ESQ Music
The two music classes offered inside the timetable (A, B, C, or D block) at ESQ.
What are General Music and Guitar?
The names of the four music clefs.
What is treble, alto, tenor, and bass?
Mr. Leeson taught at this school before moving full-time to ESQ.
What is Shoreline Middle School?
This hip hop artist is also known for playing the flute.
Who is Lizzo?
This Italian music term means to slow down gradually. (full word, not abbreviated)
What is ritardando?
The ESQ Music program's biggest priority. (Hint: Remember the first music meeting!)
What is your health and well-being?
When clapping along with a song, you should always clap on these beats.
What are 2 and 4?
Ms. Allison and Mr. Leeson's primary instruments (what they played when they were in school).
What are Oboe and French Horn?
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl was formerly a drummer of this grunge band.
Who is Nirvana?
Means "a lot" in Italian.
What is Molto?
The names of all of the outside the timetable music classes at ESQ.
What are Junior Concert Band, Senior Concert Band, Junior Jazz Band, Senior Jazz Band, R&B Band, Concert Choir, Vocal Ensemble, Musical Theatre, and Strings Orchestra?
This note is a major third up from E.
What is G#?
Ms. Allison's favourite drink from a coffee shop.
What is a London Fog?
This famous left handed guitarist played a right handed guitar upside down and taught himself to play just by listening to recordings.
Who is Jimi Hendrix?
The literal translation for the musical term and Italian word "Coda".
(What does it mean in Italian?)
What is "tail"?
This academics teacher no longer teaches music at ESQ, but taught in the music program for fifteen years. (The OG Music Teacher)
Who is Ms. Treble?
The individual notes found in a D7 chord (Dominant chord)
What are D, F#, A, and C?
Asking for stories about this country is a surefire way to get Mr. Leeson off topic.
What is Japan?
This country artist donated one million dollars towards the development of the Moderna vaccine for Covid-19 and ran a charity that provided free books to children.
Who is Dolly Parton?
The meaning of "sempre staccato".
What is "always played detached"?
These are the first names of all the members of your group. (must be answered by one person without aide)
Who is.... (insert names of your group)
This symbol is used to mark numbers as scale degrees when annotating music.
What is ^?
Ms. Allison taught at this school before coming to ESQ.
What is Cedar Hill Middle School?
This famous actor who had roles in Jurassic Park, the MCU, and the Star Wars prequels played the French Horn in school. (So you know they're cool)
Who is Samuel L. Jackson?
Italian for "with brightness". Used in music to ask you to play vigorously with spirit.
What is "Con Brio"?