California Trail Discovered - STEAM Quiz, Music Vocab

The melody of a musical piece

• includes the background harmony

• is played by instruments in the woodwind family

• is its tune - something that can usually be hummed

• is always softer than the rest of the sounds played in a piece

Coconut shells

• are part of the woodwind family

• usually play melodies

• are part of the brass family

• are part of the percussion family

The percussion family

• usually includes flutes

• is a family of musical instruments that are struck with the hand or an object to make a sound

• is a family of musical instruments that are mostly made of wood

• is a family of musical instruments that are mostly made of metal

In music, a movement is:

• a section of music with its own beginning, middle, and end, and is often faster or slower than the movement that comes before or after it

• a collection of short musical pieces that can be played one after the other

• an especially emotional piece of music

• a group of wind-blown instruments, most (but not all) of which are made out of wood

In music, a suite is:

• a melody that is very emotional or sweet to listen to

• a section of music with its own beginning, middle, and end

• a collection of short musical pieces that can be played one

  after the other

• a song by a French composer

A solo instrument is

• an instrument that plays low tones

• an instrument that plays the main part, or melody of a piece by itself

• the same as a duet

• an instrument that only plays harmony, never the melody

An oboe

• is played with one reed

• is part of the brass family

• is part of the percussion family

• is part of the woodwind family

The woodwind family includes instruments that:

• are mostly made out of wood, or have a mouthpiece you blow through that includes a wooden reed

• use metal mouthpieces to blow through

• never have to be dried out

• only play the melody of a piece

A composer is

• A person who writes a book

• A person who writes poetry

• A person who writes music

• A person who plays an instrument

• All of the above

The Grand Canyon Suite was written by

• Marie Sontag

• Ferde Grofé

• A French composer

• All of the answers here except for Marie Sontag