Music Theory 1
Music Theory 2
Music Theory 3
Band Questions
Trivia Questions 3
100

This category of musical symbols includes sharp, flat, and natural.

What are accidentals?

100

The fastest tempo marking in traditional music.

What is Presto?

100

Do, Re, and Mi are examples of this.

What is solfege?

100

A double barline with two dots means to do what?

Repeat

100

How many beats are in a measure of 6/8 time?

What is 6 beats?

200

2 or more notes played at the same time is called?

A chord

200

This musical instruction tells you repeat back to beginning and then skip to the end.

What is DC al Fine?

200

A scale consists of how many notes?

8

200

Flute, low brass, keyboard instruments are all based in this pitch.

C Pitch

200

Name a an instrument that plays in the key of B-flat

Trumpets, soprano (b-flat) clarinets and tenor saxophones.

300
In cut time (2/2), this note is held for 1 beat

What is a half note?

300

The distance between two bar lines.

What is a measure?

300

This is called a what and what does it do to the note

Staccato.  Shortens or detaches the note

300

This instrument can read either treble clef or bass clef parts depending on the player's preference.

What is the Baritone?(Euphonium)

300

An Arpeggio is a

Is a broken chord.  All notes are played seperately.
400

This set of sharps or flats at the beginning of a piece or staff determine the tonality.

What is a key signature?

400

 What is this and how many beats?

eighth rest and 1/2 a beat

400

This tells you how many beats are in a measure.

Time Signature

400

Who composed "White Christmas"

Irving Berlin

400
What instrument was Louis Armstrong famous for playing?
Trumpet
500

 This Accent means to do what?

Marcato accent:  Short and Fat (Full)

500

The term for the distance between two different pitches.

What is an interval?

500

Two pitches that share a letter name that are 8 steps apart.

What is an octave?

500

This instrument is ubiquitous in jazz but almost never appears in orchestras.

What is the Saxophone?

500

Adagio means What?

slow

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