Instruments
Music Terms
Note Reading
Music Theory
Other Stuff
100

The three families of band instruments

What are brass, percussion and woodwinds

100
The word that means the speed of music
What is tempo
100

Name the 2 clefs used in band

What treble and bass clefs

100
The 2 numbers at the beginning of a song are called...
What is a time signature
100
The curved line that connects notes that are the same
What is a tie
200
A percussion instrument that is set up like a piano keyboard
What is xylophone, bells, marimba, or vibes
200
The word that means volume in music
What are dynamics
200
The sentence taught to remember the lines of either the treble clef or the bass clef
What is either: Every Good Boy Does Fine (treble) or Great Big Dogs Fight Aardvarks (bass)
200
The three symbols used to change a pitch.
What are sharps, flats, naturals
200
This is put at the end of a song or line of music to indicate the end.
What is a double bar line
300
The tuba that is used in marching band (hint: it's named after a very famous composer of marches)
What is the sousaphone
300
The musical term that means very fast
What is allegro
300
The third space note in your clef
What is either: e (bass clef) or c (treble)
300
The note that gets 3 beats
What is a dotted half note
300

How many minutes do you get for a passing period in band?

5 minutes 

400
The french word for how to hold your lips to play a brass instrument.
What is "embouchure"
400
The word that means loud
What is forte
400
The symbol used to lower a note by one half step
What is a flat
400
A dotted quarter note equals how many eighth notes tied together?
What is 3
400

When should you use the bathroom during band class?

Before you enter the band room at the start of class


500

The brass instrument that have no valves or keys

What is trombone


500

The musical term that means very slow

What is largo

500
The small line used with notes above or below the staff to help identify the note
What is a ledger line
500

Tell what both numbers of a time signature mean

What is how many beats in a measure and what kind of note gets one beat

500
Name a double reeded instrument
What are oboe, bassoon or english horn
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