Xylophone/Recorder
When playing recorder, what hand goes on top?
Left
True or False: When playing an accessible drumset, it's important to make your pen height as high as possible.
False! It could hurt others and makes it more difficult to play accurately
What does the time signature tell us?
How many beats are in a measure
What are the three places we put our hands when performing?
In front of you, next to you, or behind you
What is the helper for remembering the spaces in the treble clef?
Face in the space
When playing the xylophone, you need to play on this part of the key...
Middle/Center
True or False: In the form AABABA, the As are all played differently.
False! The "A" sections are always played the same.
If the time signature is 3/4, there are _____ beats in a measure
3
True or False: When we breathe in to sing, we should always raise our shoulders.
False - this creates tension!
What is the helper for remembering the lines of the treble clef?
Every Good Burger Deserves Fries
or
Ernie Gives Bert Dead Frogs
True or False: When playing xylophone, ready position is the same as playing an "accessible drumset" (think what we played at beginning of the year)
True
What can you do to avoid playing on a rest?
Nod your head/move a part of your body
What is whisper tonguing?
When a rhythm is performed by making a "ts" sound
Unison
As an audience member, how do we show a performer they did well when they finish?
Clap
What kind of air do you need to use to play recorder?
Warm air (like a yawn)
List the materials used to make an accessible drumset.
Cutting board, can, tambourine, pens
Explain the difference of how a quarter note (pear) and half note (lime) is written
Quarter note = circle is filled in
Half note = circle isn't filled in
When we split into three parts for "Onomatopoeia," how is the part division done?
By riser level
(Top riser, middle riser, bottom riser)
True or False: When we use a lot of air, it helps us to sing high notes.
True
What are the names of the five notes we've learned?
G, A, B, E, D
When playing sixteenth notes (watermelon), what syllables do we use to count the rhythm?
1 e + a, 2 e +a, etc.
What is the difference between beat and rhythm?
Beat = consistent, doesn't change
Rhythm = lines up with the beat, but changes. Example: Quarter note (pear), half note (lime), eighth notes (apple)
What is an Onomatopoeia?
A figure of speech where words resemble or suggest the sounds they describe.
Examples: "buzz," "bang," or "whisper".
What is error detection?
When Faith purposefully plays/sings something wrong, and students need to identify what she did incorrectly