Theory
This rest looks like a top hat sitting on the staff
Half Rest
Name of the recently ousted speaker of the house
Kevin McCarthy
The full name of the Musical we discussed this quarter.
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The following are examples. t. d. c. f
Consonants
What instrument did I play with the Jazz Band last night?
Trombone
The italian term for the combination of getting louder then softer
Messa di voce
What's the Capital City of Wyoming?
Cheyenne
A bro throws a friggin baby off of a bridge while on a train at the end of act 1 in this musical.
Bright Star
The scientific musculature that you should engage when you're breathing.
Diaphragm or Intercostal muscles.
I have two children. What are there names?
Molly and Wesley
What's this called? "sfz"
Sforzando
Originally wrote "The May Night" or "Die mainacht" (first and last name)
Johannes Brahms
Harold Hill, a traveling conman, jumps from town to town selling marching bands in this classic musical. Things go awry when he accidentally falls in love with Marion Paroo, the town librarian in River City, Iowa. (I played Harold twice, fun fact).
The Music Man
Properly demonstrate vowels with the arm motions we use in warmups occasionally.
This will be visual. Correct!
My all time favorite stand up comedian.
Louis CK
When we see this in music "---3---" above or below 3 notes, what is it called and what does it do?
Triplet. Puts three notes of equal value into a space where there is typically 2 notes of equal value.
Name of the capital hill congresswoman who recently got thrown out of the touring production of "Beetlejuice" for vaping next to a pregnant woman, loudly talking, and fondling her date.
Lauren Boebert.
This show, known as an underground cult classic, as it is only available to perform if you have the right connections in the biz. It seems to come around this time of year and the lead male character spends a good deal of time in the show wearing a leather corset.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The scientific term for making a sound
Phonation
My sonic drink order
Vanilla root beer
Accurately describe what a "." does to a note.
A dot adds half again the notes value.
Rene Descartes, a philosopher from the 1600s, coined this phrase about the human condition. In latin, "cogito, ero sum." The phrase is used as a first step in demonstrating the attainability of certain knowledge, from his "Discourse on Method."
I think, therefore I am.
Another underground classic rock opera. A worldwide epidemic encourages a biotech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. The repossession clause is a killer, however. From the creators of the Saw movie franchise.
Repo: The Genetic Opera
Describe how we phonate.
Breath flows through the larynx and engages the vibration of the vocal folds. The faster the vibration, the higher the pitch, slower the lower.
The three names of my cats
Zippy, Zoey, Boots