This activity is for two competing teams, each with a volunteer standing on one side of the IWB. A musical word appears near the top of the screen. It belongs to one of the categories in the list below it. A point is awarded to the first team to identify the correct category. But if the first guess is wrong, the turn passes to the opposing team. If they also guess wrongly, or run out of time, the turn passes back to the first team again, and so on. Which team can score the most points?

Questions are chosen in random order from a question bank. So you can take a 'first team to reach 5' approach and the questions will be different each time you play.

Other keywords:
quiz, musical elements, pitch, tempo, dynamics, duration, timbre, texture, structure
Don't Panic 1

This activity is for two competing teams, each with a volunteer standing on one side of the IWB. A musical word appears near the top of the screen. It belongs to one of the categories in the list below it. A point is awarded to the first team to identify the correct category. But if the first guess is wrong, the turn passes to the opposing team. If they also guess wrongly, or run out of time, the turn passes back to the first team again, and so on. Which team can score the most points?

Questions are chosen in random order from a question bank. So you can take a 'first team to reach 5' approach and the questions will be different each time you play.

Other keywords:
quiz, musical genres, 20th century classical, pre-20th century classical, jazz, british rock and pop, american rock and pop, world music
dontpanic3

This activity is for two competing teams, each with a volunteer standing on one side of the IWB. A musical word appears near the top of the screen. It belongs to one of the categories in the list below it. A point is awarded to the first team to identify the correct category. But if the first guess is wrong, the turn passes to the opposing team. If they also guess wrongly, or run out of time, the turn passes back to the first team again, and so on. Which team can score the most points?

Questions are chosen in random order from a question bank. So you can take a 'first team to reach 5' approach and the questions will be different each time you play.

Other keywords:quiz, general musical knowledge, numbers, how many
don't panic 5

Interactive activity to improve listening and analysis skills. Listen to four extracts of music from Britten's String Simple Symphony and match descriptions to each piece.

Featured excerpts; Boisterous Bourree, Playful Pizzicato, Sentimental Saraband, Frolicsome Finale.
(Played by Maggini Quartet)

There are 10 sets of clues. In each set there are four clues leading to an answer. The first clue is quite broad. Each successive clue will narrow down the possibilities a little more. The final clue will take you quite close to the answer. How good are you at predicting what that answer might be as the clues are revealed?

Other keywords:
quiz, person, instrument, type of music, musical term, pot luck, John Williams, film music, star wars, mouthpiece, valves, trumpet, disco, MC, DJ, rapping, hip hop, elements, length, rhythm, pop group, liverpool, the beatles, austrian, child prodigy, mozart, strings, plucked, strummed, electric, acoustic, guitar, traditional, folk song, dynamic, f, forte, electronic device, compressed audio, mp3

There are 10 sets of clues. In each set there are four clues leading to an answer. The first clue is quite broad. Each successive clue will narrow down the possibilities a little more. The final clue will take you quite close to the answer. How good are you at predicting what that answer might be as the clues are revealed?

Other keywords: quiz, person, instrument, type of music, musical term, pot luck, boy band, male singer, angels, escapology, intensive care, robby williams, jazz, pop, mouthpiece, single reed, saxophone, dance, stage music, swan lake nutcracker, ballet, device, repeated pattern, ostinato, rock musician, paul david hewson, irish, bono, english composer, pomp and circumstance, land of hope and glory, elgar, indian, strings, ravi shankar, george harrison, sitar, bob marley, west indies, jamaica, reggae, bagpipes, sustained, repeated, drone, song, londonderry air, danny boy

There are 10 sets of clues. In each set there are four clues leading to an answer. The first clue is quite broad. Each successive clue will narrow down the possibilities a little more. The final clue will take you quite close to the answer. How good are you at predicting what that answer might be as the clues are revealed?

Other keywords:
quiz, person, instrument, type of music, musical term, pot luck, swing band, trombonist, in the mood, moonlight serenade, orchestral percussion, kettle drums, timpani, classical, movements, pastoral, eroica, new world, surprise, symphony, elements, layers, texture, rock, queen, bohemian rhapsody, russian composer, 1812 overture, nutcracker, swan lake, tchaikovsky, tuned percussion, metal bars, glockenspiel, gentle, babies, sleep, lullaby, structure, ABA, ternary, russian overture, tchaikovsky, cannon, bells, 1812

Interactive activity to improve listening and analysis skills. Listen to four different extracts of music and match descriptions to each piece.
Featured excerpts; The Bonesetter's Dance by Klezmer Cafe Jew Zoo, Sensemaya by Revueltas, Symphony no. 6 2nd movement by Tchaikovsky and Blues Guaguanco by Cuban Jazz.