Note Values
An eighth note gets this many beats.
What is 1/2?
The time signature of Mechanical Monsters.
What is 4/4?
This symbol fits between the clef and the time signature at the beginning of a piece.
What is the key signature?
_______ is Mrs. Johnson's initials
What is ARJ?
This instrument uses a slide to change pitch.
What is a trombone?
A dotted quarter note can be subdivided into this many eighth notes.
What is 3?
The original composer of the Star Wars theme.
Who is John Williams?
What is F / forte?
The year that Mrs. Johnson graduated high school.
What is 2010?
These are the three instrument families in band.
What are Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion?
A dotted quarter note is worth this many beats.
What is a 1 1/2?
What a "mechanical monster" actually is.
What is a robot?
These symbols look like a greater than/less than symbol in math but is used in music to show volume gradually increasing or decreasing.
What is a crescendo and decrescendo?
Mrs. Johnson's favorite movies.
What is Back to the Future?
This piece of wood is strapped to the mouthpiece of clarinets and saxophones.
What is a reed?
This type of note gets one half of a beat.
What is an eighth note?
The composer of Mechanical Monsters.
Who is Randall D. Standridge?
This symbol means "medium quiet" in Italian.
What is mezzo piano/mp?
The color of Mrs. Johnson's car.
What is white?
This is the lowest sounding instrument in band.
What is the tuba?
A 16th note gets this many beats.
What is a 1/4 (.25)?
The story line of Mechanical Monsters.
What is a robot making it's way through a countryside to the city to wreak havoc on the unsuspecting city dwellers?
When the offbeats are emphasized.
What is syncopation?
Mrs. Johnson's name before she got married.
What is Ms. Burton?
This instrument looks like a small tuba but plays the same range and notes as a trombone
What is a baritone/euphonium?