Ultimate Understanding Music Review

Folk music originated in America

What is the name of the following symbol?

Instruments like Violin and Viola only come in one size

What is one defining feature of Salsa music?

What is the following word spelled out in Treble Clef?

Which of the following is NOT a tempo marking?

Which term best fits a medium speed piece?

Hip-Hop came directly from Jazz

How many notes are in a Pentatonic Scale? (Hint: Penta is short for which number?)

Select the following that is ordered slowest to fastest

What are the letters used in reading music?

Which Philosopher had a large effect on music in China?

When did Folk Music start?

What are the letters for the SPACES of the treble clef? (Hint: There are 4 spaces)

Which era featured Mozart and Haydn as important composers?

Which Music Genre started in New Orleans?

Which of the following is the loudest term?

Notes can occur above or below the staff

Country Music can involve story-telling. Which other music genre can involve story-telling?

Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land" best fits which Music Genre?

From oldest to newest, what is the order of the 4 eras?

Reggae music typically tends to be fast tempo music.

When working with eighth notes, we say "and" out loud, but what symbol do we write?

Both the Saxophone and _______ produce sound using a reed.

John Cage was a noted composer in the Contemporary era

The following are standard Country Genre Instruments: Fiddle, Guitar, Drums, and Trumpet.

Which term best fits a medium loud sound?

The higher a note is written on the staff, the lower the sound will be.

Celtic music comes from which continent?

Which era featured large orchestras and dramatic music?

Which Instrument family includes the Clarinet?

Adagio an Australian term that describes a very slow tempo

What term would you use to describe sound getting gradually louder?

What is the name of the following symbol?

How many quarter notes can fit into one half note?

Which family does the Flute belong to?

How many beats of silence is the quarter rest worth?

Different spoken syllables are used in traditional Indian rhythm

What music genre also contains other music genres (example: Rock music in the 50's)

What are the letters for the LINES of the treble clef? (Hint: There are 5 lines)

Music from the Caribbean Islands could tend to include:

You can use one type of stick or mallet on all percussion instruments.

Saxophone is commonly used in Jazz

One of the big groups in Surf Rock included The Beatles

You hear a piece of music that is a fast tempo and gradually gets louder from very soft to medium loud.

How many beats of sound is the half note worth?

Which of the following is NOT a dynamic marking?

All of the following instruments are standard instruments in Jazz: Trumpet, Trombone, Drums, Fiddle

Which Instrument family includes the Saxophone?

How many quarter notes can fit into 1 whole note?

What is the name of a note's low or high sounds?

How many beats of sound is the quarter note worth?

Which Music Genre did Chuck Berry influence?

How many beats of silence is the half rest worth?

Which era featured Igor Stravinsky as an important composer?

Which era included ornamentation in it's music?

Which family does the Trombone belong to?

Which of the following music genres came first?

All of the following instruments are standard instruments in Country: Fiddle, Guitar, and Drums

What is a feature of Classical era music?

What is the name of the following symbol?

Select the following that is ordered softest to loudest

What is the name of the following symbol?

Select the following that is ordered loudest to softest

This Brass family instrument can play both middle AND low sounds.

Which word refers to the loudness or softness of music?

Merengue music is all about dancing!

Who is a famous Rock artist/group?

Presto is the slowest tempo we've talked about so far.

Which era included Beethoven and Berlioz as composers?

Improvising is when a musician plays or sings music from a piece of paper.

When did the contemporary era end?

What is the name of the following symbol?

What is an instrument used often in Country music?

We would describe a medium soft sound as mezzo forte or MF

What is the name of the following symbol?

Which Instrument family has valves?

Which era explored music in new, strange ways?

What is the total number of beats that can fit in one measure of music? (Hint: Think about the chairs)

Celtic Music could tend to include:

Which of the following is NOT a country who had immigrants help create Country music?

Out of the following, which group is considered the most significant to modern music?

"This Land is Your Land" is a social commentary on what Woody Guthrie saw around the US.

Music from the Caribbean Islands (Including Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica) combine which two cultures?

Which of the following is an example of country music?

When talking about different notes being high or low, we are NOT talking about pitch

Which word refers to the speed of music?

What is the name of the following symbol?