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This is a general knowledge #music #trivia game for Middle School aged children!
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1
What family of instruments does this belong to?
Percussion
Woodwind
String
Brass
2
How many beats does one three-8th-note triplet take up in compounded (fast) 6/8 time?
One beat
2 beats
1 and a 1/2 beats
1/2 of a beat
3
What tempo is this piece being performed at?
Largo
Presto
Moderato
Allegro
4
Ella Fitzgerald is known primarily for what type of singing?
Lounge-style
Rhythm & Blues
Scat
Opera
5
What is this style of jazz called?
Be-Bop
Latin
Swing
Fusion
6
What style of music did Louis Armstrong make famous? (Two correct answers!)
Funeral Music
Improvisational Jazz
Dixieland Swing
Big Band Jazz
7
What is the order of strings on a standard guitar, from lowest to highest?
E-A-D-G
B-E-A-D-G
G-C-E-A
E-A-D-G-B-E
8
Who is considered to be the father of modern musical composing?
Michael Giacchino
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Pachelbel
9
How should a performer play or sing a piece that is marked
staccato?
Smooth & Connected
Loud
Fast
Short & Separated
10
What genre is this piece?
Elevator Music Piano
Jazz Piano
Rock Piano
Classical Piano
11
What is required to play
arco
on a Violin?
A Bow
A Drumstick
A Mouthpiece
A Reed
12
What artist is the voice in this song?
Idina Menzel
Mandi Moore
Johnny Cash
Kristen Bell
13
How long is a single eighth note in 4/4 time?
4 beats
1/2 of a beat
1 beat
2 beats
14
Who wrote the original version of this piece?
Kelly Clarkson
Carly Rae Jepsen
Megan Trainor
Ludwig von Beethoven
15
What is music added to a commercial called?
Symphony
Cadenza
Jingle
Short
16
What is the background music to a movie called?
It's Underscore
It's Symphonic Dance
It's Soundtrack
It's Underline
17
How was the original song that morphed into the "Star Spangled Banner" melody used?
A Pub Drinking Song
A Christian Hymn
A University Fight Song
A Traditional Folk Song
18
What does
a cappella
translate to in English?
"In the style of the Chapel" or no instrument accompaniment
"With A Small Hat" or to perform with gentlemanly style
"A Hammered Sound" or to perform a piece w/ strong dynamics
"As an instrument of Music" or played only with instruments
19
Who is the lead singer of the band Led Zepplin?
Ozzie Osbourne
Axl Rose
Bono
Robert Plant
20
What is the repetitive supporting rhythm created by a drum set actually called in the industry?
The Groove
The Pulse
The Backbeat
The Ostinato
21
Who wrote "Für Elise?"
Ludwig von Beethoven
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Carrie Underwood
Aaron Copland
22
Which year's US-hosted Olympic Games was "Summon the Heroes" written for by John Williams?
1984 Los Angeles Summer Games
1996 Atlanta Summer Games
1932 Lake Placid Winter Games
2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games
23
Who wrote the Main Titles to all the major Star Wars movies?
Justin Bieber
Hans Zimmer
John Williams
Danny Elfman
24
What genre is this music?
a cappella Hip Hop
a cappella Rock
a cappella Country
a cappella Jazz
25
What style of Black American music do most historians attribute to starting Modern Rock?
Maori War Chants
Spirituals
Hip Hop
The Blues
26
Who wrote this often used piece of music?
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
Aaron Copland
Antonín Dvořák
John Williams
27
What special "instrument" is actually in the score to Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture?
A Typewriter
Artillery Cannons
Quarters Dropped on a Table
Popping Balloons
28
What does the musical term
diminuendo
mean?
Get Faster
Perform Smooth & Connected
Get Softer
Get Louder
29
What was put together to make up Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir?
Computer Animations
SoundCloud Recordings
Television Scenes
YouTube Videos
30
Which of these genres historically came first?
Classical
New Age
Romantic
Neo-Classical
