Band Basics
The most important thing about playing your instrument.
What is tone quality ?
The five lines that musical notes are written on.
What is a staff?
In 4/4 time signature this duration gets one beat.
What is a quarter note?
This Italian dynamic marking means "medium".
What is mezzo?
A famous symphonist who went deaf. He wrote 9 symphonies, the last of which included his famous "Ode to Joy".
Who is Ludwig Beethoven?
The first rule of band class.
What is "no playing or talking when a conductor is on the podium"?
The letter names of the line notes in treble clef.
What is EGBDF ?
In 4/4 time signature this duration gets 2 beats.
What is a half note?
This Italian dynamic marking means "soft".
What is piano?
This baroque era German composer is most famous for his church music and chorales. Several of his children also went on to become prominent composers.
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
The three things that contribute to good tone quality.
What are air, embouchure, & posture?
The space notes in treble clef.
What is FACE ?
In 4/4 time signature this duration gets half of a beat.
What is an eighth note?
This Italian dynamic marking means "strong".
What is forte?
This American composer of the Contemporary era wrote High School Cadets and popularized bands in America. He wrote many patriotic marches and famously invented a marching tuba named after him.
Who is John Phillip Sousa?
How loudly you should play.
What is "Never louder than lovely"?
The line notes in Bass clef.
What is GBDFA ?
In 4/4 time signature this duration gets 3 beats.
What is a dotted half note?
This Italian dynamic marking means "very softly".
What is pianissimo?
Classical composer (1792-1868); master of Italian comic opera. Played piano, viola, and horn. Wrote 40 operas and many of his themes are still very popular.
Who is Gioacchino Rossini?
This means to hold a note longer than usual.
What is a fermata?
The lines used for musical notes above or below the the five lines of the staff.
What are leger lines?
In 4/4 time signature this duration gets 3/4 of a beat.
What is a dotted eighth note?
This Italian dynamic marking means "gradually softer".
What is decrescendo (or diminuendo)?
music performed by untrained musicians and passed down through oral traditions
What is Folk Music?