Music: Part IV (pages 10,11, and 12)

Saxophone

Which musical instrument uses a ligature?

Pomp and Circumstance

What song has become the traditional song of graduation ceremonies?

A C E G

What notes do the spaces of the bass clef represent?

Africa

On what continent did the banjo have its origins?

G flat

Which musical note is the same as F Sharp?

Acapella

What do we call music that is sung without musical accompaniment?

3

How many valves on a trumpet that facilitate a change in pitch?

Rest

What word means a symbol placed in a score to allow for a specific length of silence in the music?

76 trombones and 110 coronets

In the play ‘The Music Man’, how many trombones were in the marching band and how many coronets were close at hand?

Ballet

In what style of dance do performers wear pointe shoes?

2

How many beats per measure would be used in the majority of John Phillip Sousa’s musical works?

3

What is the minimum number of tones required to form a chord?

Acoustic

What kind of instruments have no electronically amplified sound?

C sharp

What is another name for the note D flat?

Blue Grass

What kind of music has its roots in rural Appalachia with its name derived from the band that accompanied Bill Monroe?

Improvisation

What do we call the act of creating music spontaneously?

Violin

What musical instrument is associated with the Stradivarius family?

Annie

In what Broadway musical would you hear the song, ‘Tomorrow’?

Figaro

Name the barber in the ‘Barber of Seville’.

Soul or R&B for Aretha Franklin and Jazz for Etta James

Name the genre of music these vocalists are known for.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Who was the composer of the Broadway musical ‘Cats’?

Wolfgang Mozart and Ludwig von Beethoven

Name the composer of ‘The Magical Flute’ and ‘Fur Elise’.

Polish

Which nationality was composer Friedrich Chopin?

George Gershwin

Who was the composer of ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ and ‘Porgy and Bess’?

Plane crash

How did musician Buddy Holly die?

A million

In the music industry, how many records must be sold for an album to go platinum?

Trumpet

Louis Armstrong was a jazz musician famous for his ability to play which musical instrument?

Octave

What do we call the 8th tone of a musical scale?

Grease

Rydell High School is the setting for which play and movie?

Disco

Which dance and music craze took pop music by storm in the 1970s?

Strings

About 2/3 of the chairs in a symphony orchestra belong to what family of instruments?

Didgeridoo

What cylindrical musical instrument was developed by people native to Australia over 1500 years ago?

Henry VIII

According to legend, which English king wrote the song ‘Greensleeves’?

Adele

Which UK artist is known for her albums 19, 21, and 25?

Cymbals

Which percussion instrument is made of 1 or 2 circular metal plates that are struck by a drumstick or struck together?

12

The chromatic scale consists of how many tones?

Cellist

What do we call a person who plays the cello?

Sharks and Jets

Which 2 musical gangs are in ‘West Side Story’?

Chromatic scale

Name the musical scale that contains all 12 notes of an octave.

5

In common musical notation, how many lines make up a staff?

Accelerando

Gradually playing faster.

Ritardando or Rallentando

Gradually playing slower.

West Side Story

What movie remake of a classical musical did Steven Spielberg bring to theaters in 2021?

Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, French Horn

Name 4 of the instruments that make up a woodwind quintet.

Harmony

Give the term referring to the combination of notes coming together to produce chords and progressions.

Bruce Springsteen

What American songwriter is known as ‘The Boss’ and has such hits as ‘Dancing in the Dark’ and ‘Born in the USA’?

Ludwig

What was Beethoven’s first name?

Brigadoon

What Broadway musical is set in a Scottish town that appears only 1 day in a hundred years?

Metronome

Which device produces a click over a regular interval of time to help a musician stay in rhythm?

Harpsichord

What instrument is considered to be the forerunner of the piano?