Bach, Beethoven and Debussy

Mozart, Schubert and Holst

Liszt, Schumann and Ravel

Joplin, Scott and Morton

Asian and South Pacific

European and African

Australian and Indian

American and Asian

New York and Chicago

Detroit and Cincinnati

St. Louis and New Orleans

Kansas City and Memphis

Sheet music being used as rags

Performers wearing rags as clothes

It's another name for "Old Time"

New Orleans was the rag capitol of the United States

it was one the radio

it was very easy to play

it was printed and sold in shops

it came with every player piano

A way to play instruments together so they sound good

Circular metal instruments that are hit together to make sound

A piece of music in which one or more solo instruments alternate with the larger orchestra

A music scale made up of 12 notes, each a half step apart

A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of short, wooden sticks

1. A group of singers. 2. The music for a group of singers. 3. The section of a song that is repeated after each verse

The principal violinist designated as the leader of an orchestra

The person who makes sure that everyone in the orchestra or choir is playing or singing the right thing

A mixed group of instruments, with a large number of string instruments, and wind and percussion too

A piece of music played at the beginning of a play, opera or ballet in order to set the mood

The name of different tools used to soften the tone of instruments

Sound organized by using elements of melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre

A quick ballroom dance, similar to the polka

An English dance named for the fact that it was first accompanied by a pipe made from an animal's horn

American-born music that uses syncopation, altered scales, specific harmonies, and improvisation

Church music with no rhythm and no harmony. Sung without music by a number of people

Music that has two or more independent melodies woven together. Also called counterpoint

A piece of music, many times played on the organ, to end a church service

A musical introduction. Organ preludes often introduce church services; instrumental preludes can introduce operas or suites

Any piece of instrumental music that is based on a book, story or picture and is trying to tell about it through the music

A free-form piece that takes different tunes and strings them together

An instrumental form with a refrain that keeps coming back

A song with one melody line that is sung or played in parts, with each part beginning at a different time, creating harmony

Like a chorus, but for instrumental music

It is a quick, fun piece of music that can be used as the second or third movement in a sonata

A piece of music (part of a composition or a whole composition) written for a single voice or instrument

A piece of instrumental music written to be performed by a soloist usually, but not necessarily, consisting of several movements

A term now normally taken to signify an extended work for orchestra, consisting of several movements

A melody in a piece of music that is shorter than a movement

A short piece of music written for a solo voice, with or without accompaniment

A direction in musical composition telling musicians to play short, sharp, disconnected notes

A set of five lines and four spaces on which notes are written to indicate their pitch