Instruments
What are the names of the three instrument families we use in band?
Brass, Percussion and Woodwinds
What is the group of individual cells of music between bar lines called?
Measure
What note gets one beat of sound?
Quarter Note
What is the symbol at the end of a song called that tells us the song is finised?
Double bar line or Final bar line
Name a brass instrument that is not in this class.
French Horn or Tuba
What is the name of the symbol that separates measures?
Bar Line
The first line note in your clef is called...?
Treble Clef - E
Bass Clef - G
What rhythm gets two beats of silence?
Half Rest
What symbol tells us to play a song a second time?
Repeat sign
What is the lowest sounding instrument in our band?
Low Brass, bass drum, timpani
What do we call the five lines that we read and write music on?
The Music Staff
The third space note in your clef is called...?
Treble Clef - C
Bass Clef - E
What is a whole rest?
What do we call the device that helps us keep the steady beat?
Metronome
What is the word for how to hold your lips to play an instrument?
Embouchure
A _________ ____________ looks like a fraction at the beginning of a song.
Time Signature
What is the musical alphabet?
A B C D E F G
What rhythm gets four counts of sound?
Whole Note
What is the term for using our tongue to change notes?
Articulation
Name two woodwind instruments.
Flute, Oboe, Saxophone, Clarinet, Bassoon
What does the top and bottom number of a time signature tell us?
The amount of beats per measure and what rhythm gets one beat.
What are the small lines that appear above or below the staff to extend the staff. For example the first C that clarinet and trumpet plays has this line.
Ledger Lines
A single eighth note is worth how many beats?
1/2
What does D.S. al Fine mean?
Got back to the sign and play to the Fine.
Dal Segno al Fine