Well done! You have named a composer. 

100

What note is this? 

C


(middle C)

100

Name 2 woodwind instruments.

Flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, piccolo, saxophone, recorder etc.

100

Which song starts...


In South Australia I was born...

Bound for South Australia

200

In Mary Poppins, which street does the Banks family live on?

Cherry Tree Lane

200

Who composed Fur Elise?

Ludwig Van Beethoven

200

Which note is G#? 

The green dot on the right.

200

Name the 4 families of the orchestra.


Strings

Woodwind (or Wind) 

Brass

Percussion

200

What is the missing first line?

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

Farewell to my rum culls as well

Farewell to the well-known Old Bailey

Where I once used to cut such a swell

Farewell to Old England forever

300

How many strings does a bass guitar usually have?


4

300

What spooky tune was composed by Camille Saint-SaĆ«ns in 1874? 


 Danse Macabre

300

Which note is B flat? 


The 2nd (middle) green dot.

300

What is the 2nd instrument called?




Viola

300

Which song starts with...

Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong...

Waltzing Matilda

400

Clap this rhythm


Perfect!

400

Johann Strauss II was an Austrian composer who lived 1825-1899, and he composed a famous piece called The Blue Danube. 

But what is the Danube actually?

A river that runs through central and eastern Europe

400

What's the "mnemonic" to remember these notes? (A mnemonic is a sentence where each word starts with the letters you're trying to remember)

Every Good Boy Deserves Food 


(or something similar)

400

The teacher will play some music. What is the instrument?

Octobass

400

Which place does this song come from?


Sager ngapa pudhema e

Khoey malu ya, dha diya e

Ma ga niw malu ya pawpa Ara-fiura Sea

Torres Strait

500

Which word means "the character or quality of a musical sound or voice" - and it's the reason you can recognise different instruments even when you hear them play the same note.  

T _ _ _ _ _ 


TIMBRE

500

What is the name of the Russian composer who composed The Nutcracker, Swan Lake and 1812 Overture? 

Tchaikovsky

500

What is this combination of notes called?

Tritone 

(known as "diabolus in musica" or "the Devil in music")

500

The teacher will play some music. What is the instrument?

Bassoon

500

What chord is this on ukulele?

G (major)