Music Theory
The note that's worth one beat.
What is a quarter note?
The way you play your drum so it sounds it's best, usually striking it and immediately taking your hand away.
What is how to make good tone?
This microphone is good for recording.
What is a condenser mic?
This can show important dates in history, but horizontally.
What is a timeline?
Mr. Hamp throws a fit if you are chewing this in the classroom. You also shouldn't swallow it, but that's just an urban legend.
The note that's worth two beats.
What is a half note?
The instrument that goes shakey shake shakey shake.
It's good for sound reinforcement, especially after you've built the stage with it.
What is a dynamic mic.
These four letters are used after years to show when they were in ancient history or when they're in the common era.
What is BC and AD?
You gotta use two hands, move slowly, and decide if it's a solo or duet.
The line that comes up or down off of a note-head.
What is a stem?
This middle eastern drum is shaped like a goblet, and it's name sounds like the tones you can play on it.
What is a doumbek?
This part of the wave represents how loud the sound is. Groovy dude!
What is amplitude?
This monk invented more modern music notation than neumes, and was friends with Stan the Stinky (allegedly).
What is Guido D'Arezzo?
What is 48V or phantom power?
The line that connects the stems of two quarter notes to make eighth notes.
What is a beam?
What is a xylophone?
What is frequency?
This Greek philosopher studied the ratios of strings. He also did stuff with triangles, but we'll leave that theorem for math class.
Who is Pythagoras?
This god of music killed python and began the pythian games. Also god of the moon.
Who is Apollo?
The symbol that tells us what the notes on the staff are going to be, usually the names of the pitches.
What is a clef?
The most famous drum from West Africa, it sounds like diamonds in a body of water.
What is a djembe?
What are hertz and decibels?
What are the lyre and the aulos?
You have one of these in your body, and so does a microphone. It picks up the sound and vibrates.
What is a diaphragm?