Birthday Music and Dance
A performance board about instruments, notation, rhythm, dance, and the physics of sound.
The board
Swipe the board sideways · 5 categories
| Instruments | Written Music | Rhythm | Dance | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100What device is created or adapted to make musical sounds? | 100Which visual system represents music for later interpretation? | 100Trace the English term to the Greek word named by the source. | 100Identify the art form made from selected or improvised body movement sequences. | 100Name the phenomenon in which pressure disturbances propagate through a medium. |
| 200Name a person who plays one of those devices. | 200What phrase names the process of interpreting that notation? | 200What opposing element strengths occur in the general definition? | 200What physical material forms the sequences in that art? | 200Which disturbances travel through the material in the source's definition? |
| 300Which academic field studies musical instruments? | 300Classical sheet music places notes on what sets of lines? | 300Express the broader concept as a recurrence or pattern in what dimension? | 300Which organizing feature can categorize and describe a dance? | 300What kind of material medium is required by that definition? |
| 400Select the classification method based on how instruments produce sound. | 400Which professional-country method is named as its main system? | 400In performance arts, rhythm describes the timing of what? | 400What usually accompanies a dance performance? | 400Classify sound in physics by the wave type named in the source. |
| 500Which electronic instrument shares the source's list with electric guitars and synthesizers? | 500A guitarist reads a string-focused system. Which method fits the source? | 500Pair the two musical phenomena said to occur over time. | 500Choose the group-dance type contrasted with theatrical dance. | 500State the cited audio-frequency span of the human ear. |
Ages 11 and up · 25 of 25 clues written · final round · about 20 minutes
26 of 26 answers carry the sentence they were checked against
Play time assumes about 40 seconds a clue plus three minutes for the final round. Nothing is saved to a server and no account is needed. How answers are checked.
Player sheet
Birthday Music and Dance · Ages 11 and up · answers are on the host key
Instruments
- 100 What device is created or adapted to make musical sounds?
- 200 Name a person who plays one of those devices.
- 300 Which academic field studies musical instruments?
- 400 Select the classification method based on how instruments produce sound.
- 500 Which electronic instrument shares the source's list with electric guitars and synthesizers?
Written Music
- 100 Which visual system represents music for later interpretation?
- 200 What phrase names the process of interpreting that notation?
- 300 Classical sheet music places notes on what sets of lines?
- 400 Which professional-country method is named as its main system?
- 500 A guitarist reads a string-focused system. Which method fits the source?
Rhythm
- 100 Trace the English term to the Greek word named by the source.
- 200 What opposing element strengths occur in the general definition?
- 300 Express the broader concept as a recurrence or pattern in what dimension?
- 400 In performance arts, rhythm describes the timing of what?
- 500 Pair the two musical phenomena said to occur over time.
Dance
- 100 Identify the art form made from selected or improvised body movement sequences.
- 200 What physical material forms the sequences in that art?
- 300 Which organizing feature can categorize and describe a dance?
- 400 What usually accompanies a dance performance?
- 500 Choose the group-dance type contrasted with theatrical dance.
Sound
- 100 Name the phenomenon in which pressure disturbances propagate through a medium.
- 200 Which disturbances travel through the material in the source's definition?
- 300 What kind of material medium is required by that definition?
- 400 Classify sound in physics by the wave type named in the source.
- 500 State the cited audio-frequency span of the human ear.
Final round: Electric Instruments
Electric guitars and the theremin share the source's list with this plural keyboard instrument.
Host key
Birthday Music and Dance · keep this sheet · it carries the answers
Instruments
- 100 What device is created or adapted to make musical sounds? Response: musical instrumentChecked against:
A musical instrument is a device created or adapted to make musical sounds.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Musical_instrument&oldid=1361920585 - 200 Name a person who plays one of those devices. Response: instrumentalistChecked against:
A person who plays a musical instrument is known as an instrumentalist.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Musical_instrument&oldid=1361920585 - 300 Which academic field studies musical instruments? Response: organologyChecked against:
The academic study of musical instruments is called organology.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Musical_instrument&oldid=1361920585 - 400 Select the classification method based on how instruments produce sound. Response: Hornbostel–SachsChecked against:
However, the most common academic method, Hornbostel–Sachs, uses the means by which they produce sound.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Musical_instrument&oldid=1361920585 - 500 Which electronic instrument shares the source's list with electric guitars and synthesizers? Response: thereminChecked against:
While the evolution of traditional musical instruments slowed beginning in the 20th century, the proliferation of electricity led to the invention of new electric and electronic instruments, such as electric guitars, synthesizers, and the theremin.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Musical_instrument&oldid=1361920585
Written Music
- 100 Which visual system represents music for later interpretation? Response: Musical notationChecked against:
Musical notation is any system used to visually represent music.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Musical_notation&oldid=1364172057 - 200 What phrase names the process of interpreting that notation? Response: reading musicChecked against:
The process of interpreting musical notation is often referred to as reading music.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Musical_notation&oldid=1364172057 - 300 Classical sheet music places notes on what sets of lines? Response: stavesChecked against:
For example, classical performers most often use sheet music using staves, time signatures, key signatures, and noteheads for writing and deciphering pieces.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Musical_notation&oldid=1364172057 - 400 Which professional-country method is named as its main system? Response: Nashville Number SystemChecked against:
For instance, in professional country music, the Nashville Number System is the main method, and for string instruments such as guitar, it is quite common for tablature to be used by players.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Musical_notation&oldid=1364172057 - 500 A guitarist reads a string-focused system. Which method fits the source? Response: tablatureChecked against:
For instance, in professional country music, the Nashville Number System is the main method, and for string instruments such as guitar, it is quite common for tablature to be used by players.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Musical_notation&oldid=1364172057
Rhythm
- 100 Trace the English term to the Greek word named by the source. Response: rhythmosChecked against:
Rhythm (from Greek ῥυθμός, rhythmos, "any regular recurring motion, symmetry") generally means a "movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions".
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rhythm&oldid=1361700392 - 200 What opposing element strengths occur in the general definition? Response: strong and weak elementsChecked against:
Rhythm (from Greek ῥυθμός, rhythmos, "any regular recurring motion, symmetry") generally means a "movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions".
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rhythm&oldid=1361700392 - 300 Express the broader concept as a recurrence or pattern in what dimension? Response: timeChecked against:
This general meaning of regular recurrence or pattern in time can apply to a wide variety of cyclical natural phenomena having a periodicity or frequency of anything from microseconds to several seconds (as with the riff in a rock music song); to several minutes or hours, or, at the most extreme, even over many years.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rhythm&oldid=1361700392 - 400 In performance arts, rhythm describes the timing of what? Response: eventsChecked against:
In the performance arts, rhythm is the timing of events on a human scale; of musical sounds and silences that occur over time, of the steps of a dance, or the meter of spoken language and poetry.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rhythm&oldid=1361700392 - 500 Pair the two musical phenomena said to occur over time. Response: musical sounds and silencesChecked against:
In the performance arts, rhythm is the timing of events on a human scale; of musical sounds and silences that occur over time, of the steps of a dance, or the meter of spoken language and poetry.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rhythm&oldid=1361700392
Dance
- 100 Identify the art form made from selected or improvised body movement sequences. Response: DanceChecked against:
Dance is an art form, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dance&oldid=1363710591 - 200 What physical material forms the sequences in that art? Response: body movementsChecked against:
Dance is an art form, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dance&oldid=1363710591 - 300 Which organizing feature can categorize and describe a dance? Response: choreographyChecked against:
Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoire of movements or by its historical period or place of origin.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dance&oldid=1363710591 - 400 What usually accompanies a dance performance? Response: musical accompanimentChecked against:
Dance is typically performed with musical accompaniment, and sometimes with the dancer simultaneously using a musical instrument themselves.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dance&oldid=1363710591 - 500 Choose the group-dance type contrasted with theatrical dance. Response: participatory danceChecked against:
Two common types of group dance are theatrical and participatory dance.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dance&oldid=1363710591
Sound
- 100 Name the phenomenon in which pressure disturbances propagate through a medium. Response: SoundChecked against:
Sound is a phenomenon in which pressure disturbances propagate through an elastic material medium.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sound&oldid=1362777990 - 200 Which disturbances travel through the material in the source's definition? Response: pressure disturbancesChecked against:
Sound is a phenomenon in which pressure disturbances propagate through an elastic material medium.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sound&oldid=1362777990 - 300 What kind of material medium is required by that definition? Response: elastic material mediumChecked against:
Sound is a phenomenon in which pressure disturbances propagate through an elastic material medium.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sound&oldid=1362777990 - 400 Classify sound in physics by the wave type named in the source. Response: mechanical waveChecked against:
In the context of physics, it is characterised as a mechanical wave of pressure or related quantities (e.g. displacement), whereas in physiological-psychological contexts it implies a hearing process.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sound&oldid=1362777990 - 500 State the cited audio-frequency span of the human ear. Response: 20 Hz to 20 kHzChecked against:
Though sensitivity to sound varies among all organisms, the human ear is sensitive to audio frequencies ranging from 20 Hz to 20 kHz.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sound&oldid=1362777990
Final round: Electric Instruments
Electric guitars and the theremin share the source's list with this plural keyboard instrument. Response: synthesizersChecked against: While the evolution of traditional musical instruments slowed beginning in the 20th century, the proliferation of electricity led to the invention of new electric and electronic instruments, such as electric guitars, synthesizers, and the theremin.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Musical_instrument&oldid=1361920585
Every clue, every answer, and what it was checked against
This is what prints on the host key.
Instruments
What device is created or adapted to make musical sounds? 100
musical instrumentChecked against:
A musical instrument is a device created or adapted to make musical sounds.
Source, pinned revisionName a person who plays one of those devices. 200
instrumentalistChecked against:
A person who plays a musical instrument is known as an instrumentalist.
Source, pinned revisionWhich academic field studies musical instruments? 300
organologyChecked against:
The academic study of musical instruments is called organology.
Source, pinned revisionSelect the classification method based on how instruments produce sound. 400
Hornbostel–SachsChecked against:
However, the most common academic method, Hornbostel–Sachs, uses the means by which they produce sound.
Source, pinned revisionWhich electronic instrument shares the source's list with electric guitars and synthesizers? 500
thereminChecked against:
While the evolution of traditional musical instruments slowed beginning in the 20th century, the proliferation of electricity led to the invention of new electric and electronic instruments, such as electric guitars, synthesizers, and the theremin.
Source, pinned revision
Written Music
Which visual system represents music for later interpretation? 100
Musical notationChecked against:
Musical notation is any system used to visually represent music.
Source, pinned revisionWhat phrase names the process of interpreting that notation? 200
reading musicChecked against:
The process of interpreting musical notation is often referred to as reading music.
Source, pinned revisionClassical sheet music places notes on what sets of lines? 300
stavesChecked against:
For example, classical performers most often use sheet music using staves, time signatures, key signatures, and noteheads for writing and deciphering pieces.
Source, pinned revisionWhich professional-country method is named as its main system? 400
Nashville Number SystemChecked against:
For instance, in professional country music, the Nashville Number System is the main method, and for string instruments such as guitar, it is quite common for tablature to be used by players.
Source, pinned revisionA guitarist reads a string-focused system. Which method fits the source? 500
tablatureChecked against:
For instance, in professional country music, the Nashville Number System is the main method, and for string instruments such as guitar, it is quite common for tablature to be used by players.
Source, pinned revision
Rhythm
Trace the English term to the Greek word named by the source. 100
rhythmosChecked against:
Rhythm (from Greek ῥυθμός, rhythmos, "any regular recurring motion, symmetry") generally means a "movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions".
Source, pinned revisionWhat opposing element strengths occur in the general definition? 200
strong and weak elementsChecked against:
Rhythm (from Greek ῥυθμός, rhythmos, "any regular recurring motion, symmetry") generally means a "movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions".
Source, pinned revisionExpress the broader concept as a recurrence or pattern in what dimension? 300
timeChecked against:
This general meaning of regular recurrence or pattern in time can apply to a wide variety of cyclical natural phenomena having a periodicity or frequency of anything from microseconds to several seconds (as with the riff in a rock music song); to several minutes or hours, or, at the most extreme, even over many years.
Source, pinned revisionIn performance arts, rhythm describes the timing of what? 400
eventsChecked against:
In the performance arts, rhythm is the timing of events on a human scale; of musical sounds and silences that occur over time, of the steps of a dance, or the meter of spoken language and poetry.
Source, pinned revisionPair the two musical phenomena said to occur over time. 500
musical sounds and silencesChecked against:
In the performance arts, rhythm is the timing of events on a human scale; of musical sounds and silences that occur over time, of the steps of a dance, or the meter of spoken language and poetry.
Source, pinned revision
Dance
Identify the art form made from selected or improvised body movement sequences. 100
DanceChecked against:
Dance is an art form, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected.
Source, pinned revisionWhat physical material forms the sequences in that art? 200
body movementsChecked against:
Dance is an art form, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected.
Source, pinned revisionWhich organizing feature can categorize and describe a dance? 300
choreographyChecked against:
Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoire of movements or by its historical period or place of origin.
Source, pinned revisionWhat usually accompanies a dance performance? 400
musical accompanimentChecked against:
Dance is typically performed with musical accompaniment, and sometimes with the dancer simultaneously using a musical instrument themselves.
Source, pinned revisionChoose the group-dance type contrasted with theatrical dance. 500
participatory danceChecked against:
Two common types of group dance are theatrical and participatory dance.
Source, pinned revision
Sound
Name the phenomenon in which pressure disturbances propagate through a medium. 100
SoundChecked against:
Sound is a phenomenon in which pressure disturbances propagate through an elastic material medium.
Source, pinned revisionWhich disturbances travel through the material in the source's definition? 200
pressure disturbancesChecked against:
Sound is a phenomenon in which pressure disturbances propagate through an elastic material medium.
Source, pinned revisionWhat kind of material medium is required by that definition? 300
elastic material mediumChecked against:
Sound is a phenomenon in which pressure disturbances propagate through an elastic material medium.
Source, pinned revisionClassify sound in physics by the wave type named in the source. 400
mechanical waveChecked against:
In the context of physics, it is characterised as a mechanical wave of pressure or related quantities (e.g. displacement), whereas in physiological-psychological contexts it implies a hearing process.
Source, pinned revisionState the cited audio-frequency span of the human ear. 500
20 Hz to 20 kHzChecked against:
Though sensitivity to sound varies among all organisms, the human ear is sensitive to audio frequencies ranging from 20 Hz to 20 kHz.
Source, pinned revision
Final round
Electric guitars and the theremin share the source's list with this plural keyboard instrument.
synthesizersChecked against:
While the evolution of traditional musical instruments slowed beginning in the 20th century, the proliferation of electricity led to the invention of new electric and electronic instruments, such as electric guitars, synthesizers, and the theremin.
Source, pinned revision
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