Musical Signals
The two types of signatures at the beginning of music
What are time signatures and key signatures?
This rhythm gets four beats and also takes up a whole measure of 4/4
What is a whole note or whole rest?
This instrument is who the whole band balances to
What is Tuba?
The beginning part of the band class that allows instruments to get warmed up for accurate tuning
What is Warm ups?
The speed of music is called
Time signatures tells us two things. The top number tells us____ and the bottom number tells us _____
What is top number tells us "how many beats in a measure" and the bottom number tells us "what note gets the beat"?
This rhythm value is shorter than an eighth note
What is a sixteenth note?
This instrument is a giant tuning slide
What is the trombone?
The three main things you should ALWAYS have in a band rehearsal
What is music, pencil, and instrument?
This marking tells musicians to repeat back to the beginning and stop playing at "fine"
What is Da Capo Fine?
These are FOUR main dynamics seen in music
What is Piano, Mezzo Piano, Mezzo Forte, and Forte?
Describe what happens when the director says "You are compressing your notes"
What is rushing?
These are the three main types of instruments
What is woodwind, brass, and percussion?
Describe how a musician should sit when waiting for the conductor to put their hands up AND when hands come up.
What is: Hands Down: Sitting up tall, instrument position varies on the player
Hands Up: instrument is up in playing position and eyes are on the conductor for the tempo
"Counter Melody" means
What is moving notes that are similar to the main melody in rhythm but not in notes?
The Rule of Accidentals
What is when a sharp, flat, or natural is placed on a note, it overrides the key signature for that particular note (and all other same notes) for only that measure it is in?
A dot BESIDES the note typically does this.
What is add half the note's rhythmic value to the total length?
This instrument group is the only ones not allowed to look up at the conductor for the tempo
Who is NO ONE?
(This was a trick question :) )
Counting is important for this reason
What is helps keep the band together and/ or helps sections come in at the right moments?
Articulation describes...
Name the musical staff lines and spaces.
(Treble) What is E, G, B, D, F for lines and F, A, C, E for spaces?
(Bass) What is G, B, D, F, A for lines and A, C, E, G for spaces?
When we say "te" in counting, what part of the beat is it counting
What is the upbeat?
There are ____ number of pitched instrument groups.
(For example, Tuba is pitched in concert pitch or C)
What is four?
Bonus for naming them: Bb, C, Eb, F
This occurs when one or more sections plays too loudly without listening for the moving lines
What is the balance is off?
A musical phrase usually has this many measures
What is eight measures?