Instruments
Music Terms
Note Reading
Music Theory
Classroom Expectations
100

The three families of 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 two things you grab at the beginning of class

What is chair/stand

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 curved line that connects notes that are the same
What is a tie
200
The three symbols used to change a pitch.
What are sharps, flats, naturals
200

When Ms. Patrick stands on the podium with her baton down, you should do this.

What is ready position

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 soft

What is piano

300

The curved line that connects two different notes

What is a slur

300
The note that gets 3 beats
What is a dotted half note
300

When Ms. Patrick stands on the podium with her baton up, you should do this.

What is set position

400
Name a double reeded instrument
What are oboe, bassoon or english horn
400
The french word for how to hold your lips to play a brass instrument.
What is "embouchure"
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

The three things you need to have at every rehearsal?

What are instrument, music, pencil?

500

Ms. Patrick's main instrument

What is trumpet

500

The musical term that means medium

What is mezzo

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

If you forget your instrument, you should do this.

What is fill out a rehearsal detective worksheet?

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