People
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Vocabulary
Symbols
Music Trivia
100

This person plays the trumpet and used to be the Band Director when PCMS opened.

Who is Mr. Olson?

100

These are the names of our two concert pieces.

What are Dragonfire and Jurassic Park?

100

This word describes the volume levels of music.

What are dynamics?

100

This note has 1 beam

What are 8th notes?
100

This song contains these lyrics: "And did you think this fool could never win? / Well, look at me, I'm a-coming back again"?

What is I'm Still Standing by Elton John?

200

The day of your band director's birthday.

What is August 13th?

200

These are the names of the composers of both of our concert pieces.

Who are Michael Sweeney and Paul Lavender?
200

How high or low a note sounds. This also creates the melody of a song.

What is a pitch?

200

This symbol means to hold out or sustain a note.

What is a fermata?

200

This is the original name of the trombone.

What is the Sackbut?

300

The number of trumpet players in beginning band.

What is 22?

300

These sections have the melody at the beginning of Jurassic Park.

Who are the clarinets and alto saxophones?

300

The speed of the pulse.

What is tempo?

300

This symbol connects two different notes with a curved line.

What is a slur?

300

This is the name of the smaller instruments in the percussion family.

What are auxiliary instruments?

400

This person is a multi-instrumentalist and performed at an assembly this year.

Who is Parker Y.?

400

The number of different note values written in Dragonfire.

What is 4? (Quarter, Half, Whole, Eighth)

400

Sharps, flats, or natural signs are considered part of this family of symbols.

What are Accidentals?

400

This rest is shaped like a top hat.

What is a half rest?

400

The highest pitched saxophone.

What is the soprano saxophone?

500

This person is the choir director at PCMS.

Who is Mr. Roberts?

500

One of our two composers is the Vice President of Instrumental Publications for Hal Leonard.

Who is Paul Lavender?

500

Adding a dot does this to a note.

What is adding half the notes value to itself?

500

This symbol connects two of the same notes with a curved line.

What is a tie?

500

The number of keys on a piano.

What has 88 keys?

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