Bill Nye Music

What is music?

• Vibrations moving through the air

• whistling

• playing a saxophone

• all of these

Low notes have waves that are

• far apart

• wet

• close together

• hard to hear

What is rhythm?

• How close notes are and how long they last

• The highness or lowness of a sound

• The loudness of a sound

• all of these

High pitch sounds waves

• are close together

• far apart

• hard to hear

• all of these

Sound is caused by

• vibrations

• heat

• ears

• all of these

Music is a

• pattern of sounds

• boring class

• Bill Nye's only show topic ever

• any noise

A device used to help us see sound waves is a

• telescope

• barometer

• osciliscope

• thermometer

Which famous saxophonist is in this episode?

• Kelpy G

• Kenny G

• Kenny Rogers

• none of these

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Music is usually divided into equal groups called bars or _____.

• lines

• measures

• staffs

• all of these

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Bill's tuning fork vibrates at ____ vibrations per second

• 440

• 360

• 90

• 1400