Music Theory
2025-2026 Pieces
Goldner Trivia
Band Room Trivia
Instrument Trivia
100

How many beats are in a dotted half note?

3

100

What piece do all band students play every year?

Beginners Rock

100

Goldner's favorite color?

Yellow :)

100

Where does all of your missing stuff go?

Box of Shame

100

What do clarinets and saxophones use on their instrument to make a sound?

Reeds

200

What does a crescendo tell us to do?

get louder

200

Who is the composer of Beginners Rock, Afterburn, Groovy 8, Angelic Celebrations, Dark Ride, and many others?

Randall Standridge

200

Goldner's primary instrument

Flute

200

How many cubbies are there?

234

200

What are trumpets, trombones, baritones, and tubas all made of?

Brass

300

What is it called what there is a line connecting two different notes?

Slur

300

What was our final piece of our Winter concert?

6th grade- Nutcracker

7th Grade- Beyond the Void

8th Grade- Halcyon Hearts

300

How old is Goldner AND when is her birthday month?

27, April

300

How many doors are in the band room?

12

300

What do you call a tiny flute that sounds much higher than a normal flute?

piccolo

400

Write the correct counting for 4 8th notes and 8 16th notes in a single measure of 4/4

1 + 2 + 3e+a 4e+a

400

What do we do when we see DC Al Coda? (3 steps)

Go back to the top, play until "to coda", go to Coda

400

Which Elementary, Middle, and High School did Goldner attend?

Irving, FLW, Hale

400

What is in the cabinets in the back of the room?

Percussion instruments

400

Name 7 different types of percussion instruments

cymbals, snare, bass, timpani, bells, marimba, tambourine, toms, triangle, shaker, guiro, chimes, etc etc etc

500

What are slurs, ties, staccatos, marcatos, tenutos, etc. all part of? 

Articulations

500

How many different pieces did we perform this year in your grade level? (6th grade, do NOT include book stuff)

6th- 7

7th- 9

8th- 10

500

Piece of music that made Goldner want to teach band! (there's 2, either of them count!)

Jungle Dance OR City Trees

500

Name 5 things you can find in the music library

band music, ice machine, sink, solo & ensemble music, essential elements books, sticks and mallets, soap, buckets, etc.

500

What do you use to hold a reed to the mouthpiece of your instrument?

Ligature

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