Music Theory
This key has 2 flats
What is Bb major?
This short black instrument is in the key of Bb
What is a (soprano) clarinet?
This symbol looks like a greater than symbol and sits above or below a note
What is an accent?
What is forward marching?
The shortened version of this acronym is DCI
What is Drum Corps International?
What is 5/4?
This instrument usually has a silver finish
What is a flute?
A curved line that connects two notes of the same pitch and hold the note for the combined rhythmic value of both notes
What is a tie?
This marching technique requires you to use your core a lot.
What is backwards marching?
This band won AZMBA championships last year (2022)
What is Campo Verde Highschool?
This clef's C compared to the treble clef sits on the B line.
What is alto clef?
This 2.5 foot long instrument is in the key of G
What is an alto flute?
This symbol means to pause for an unspecific amount of time and always sits at the top of a note
What is a fermata?
This technique is a slide marching technique used by battery players
What is crab step? (or crab marching)
This drum corp won it's first world championships in 2016
What are the Bluecoats?
This key has 6 sharps.
What is F# major?
This instrument is sometimes called antique cymbals
What are crotales?
This symbol looks like a triangle and means to play the note like a strong accent but shorter than the note length.
What is a marcato?
This technique is done by jazz running out of time/step
What is flutter running?
This country's national animal is the unicorn
What is Scottland?
The notes B, D, F#, and A lie in this pentatonic scale.
What is a B minor pentatonic scale?
This instrument looks like a vertically bent trombone with 3 valves and no slide
What is a cimbasso?
This symbol looks like two slanted lines and acts similar to a fermata, but sits between notes and measures instead of on top of notes or rests.
What is a caesura? (Or cesura)
This technique is usually used by colleges and includes marking time while raising your legs high at holds, and raising your legs high while marching.
What is traditional marching?
This instrument takes ~600 parts to properly function
What is a saxophone?