Rhythm
Music Theory
Band Instruments
Musical Terms
Miscellaneous
100

This type of note receives 4 beats.

What is a whole note?

100

This is the name of the 5 lines and 4 spaces where music notes are written.

What is the staff?
100

This instrument has a slide instead of valves.

What is a trombone?

100

This term means a gradual increase in volume.

What is a crescendo?

100

The term for adjusting an instrument to correct the pitch.

What is tuning?


200

This type of note receives 3 beats.

What is a dotted half note?


200

This symbol indicates silence.

What is a rest?

200

This instrument is used to help keep a steady beat.

What is a bass drum?

200

This term means short and seperated.

What is staccato?

200

This is something the conductor uses to keep the band together.

What is a baton?

300

This type of note receives 1/2 of a beat.

What is an eighth note?

300

This term is used to describe the speed of music.

What is tempo?

300

If you were to unroll this instrument, it would be 12 feet long.

What is the french horn?

300

This term means smooth and connected.

What is legato?

300

The written music for a piece that shows all of the parts for each instrument.

What is a score?

400

This symbol indicates that you add two note values together.

What is a tie?

400
The term used to describe the sharps and flats at the beginning of a piece of music.

What is the key signature?

400

This instrument consists of tuned metal plates arranged like a keyboard.

What are bells?

400

This term means "fast" or "lively."

What is Allegro?
400

The term for adding emphasis to a note.

What is an accent?

500

This many sixteenth notes fit into one beat in 4/4 time.

What are 4 sixteenth notes?

500

This term is used to describe the volume of music.

What are dynamics?

500

This instrument uses a double reed.

What is the oboe?  

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What is the bassoon?

500

This abbreviation tells you to go back to the beginning of the piece of music.

What is a D.C.?

500

The highest pitched brass instrument.

What is the trumpet?
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