Instruments
Music Terms
Note Reading
Music Theory
Other Stuff
100
The four families of instruments
What are brass, strings, percussion and woodwinds
100
The word that means the speed of music
What is tempo
100
Name the 2 clefs used in band
What treble and bass clefs
100
The 2 numbers at the beginning of a song are called...
What is a time signature
100

What part of our bodies shouldn't move when we breathe?

What are shoulders?

200
A percussion instrument that is set up like a piano keyboard
What is xylophone, bells, marimba, or vibes
200
The word that means volume in music
What are dynamics
200
The sentence taught to remember the lines of either the treble clef or the bass clef
What is either: Every Good Boy Does Fine (treble) or Great Big Dogs Fight Aardvarks (bass)
200

This clef is usually used by higher pitched instruments.

What is treble clef?

200

Describe proper playing posture.

What is having a straight back, relaxed shoulders, sitting on the edge of your chair, with feet on the floor? 

300

Members of this instrument family usually aren't found in concert bands.

What is the string family?

300

This is the word for how we start the sound on our instrument, usually by saying "to" or "do". 

What is articulation?

300

A half note is worth how many beats?

What is two? 

300

What can a conductor tell you with their hand motions?

What are tempo, meter, dynamics, and style? 

300

This symbol, indicated by two dots (:) before a double is called what?

What is a repeat sign?

400
Name a double reeded instrument
What are oboe, bassoon or english horn
400

A pattern of notes played over top of a beat is called what?

What is rhythm? 

400
Whole notes are so called because of what?
What is they take up a whole measure?
400

The lowest note a brass instrument can play in a given slide position or valve combination is called what?

What is the fundamental? 
400
This is put at the end of a song or line of music to indicate the end.
What is a double bar line
500

This member of the clarinet family is an octave lower than the Bb Clarinet.

What is the Bass Clarinet?

500

A series of notes that starts and ends on the same pitch.

What is a scale? 

500

The symbol used to lower a note by one half step

What is a flat

500

Brass instruments are able to play many different notes using the same valve or slide combination. What are these series of notes called?

What is the harmonic series? 
500

The word for the way you form your lips to play an instrument.

What is "embouchure"

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