Music Spelling Bee (Definitions)

Plucked string instrument that has seven pedals.

The part of a musical instrument that goes near or between the lips

Brass instrument that has a slide.

A long, thin piece of wood with hair from the tail of a horse stretched along it, used to play musical instruments that have strings.

Bowed string instrument that is placed between the legs.

BOW

TROMBONE

CELLO

MOUTHPIECE

HARP

A period of silence between musical notes, or a symbol that represents this.

In an orchestra, the group of people who play wind instruments made of wood.

A long piece of music for an orchestra, usually with four movements.

A stick used by a conductor to show the speed of the music.

A piece of written music showing the parts for all the instruments and voices.

REST

WOODWIND

SCORE

SYMPHONY

BATON

The largest musical instrument of the bowed string family. It plays the lowest line of music in orchestral music and in jazz.

Musical period to which Vivaldi and Bach belong.

Musical period to which Mozart and Haydn belong.

A musical note with a time value equal to 1 beat.

A sign written at the beginning of a staff which shows that the G (= sol) is written on the second line.

QUARTER NOTE

DOUBLE BASS

CLASSICISM

TREBLE CLEF

BAROQUE

A sign written at the beginning of a stave that shows that the F (= fa) is written on the fourth line.

Musical period to which Beethoven and Chopin belong.

The area in a theatre that is often raised above ground level and on which actors or entertainers perform.

A tube-shaped black woodwind instrument, played by blowing through a double reed at the top.

A piece of music with several parts based on dances (allemande, courante, sarabande, gigue...) developed in the Baroque period.

OBOE

STAGE

Romanticism

SUITE

BASS CLEF