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