Buffalo Bills
Music Theory
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Super Challenge Questions
100

Touchdown! The Buffalo Bills are a professional team in this sport.

What is football?

100

Of quarter notes, eighth notes and sixteenth notes, these are the shortest.

What are sixteenth notes?

100

Had a 5/4 time signature.

What is Quintilian?

100

I am the lowest sounding member of the brass family in 7th grade band.

What is the tuba?

100

8th grade next year? That means you'll participate in this group that gives you outdoor performance opportunities on sunny Saturdays in May.

What is Marching Band?

200

This superstar Bills quarterback was recently named the cover athlete for the popular videogame Madden.

Who is Josh Allen?

200

When the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 8th note of a scale are played simultaneously, you have a chord. Play them one note at a time, and you get this common warm up.

What is an arpeggio?

200

Is considered a lyrical selection due to its tempo and harmonies.

What is In This Quiet Place?

200

We are in the percussion family, and are comprised of four, pitched drums.

What are the timpani?

200

A flute and a trumpet are trying to play the same note. If the flute plays a Bb, the trumpet will have to play this note for it to sound the same.

What is a C?

300

What a catch! This Bills star wide receiver led the league in receiving yards in 2020.

Who is Stefon Diggs?

300

Uh-oh, my band has 32 trumpets, 14 alto saxophones and 1 tuba. I better make sure I work on this musical element so each instrument's part is heard.

What is balance?

300

Is considered a medley.

What is Star Wars: The Last Jedi?

300

I am in the brass family, and 7th grade band members get my mouthpieces stuck 1,000,000 times more than any other instrument!

What is the trumpet?

300

An ensemble comprised of two trumpets, one French horn, one trombone, and one tuba is called this.

What is a brass quintet?

400

Hey-ey-ey-ey! The Bills' scoring song is a simple, one-word title. Perhaps something you might do at a football game.

What is "Shout"?

400

MR. FISH would be so proud. I've remembered that this musical element deals with the overall structure of a piece, including number of measures and repeats, or lack thereof.

What is Form?

400

Made use of the expressive marking rallentando.

What is In This Quiet Place?

400

I am in the woodwind family and utilize a double reed to produce sound. You may have heard of my cousin, the bassoon.

What is the oboe?

400

This composer that we studied composed the piece An American in Paris, which utilizes several notable motifs.

Who is George Gershwin?

500

Although the team is named for the second biggest city in New York State, the Bills actually play their home games in this smaller Western New York Town.

What is Orchard Park, New York?

500

This is the name given to a short, repeated musical phrase, often used in long pieces of classical music.

What is a motif?

500

Had a recurring motif utilizing a sixteenth-eighth-sixteenth note pattern.

What is Cake-Walk for Band?

500

I am in the percussion family and utilize a foot pedal to sustain my notes as opposed to the xylophone, which doesn't sustain a pitch.

What is the vibraphone?

500

Super Challenge for 500???????? I WARNED YOU! Name the 11 instruments in our band in SCORE ORDER. (Percussion counts as 1 instrument).

What is Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone,              Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba, Percussion?

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