| Virtuoso Narciso Yepes played a guitar of his own design with this many strings, four more than the norm |
10 |
200 |
September 14, 2022 |
| Sorbetto is one type of this solo song in an opera; the audience would get sorbets as a supporting character sang |
an aria |
400 |
September 14, 2022 |
| "In the beginning" are the first words of this Haydn oratorio about this act by God; here's a later tune |
<i>The Creation</i> |
600 |
September 14, 2022 |
| Ms. Rice knows con dolcezza or "with sweetness" is in his 6th symphony, which he conducted in St. Petersburg 9 days before his death |
Tchaikovsky |
800 |
September 14, 2022 |
| Piano students often begin with the scale of C major, the key of the first prelude & fugue in this Bach work with an instrumental name |
<i>The Well-Tempered Clavier</i> |
1000 |
September 14, 2022 |
| In 2018 he announced that his 3-year "Farewell Yellow Brick Road" tour would be his last |
Elton John |
200 |
May 15, 2018 |
| This "Chained To The Rhythm" singer is a judge on the 2018 version of "American Idol" |
Katy Perry |
400 |
May 15, 2018 |
| The song "Remember Me" from this animated film won an Oscar for Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez |
<i>Coco</i> |
600 |
May 15, 2018 |
| Their song "Back In Black" was a tribute to lead singer Bon Scott, who had just died |
AC/DC |
800 |
May 15, 2018 |
| In a Khalid song about high school kids, these 2 title adjectives follow "Young" |
dumb and broke |
1000 |
May 15, 2018 |
| This tune from "Frozen" begins, "The snow glows white on the mountain tonight" |
"Let It Go" |
200 |
October 16, 2014 |
| This song by Lorde mentions Grey Goose & ball gowns |
"Royals" |
400 |
October 16, 2014 |
| That's Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo & Thomas Bangalter under the helmets of the robots of this electronic duo |
Daft Punk |
600 |
October 16, 2014 |
| Songs by this Madden-ing group include "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" & "Like It's Her Birthday" |
Good Charlotte |
800 |
October 16, 2014 |
| In 2004 he won a song of the year Grammy for "Daughters" |
John Mayer |
1000 |
October 16, 2014 |
| This man's aria "Ombra Mai Fu" from "Xerxes" is not as famous as his "Hallelujah Chorus" |
Handel |
200 |
June 28, 2010 |
| Liszt, Borodin & Rimsky-Korsakov all wrote variations of this simple waltz |
"Chopsticks" |
400 |
June 28, 2010 |
| Born in Verona in 1743, composer Giuseppe Gazzaniga wrote many opera buffas, known by this 2-word term in English |
comic opera |
600 |
June 28, 2010 |
| This term for a concert given by an individual musical performer sounds like reading something from memory |
a recital |
800 |
June 28, 2010 |
| This composer's "Enigma Variations" contain cryptic references to his friends that he never revealed |
Sir Edward Elgar |
1000 |
June 28, 2010 |
| (Jon of the Clue Crew is playing bass.) I'm playing an F down here, then going up this interval, the basis of our scale system, to play an F here |
an octave |
200 |
January 17, 2008 |
| A score may say "M.D." for "mano destra" where it's suggested tha a pianist use this, even on low notes |
right hand |
400 |
January 17, 2008 |
| "Lento" is slow; this is even slower, the slowest conventional tempo |
largo |
800 |
January 17, 2008 |
| (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents some musical notation.) Ledger lines are for notes that don't fit on the 5-line staff, like this note that's one line below the treble staff, or one line above the bass staff |
middle C |
1000 |
January 17, 2008 |
| (Jon of the Clue Crew is playing bass.) You'll get an "A" for effort if you name this Italian musical term; here's an example of one |
arpeggio |
|
January 17, 2008 |
| Accelerando means the music is getting faster; crescendo means it's getting this |
louder |
200 |
November 14, 2006 |
| One of Paganini's major works is the Concerto No. 1 in D Major for this instrument |
the violin |
400 |
November 14, 2006 |
| You won't need much practice to learn the piece of music seen here, the C-major one of these |
a scale |
600 |
November 14, 2006 |
| Beethoven's "Creatures of Prometheus" is music to accompany this type of performance |
a ballet |
800 |
November 14, 2006 |
| On the final chord heard here, the pianist uses the sustaining one of these |
a pedal |
1000 |
November 14, 2006 |
| "It's not unusual" for female fans to pelt this singer of "Delilah" with room keys & panties |
Tom Jones |
200 |
June 12, 2002 |
| "Losing My Religion" is a hit by this Michael Stipe band |
R.E.M. |
400 |
June 12, 2002 |
| In a 1991 top 5 hit, Bonnie Raitt sang, "Let's give them" this, later the title of a Julia Roberts-Dennis Quaid movie |
something to talk about |
600 |
June 12, 2002 |
| In the '80s this band had hits like "A View to a Kill" & "The Wild Boys"; in the '90s, "Come Undone" & "Ordinary World" |
Duran Duran |
800 |
June 12, 2002 |
| This group had its initial success in 1991, hitting No. 1 with the following"Your purple prose just gives you away /The things, you say /You're unbelievable" |
EMF |
1000 |
June 12, 2002 |
| One of the 4 notes to which violin strings are tuned |
A, D, E, or G |
300 |
May 20, 1999 |
| In Italian this term for vocal music without instrumental accompaniment means "as in the chapel" |
<i>a cappella</i> |
500 |
May 20, 1999 |
| The "lamento" type of this operatic solo is a feature of early Italian operas |
aria |
100 |
November 18, 1998 |
| This cellist is the son of a composer from Shanghai & a mezzo-soprano from Hong Kong |
Yo-Yo Ma |
200 |
November 18, 1998 |
| An 1829 visit to Holyrood Palace in this city inspired Mendelssohn's "Scottish Symphony" |
Edinburgh |
300 |
November 18, 1998 |
| This American pianist was in his 20s when he won the Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow in 1958 |
Van Cliburn |
400 |
November 18, 1998 |
| Composer who wrote the famous Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15, "The Rakoczy March", heard here |
Franz Liszt |
500 |
November 18, 1998 |
| In a standard-size symphony orchestra, 35 of the 100 or more musicians may play this instrument |
the violin |
100 |
January 14, 1997 |
| In the musical styles of this island, reggae came after ska & rock steady, mon |
Jamaica |
200 |
January 14, 1997 |
| In America this Italian term for "master" is applied only to conductors |
<i>maestro</i> |
300 |
January 14, 1997 |
| In 1922 Ravel orchestrated "Pictures at an Exhibition", a suite Mussorgsky wrote for this instrument |
piano |
400 |
January 14, 1997 |
| John Dowland was a notable Renaissance composer of pieces for this medieval stringed instrument |
the lute |
500 |
January 14, 1997 |
| The "Black or White" video from his "Dangerous" album was directed by John Landis |
Michael Jackson |
100 |
September 10, 1996 |
| This Big Band clarinetist's 1939 autobiography was titled "The Kingdom of Swing" |
Benny Goodman |
200 |
September 10, 1996 |
| Telma Hopkins & Joyce Wilson provided backup vocals for him on "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" |
Tony Orlando |
300 |
September 10, 1996 |
| His No. 1 country song "A Boy Named Sue" was recorded live at San Quentin Prison |
Johnny Cash |
400 |
September 10, 1996 |
| This guitarist's "Blues Summit" was named Best Traditional Blues Album at 1994's Grammys |
B.B. King |
500 |
September 10, 1996 |
| Made of bamboo, a shakuhachi is an end-blown Japanese type of this instrument |
flute |
100 |
May 1, 1996 |
| James Levine was appointed principal conductor of this opera company in 1973 |
(New York) Metropolitan |
200 |
May 1, 1996 |
| Called a crowd in England, a crwth is a bowed lyre from this country |
Wales |
300 |
May 1, 1996 |
| In 1948 violinist Robert Mann helped found this string quartet named for a NYC school |
Juilliard |
400 |
May 1, 1996 |
| It's the middle name of U.S. opera singer Mary Price |
Leontyne |
500 |
May 1, 1996 |
| A carol is a simple occasional song most often associated with this holiday |
Christmas |
100 |
April 2, 1996 |
| This form of light opera with spoken dialogue evolved from the opera comique & led to the musical |
Operetta |
200 |
April 2, 1996 |
| This brass instrument may be fitted with valves either replacing the slide or in addition to it |
Trombone |
300 |
April 2, 1996 |
| An instrumental piece usually for one musician, its name comes from Toccare, Italian for "to touch" |
Toccata |
400 |
April 2, 1996 |
| Malaguena is a sub-type of this Spanish or Andalusian song style |
Flamenco |
500 |
April 2, 1996 |
| His 1995 Greatest Hits album features several new tracks with the E Street Band |
Bruce Springsteen |
100 |
January 31, 1996 |
| It took 30 years & an album called "Voodoo Lounge" for this British group to win its first Grammy |
The Rolling Stones |
200 |
January 31, 1996 |
| Fueled by a PBS special, this "ET" co-host's "Live at Red Rocks" album reached No. 1 on the New Age chart |
John Tesh |
300 |
January 31, 1996 |
| Marcia! Marcia! Marcia! In 1995 this actress who played TV's Marcia Brady released a country album |
Maureen McCormick |
400 |
January 31, 1996 |
| Paul Hewson, better known as Bono, is this group's lead singer |
U2 |
500 |
January 31, 1996 |
| Clef symbol that resembles an ampersand |
the treble clef |
100 |
December 25, 1995 |
| One legend says a dove sat on this Pope's shoulder & dictated a famous chant |
Pope Gregory |
200 |
December 25, 1995 |
| These include triads, seventh, mystic & Petrushka |
chords |
300 |
December 25, 1995 |
| The Italian term for a gradual increase in loudness, it's used to mean a climactic point |
crescendo |
400 |
December 25, 1995 |
| This "woodwind" instrument is made of brass & was patented in Paris in 1846 |
the saxophone |
500 |
December 25, 1995 |
| In a rim shot the side & head of this instrument are hit at the same time |
snare drum |
100 |
January 10, 1995 |
| A note that's neither sharp nor flat is said to be this |
a natural |
200 |
January 10, 1995 |
| The sustaining pedal of this instrument holds the dampers off the strings to prolong the sound |
piano |
300 |
January 10, 1995 |
| The Hawaiian or steel type of this instrument produces a sweet, gliding tone |
guitar |
400 |
January 10, 1995 |
| Used to indicate a quiet, subdued tone, this Italian term means "under the voice" |
<i>sotto voce</i> |
500 |
January 10, 1995 |
| The olifant is a medieval horn originally carved from this part of an elephant |
the tusk |
100 |
July 21, 1994 |
| The "steel" type of this stringed instrument has no frets |
a guitar |
200 |
July 21, 1994 |
| Robert Merrill sang with this New York opera company for 30 years |
the Metropolitan |
300 |
July 21, 1994 |
| Once a player in the CBS Symphony Orchestra, he developed the 1960s "Sing Along" TV program |
Mitch Miller |
400 |
July 21, 1994 |
| This armed service's "hymn" is sung to a tune by Offenbach |
the Marine Corps |
500 |
July 21, 1994 |
| It's the term for a piece or passage played by only one performer |
solo |
100 |
February 16, 1994 |
| It's the note found at the approximate center of a piano keyboard |
middle C |
200 |
February 16, 1994 |
| Of the 3 natural male singing voices, it's the highest one |
tenor |
300 |
February 16, 1994 |
| Including over half the musicians, it's the largest section of a symphony orchestra |
strings |
400 |
February 16, 1994 |
| The cantata & oratorio came into being during this period of music that lasted until around 1750 |
the Baroque |
500 |
February 16, 1994 |
| 2-word "bread-spread" term for an impromptu performance by jazz musicians |
jam session |
100 |
November 16, 1992 |
| One common type of this Russian lute usually has its three strings tuned to E, E & A above middle C |
Balalaika |
200 |
November 16, 1992 |
| Josef Lanner was one of the first composers to write music for this dance that evolved from the landler |
Waltz |
300 |
November 16, 1992 |
| This 9-letter word can refer to any singer in a church, but in England it often means a choirboy |
Chorister |
400 |
November 16, 1992 |
| Italian for "going"; it's a musical direction to play in a moderate walking tempo |
Andante |
500 |
November 16, 1992 |
| Samuel Barber's "Adagio For Strings" was played at the 1982 funeral of this princess |
Grace Kelly |
100 |
January 14, 1992 |
| Part of Gyorgy Ligeti's "Requiem" is on the soundtrack of this Stanley Kubrick space film |
<i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i> |
200 |
January 14, 1992 |
| Art Blakey, Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich all played this instrument |
the drums |
300 |
January 14, 1992 |
| Argentine Carlos Gardel is still considered the world's most famous singer in this style |
the tango style |
400 |
January 14, 1992 |
| "Heavenly" keyboard instrument heard in the "Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy" |
celeste |
|
January 14, 1992 |
| From the French for "rocking chair", a berceuse is one of these "cradle songs" |
lullaby |
100 |
December 26, 1991 |
| The lowest male singing voice; when it's very low & powerful, it's profundo |
a bass |
200 |
December 26, 1991 |
| This Tyrolean mountaineer singing style features sudden changes from low voice to falsetto |
yodeling |
300 |
December 26, 1991 |
| "Les Preludes" by Franz Liszt is an example of a "symphonic" or "tone" one of these |
a poem |
400 |
December 26, 1991 |
| Beethoven gave this "rural" name to his Symphony No. 6 in F major |
Pastoral |
500 |
December 26, 1991 |
| When the abbreviation "o.p." is followed by a number, op. stands for this |
opus |
100 |
May 27, 1991 |
| In German, these holiday songs are known as Weihnachtslieder |
Christmas carols |
200 |
May 27, 1991 |
| Tchaikovsky's "Hamlet" is a "tone" one of these |
a tone poem |
300 |
May 27, 1991 |
| This city's controversial new opera house opened in '90 with a production of "The Trojans" by Berlioz |
Paris |
400 |
May 27, 1991 |
| The George M. Cohan song that ends with "I'll be there, ere long" |
"Give My Regards To Broadway" |
500 |
May 27, 1991 |
| This ritual plainsong used in the Roman Catholic church was named for Pope Gregory I |
Gregorian chants |
100 |
December 21, 1990 |
| It's the Italian term for singing without instrumental accompaniment |
<i>a cappella</i> |
200 |
December 21, 1990 |
| They're the 2 main types of wind instruments |
brass & woodwinds |
300 |
December 21, 1990 |
| A passage connecting 2 melodies, or the part of a violin that supports the strings |
a bridge |
400 |
December 21, 1990 |
| On sheet music this sign is used to cancel a preceding sharp or flat |
a natural |
500 |
December 21, 1990 |
| A piece of music that serves as an introduction to an opera, oratorio or play |
an overture |
100 |
September 14, 1990 |
| Prokofiev's piece about a little Homo sapiens & a Canis lupis |
<i>Peter and the Wolf</i> |
200 |
September 14, 1990 |
| The Italian term for the middle category of the female voice, it means "half soprano" |
mezzo-(soprano) |
300 |
September 14, 1990 |
| If a violinist is playing in the pizzicato style he's plucking the strings with these |
fingers |
400 |
September 14, 1990 |
| This famous flautist was born in Belfast in 1939 |
James Galway |
500 |
September 14, 1990 |
| Beethoven wrote 3 equale compositions for 4 of these instruments, not 76 |
trombones |
100 |
January 19, 1989 |
| German for "song collection", it's also the name of a soft cheese resembling a mild limburger |
<i>Liederkranz</i> |
200 |
January 19, 1989 |
| French for "study", it's an instrumental piece designed to improve a player's technique |
étude |
300 |
January 19, 1989 |
| As a reed instrument, it's played with the mouth; made of glass, it's played with wet fingers or mallets |
harmonica |
400 |
January 19, 1989 |
| Chopin wrote over 50 of these Polish folk dances performed by 4 or 8 couples |
mazurka |
500 |
January 19, 1989 |
| He made his only trip to the South the same year he wrote "My Old Kentucky Home" |
Stephen Foster |
100 |
March 11, 1988 |
| One of the best-known songs by this Englishman is "Mad Dogs & Englishmen" |
Noël Coward |
200 |
March 11, 1988 |
| Common name for type of note known as a "crotchet", there are 4 per measure in 4/4 time |
a quarter note |
300 |
March 11, 1988 |
| A free-form composition, Liszt wrote 20 Hungarian ones |
a rhapsody |
400 |
March 11, 1988 |
| Bernard Haitink, Claudio Abbado & Georg Solti are best known for this musical profession |
conductors |
500 |
March 11, 1988 |
| In 1322, this official condemned the use of polyphony in church music |
the pope |
100 |
November 4, 1987 |
| While "semibreves" are whole notes, "minims" are these |
half notes |
300 |
November 4, 1987 |
| The alto member of the violin family |
viola |
400 |
November 4, 1987 |
| In the early 19th century, clubs were formed to sing short pieces of choral music called this |
glees |
500 |
November 4, 1987 |
| The only letters of the alphabet used to name notes in current Western musical notation |
a,b,c,d, e, f & g |
|
November 4, 1987 |
| Invented in the 1960s, this engineer's synthesizer was used for "Switched on Bach" |
Moog |
100 |
November 4, 1986 |
| Of a clarinet, bagpipe, or oboe, the one which uses a double reed |
an oboe |
200 |
November 4, 1986 |
| Herman Hupfeld, who wrote "When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba" also penned this "Casablanca" hit |
"As Time Goes By" |
300 |
November 4, 1986 |
| It refers to the key & meter signals at the beginning of the composition, not Beethoven's autograph |
a signature |
400 |
November 4, 1986 |
| African folk song sung in Zulu by Miriam Makeba & incorporated into "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" |
a "Wimba Way" or "Wimoweh" |
500 |
November 4, 1986 |
| Number of beats to the bar in music marked 3/4 time |
3 |
100 |
October 31, 1986 |
| An important part of this country's classical music is the raga |
India |
200 |
October 31, 1986 |
| A flourish of trumpets, its sounds like the price charged for a baseball booster to board a bus |
fanfare |
300 |
October 31, 1986 |
| From Italian diminutive of "book", the book of an opera or musical company |
libretto |
400 |
October 31, 1986 |
| A koto is a Japanese zither with strings made of this |
silk |
500 |
October 31, 1986 |
| Name shared by brothers of Liberace & Ira Gershwin |
George |
100 |
January 1, 1985 |
| Northern song that became Confederacy favorite "away down south" |
"Dixie" |
200 |
January 1, 1985 |
| Contrary to title, Tchaikovsky composed it in 1880 |
"The 1812 Overture" |
300 |
January 1, 1985 |
| In 1978 this Irish flutist had a hit in England with "Annie's Song" |
James Galway |
400 |
January 1, 1985 |
| This light classical favorite buzzed out of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Tale Of Tzar Saltan" |
"The Flight Of The Bumblebee" |
500 |
January 1, 1985 |