Classroom Procedures
Vocabulary
Posture & Embochure
Note Names
Rhythm & Counting
100
Where do you store your instruments during the school day?
The shelf in the front of the classroom
100
This symbol means to take a breath
Breath Mark
100
Everyone in your team sit/stand with the proper posture for your instrument
Varied based on your instrument
100
What direction are the notes moving?
UP
100
Draw a Whole note on the board
Should look like a circle with no stem, circle in NOT colored in
200
True or False: It is ok to play your instrument at anytime during the class period
False
200
This term means you are playing or singing for the first time
What is sight reading
200
What is Embouchure?
How your mouth is shaped for your instrument to make sound
200
What note sits on the 4th line of the Treble Clef Staff
D
200
Draw a half note on the board
Half notes are open circles with stems
300
The talking and warm-up playing should stop when?
When Mr. Furrow starts the class.
300
A Solo is when one person is playing or singing. What is it when a small group or section plays or sings?
A Soli
300
For wind players, what is the syllable to think/speak into your instruments when you are playing notes?
TA
300
What note sits on the 1st line of the Treble Clef Staff
E
300
How many counts do whole notes, half notes, and quarter notes get in 4/4 time?
Whole notes - 4
half notes - 2
quarter notes - 1
400
When you pack up for the end of class, where do your music and music stand go?
music - in the tan shelf
stands - IN the stand rack (not by it!)
400
What term means everyone plays or sings
Tutti
400
Wind players stop the sound on their instruments how? Percussion stop the sound on their instruments how
Winds: taking in a breath or stop blowing air
Percussion: placing your hand on the bar of the bells
400
What note sits on the 3rd space of the Treble Clef Staff
C
400
How many counts do whole rests, half rests, and quarter rests get in 4/4 time?
Whole Rests - 4
Half Rests - 2
Quarter Rests - 1
500
A GREAT band student always has what 3 things with them in class?
1) Instrument
2) Music/Book
3) A Pencil
500
A song in which the same part is played or sung by two or more different groups starting at different times is called a what?
Round
500
Should your back ever be touching the back of your chair when you are playing your instrument?
NO
500
What note sits on the 4th line of the Bass Clef Staff
F
500
Draw on the board a whole rest & a half rest and explain the difference between the two
They both look similar. The Whole rest looks like an upside down hat that sits underneath a line on the staff. The Half rest looks like a right side up hat that sits right on top of a line on the staff.