Music Theory
How many lines are on a musical staff?
What is 5?
Which brass instrument is considered non-transposing in bass clef but transposing in treble clef?
What is the euphonium?
Who wrote "The Stars and Stripes Forever"?
Who is John Philip Sousa?
How many sixteenth notes fit into one dotted half note?
What is 12?
What does "marcato" indicate?
What is accented and emphasized?
What is the treble clef?
What key are most standard alto saxophones pitched in?
What is Eb?
What musical time period came after the Classical period?
What is the Romantic period?
In compound meter, what note division typically recieves the beat?
What is a dotted note?
What does the term "rubato" mean?
What is flexible tempo?
What is the relative minor of C Major?
What is A Minor?
Which woodwind instrument commonly overblows at the twelfth instead of the octave?
What is the clarinet?
Which famous composer became deaf later in life?
Who is Beethoven?
What is the time signature of a piece grouped into 2 sets of 3 eighth notes?
What is 6/8
What symbol indicates the performer should gradually slow down?
What is ritardando or rallentando?
How many sharps are in the key of D Major?
What is 2?
What percussion rudiment consists of a long roll followed by accented taps?
What is a flam accent?
What country is composer Gustave Holst from
What is England?
What rhythmic device places accents on weak beats or offbeats?
What is syncopation?
What does “con sordino” instruct a player to do?
What is play with a mute?
What does a fermata mean?
What is hold the note longer than its normal value?
What physical principle allows brass players to change partials without changing valve combinations?
What is changing lip tension/air speed within the harmonic series?
Which composer wrote "The Planets"?
Who is Gustav Holst?
In mixed meter, what term describes the changing organization of beats between measures?
What is asymmetrical meter?
What does “senza vibrato” mean?
What is without vibrato?