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1
What is the official instrument name for the "kettle drum?"
Tympani
Bass Drum
Vibraphone
Cabasa
2
Stephen Foster is known as the ________.
Maestro of Ragtime
Greatest European composer ever
Father of the American Folk Song
The March King
3
What does PIANISSIMO mean?
Italian term for a small piano
German term for soft
French term for very soft
Italian term for very soft
4
What does the TIME SIGNATURE of a song tell you?
The speed of a song.
How many measures are in a song.
How many beats are in each measure of the song.
The dynamics of a song.
5
Which woodwind instrument family does NOT have a reed?
Flute
Oboe
Saxaphone
Clarinet
6
Which musical symbol sits on the staff to indicate that "you must have a high voice"?
Bass Clef
Time Signature
Treble Clef
Key Signature
7
What song did John Philip Sousa compose on his way back from Europe because he was homesick?
"God Bless the USA"
"Stars and Stripes Forever"
"My Country Tis of Thee"
"My Home's in Montana"
8
What folk song is about an Irish man with bad luck?
Old MacDonald
Peter Cottontail
Michael Finnegan
Ebeneezer Sneezer
9
The piano is officially in which two instrument families?
String/Percussion
Strings/Woodwind
Percussion/Woodwind
Brass/String
10
What is the term for two or more different musical parts being played or sung at the same time?
Oratorio
Unison
Ostinato
Harmony
11
What musical syllable is two syllables after Mi?
La
Ti
Re
Sol
12
This song was originally written as a poem during a war between the U.S. and England.
"Star Spangled Banner"
"Oh Canada"
"Stars and Stripes Forever"
"My Country Tis of Thee"
13
What do you call the group of musical terms that refers to the volume of a song?
Solfege
Form
Tempo
Dynamics
14
What are two names for the part of the song that never changes and often repeats many times?
Intro/Ending
Speed/Tempo
Chorus/Refrain
Dynamics/Volume
15
What is the name of the Awards show that honors the best songs of the year in all genres?
The Academy Awards
The Grammy Awards
The Tony Awards
The Emmy Awards
16
The sousaphone is a lighter version of what instrument?
Grammaphone
Trombone
Tuba
Baritone
17
If a song has a Time Signature of 2/4, how many quarter notes can fit into one measure?
Two
One
Eight
Four
18
Which instrument is NOT in the brass family?
Saxaphone
Trombone
French Horn
Baritone
19
What do you call the study of singing using the syllables "do re me fa sol la ti do"?
The Sound of Music
Solfege
Accidentals
Musical Alphabet
20
What is the name of the American composer/performer who is/was from Detroit and born blind?
Kanyae West
Billy Joel
Stevie Wonder
Stephen Foster
21
What is the musical definition of Crescendo?
Loud gradually getting softer
Very very soft
Gradually getting slower at the end of a song
Soft gradually getting louder
22
Which song would probably NOT be performed over the Easter holidays?
"Immaculate Mary"
"Jesus, Remember Me"
"Peter Cottontail"
"Were You There?"
23
What are the names of the Instrument Families?
Drums/Brass/Violins/Woodwinds
Metals/Membrane/Reeds/Shakers
Woodwind/Brass/Percussion/Strings
Bass Drums/Kettle Drums/Maracas/Tambourines
24
What is the term for a group of six performers?
septet
sextet
unison
harmony
25
What Christmas song is the traditional "final song" at every SJS Christmas concert?
"Immaculate Mary"
"Silent Night"
"For Unto Us A Child Is Born"
"Hallelujah Chorus"
26
What is the musical term for five lines and four spaces?
dynamic
treble clef
measure
staff
27
What term is used to define a specific category or or style of songs?
Symphony
Genre
Dynamics
Collection
28
What is the musical term for repeating the last few lines of a song?
Fortissimo
Sonata
Andante
Tag
29
Which words could be used to describe a song written in a Minor key?
fast, high, melodic, flowing
slow, low, repetitive, atonal
joyful, peppy, happy, exciting
sad, spooky, creepy, depressing
30
The recorder is in which Instrument Family?
Woodwind
Percussion
Brass
String
31
What is the solfege symbol that is two syllables before do?
Re
Mi
La
Sol
32
Which Christmas song do the 4th graders perform every year with recorders?
"Silent Night"
"Joy to the World"
"Immaculate Mary"
"Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"
33
What SJS grade(s) is/are featured in the Living Stations play?
4th
K-4
5-8
3-4
34
Beethoven spent much of his adult life in which European city?
Bonn, Germany
Madrid, Spain
Vienna, Austria
Rome, Italy
35
This musical term refers to the speed of a song.
Key Signature
Dynamics
Oratorio
Tempo
36
What does the Italian term "mezzo" mean?
Medium
Very
Loud
Fast
37
King George started a tradition of standing for which song?
"My Country Tis of Thee"
"Hallelujah Chorus"
"For Unto Us A Child Is Born"
"Star Spangled Banner"
38
What is the name of the American composer that had an instrument invented and named after him?
John Philip Sousa
Stephen Foster
Charles Ives
Andrew Saxon
39
What does this music symbol :II mean?
Repeat
Slow down at the end of song
Soft gradually getting louder
Very loud
40
This composer lost his hearing in the later years of his life.
Billy Joel
Edvard Grieg
Ludwig von Beethoven
George Friedrick Handel
