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

Which musical instrument uses a ligature? → Saxophone or Clarinet

What song has become the traditional song of graduation ceremonies → Pomp and Circumstance

What notes do the spaces of the base clef represent → A C E G

On what continent did the banjo have its origins? → Africa

Which musical note is the same as F Sharp → G flat

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

How many valves on a trumpet that facilitate a change in pitch → 3

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

In the play ‘The Music Man’ how many trombones were in the marching band → 76. How many coronets were close at hand → 110

In what style of dance do performers wear point shoes → ballet

How many beats per measure would be used in the majority of John Phillip Sousa’s musical works? → 2

What is the minimum number of tones required to form a chord → 3

What kind of instruments have no electronically amplified sound → acoustic

What is another name for the note D flat → C sharp

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

What do we call the act of creating music spontaneously → Improvisation

What musical instrument is associated with the Stradivarius family → violin

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

Name the barber in the ‘Barber of Seville’ → Figaro

Name the genre of music these vocalists are known for: Aretha Franklin → Soul or R&B. Etta James → Jazz

Who was the composer of the Broadway musical ‘Cats’ → Andrew Lloyd Webber

Name the composer of the following music: ‘The Magical Flute’ → Wolfgang Mozart. ‘Fur Elise’ → Ludwig von Beethoven

Which nationality was composer Friedrich Chopin → Polish

Who was the composer of ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ and ‘Porgy and Bess’ → George Gershwin

(People) How did musician Buddy Holly die →Plane crash

Which song is the traditional song of graduations? → Pomp and Circumstance

In which English city were the Beatles formed → Liverpool

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

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

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

Rydell high school is the setting for which play and movie → Grease

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

About 2/3 of the chairs in a symphony orchestra belongs to what family of instruments → strings

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

According to legend which English king wrote the song ‘Greensleeves’ → Henry VIII

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

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

The chromatic scale consists of how many tones → 12

What do we call a person who plays the cello → Cellist

Which 2 musical gangs are in ‘West Side Story’ → Sharks, Jets

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

In common musical notation, how many lines make up a staff → 5

Gradually playing faster → accelerando

Gradually playing slower → Ritardando or Rallentando

What movie remake of a classical musical did Steven Spielberg bring to theaters in 2021 → West Side Story

Name 4 of the instruments that make up a woodwind quintet → Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, French Horn

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

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

What was Beethoven’s first name → Ludwig

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

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

What instrument is considered to be the forerunner of the piano → Harpsichord