Rhythms
Notes
Brass
Woodwinds
Percussion
100
This note lasts for 1 beat in 4/4 time
What is a quarter note?
100
On the Treble Clef staff, these are the names of the spaces from bottom to top.
What is FACE?
100
This is what you blow air into to capture the buzz.
What is the mouthpiece?
100
This instrument uses a single reed that is placed on a mouthpiece and held down by a ligature.
What is a Clarinet?
100
This instrument is similar to the layout of the piano, using keys that are struck to produce pitch.
What are Bells, Xylophone, Marimba, Vibraphone?
200
There are 2 of these notes in 1 quarter note.
What are eighth notes?
200
On the Bass Clef staff these are names of the lines from bottom to top.
What is G, B, D, F, A?
200
This instrument uses a slide to manipulate the notes.
What is the Trombone?
200
Apart from the Bassoon, woodwinds usually read this clef.
What is Treble Clef?
200
These are used to hit the Bells or Xylophone to produce the pitch.
What are Mallets?
300
This lasts for four beats.
What is a whole note?
300
On the Treble Clef staff, these are the names of the lines from bottom to top.
What is E, G, B, D, F?
300
This small to medium sized instrument uses valves to manipulate the pitches.
What is the Trumpet?
300
These are what woodwinds use to manipulate the pitch.
What are Keys or Tone Holes?
300
This percussion instrument was played in the military to help soldiers keep pace with marching and to scare the enemy.
What is the snare drum?
400
This lies in between a quarter note and a whole note.
What is a half note?
400
On the Bass Clef staff, these are the names of the spaces.
What is A, C, E, G?
400
You can adjust these on your brass instrument to help with tuning or pitch?
What are Tuning Slides or Slides?
400
Popularized in Jazz, this instrument uses a reed, but is made out of brass but still qualifies as a woodwind.
What is the Saxophone?
400
This percussion instrument is often played sitting down, and uses fingers to manipulate keys which in turn cause hammers to strike strings that are suspended on a sound board.
What is the Piano?
500
This is the note value that is smaller than an 8th note. There are four of these inside a quarter note.
What is sixteenth notes?
500
This is the last note of the Musical Alphabet before it repeats back to A.
What is G?
500
This is the biggest brass instrument in Band, Mr. Craig played it in College.
What is the Tuba?
500
This is the oldest instrument known to humans, it was once made out of wood, stone and even bones.
What is the Flute?
500
This is an extremely popular percussion instrument used in Rock bands, Jazz Bands and many other musical groups and is a set of different drums of cymbals.
What is the Drum Set?
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