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Who is Carl Orff?
Who composed Carmina Burana?
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What is clef?
It's a sign indicating the pitch of the notes on a musical staff; treble is an example.
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What is 1756?
The year Mozart was born.
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What is 1,2,3 1,2,3?
Saxophone: D
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Who is Shakira and J-Lo?
These two Latino pop icons performed at the Superbowl 54 Halftime Show.
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Who is John Phillip Sousa?
This composer had perfect pitch, started studying music at age 6, was in the US Marine Band, and wrote 136 marches.
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What is a key or time signature?
It refers to the key & meter signals at the beginning of the composition, not Beethoven's autograph.
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What is the Saxophone?
This woodwind instrument is made of brass & was patented in Paris in 1846.
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What is 1,2,3?
Trumpet: Db
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Who is Billie Eilish?
This 18-year-old singer-songwriter just won Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist at the 2020 Grammies.
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Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
Who composed Toccata and Fugue in D minor and brawled with one of his students?
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What is 1/2?
A dot placed next to a note lengthens its time value by this fraction.
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What is timpani?
This percussion instrument can be tuned quickly and accurately to specific pitches by skilled players through the use of a movable foot-pedal and is often excluded in marches.
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What is thumb, 1, 2, pinky?
Flute: A
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Who is Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, Janice Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, or Jim Morrison?
Name one musician who is apart of the 27 club.
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Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
This composer started out at a young age performing with his sister and composed his first opera at age 11.
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What is at a walking pace?
Andante.
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What is Opus?
A composer's works are often numbered & appear with the abbreviation Op. which stands for this.
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What is 4th position?
Trombone: G
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What is Lizzo?
This singer-songwriter and rapper also attended the University of Houston for flute performance.
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Who is Niccolò Paganini?
An Italian composer and principal violin virtuoso of the 19th century whose work 'La Campanella' was arranged for piano by Franz Liszt.
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What is an interval?
The term for the distance between 2 pitches; for example, C up to E is a 3rd.
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What is Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and Romantic?
Put the following music periods in chronological order: Baroque, Romantic, Classical, Renaissance, and Medieval.
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What is thumb 1, 2, 3, 1?
Clarinet: Bb 3 (Bb below the staff)
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What is Hamilton?
This musical written by Lin-Manuel Miranda will be made into a movie and released in October of 2021.
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