Music Theory
The name of the key signature that features one flat.
What is the key of F?
This baton gesture indicates the very first beat of any standard metric measure.
What is a downbeat?
This was the theme for the first ever Variety Show in 1975
What was All That Jazz?
The way in which Mr. Shellard pronounces the word describing the start of a piece (pronounced appropriately).
What is The BeJinning?
Henry James
Who is Shellard's kid?
The meter classification of the time signature 6/8.
What is compound duple?
A conductor uses this specific spatial pattern/shape to beat out a piece written in 3/4 time.
What is a triangle?
The vshow theme that members of BUS and Singer Dancers were taught to pronounce incorrectly during the 50th Annual Variety Show Celebration for rhyming purposes (pronounced appropriately).
What is Synchronicity?
This music theory concept was Mr. Kaplan and Ms. Atlas's halloween costume this year (in appropriate music theory terms).
What are submediant and leading tone?
Samantha and Jacob
Who are Mr. Gregerman's kids?
This mode is very similar to the major scale, but it features a raised fourth scale degree (Fa to fa).
What is Lydian?
This term refers to the standard silent preparatory gesture a conductor makes before the first sounding note.
What is an anacrusis?
This was the theme and act of Mr. Shellard's Variety Show debut (HINT: he was not yet in high school).
What was Common Threads (1997) with the Sack Act (Juggling Act)?
This music theory concept is Mr. Shellard's Halloween costume every year, featuring a red cape and the appropriately corresponding symbol.
What is Supertonic!?
Ezra and Hazel
Who are Ms. Atlas's kids?
This type of non-chord tone is approached by leap and resolved by step in the opposite direction.
What is an appoggiatura?
This physical hand movement or pattern warns musicians that a piece or movement is ending.
What is a cutoff?
This 2013 Variety Show theme was one of only two themes to be in a language other than english. A well-known Latin phrase, this one was done first.
What is Carpe Diem?
This is the member of the band who barely ever leaves the band room... it's almost as if he's not alive.
Who is Sven?
Ariel and Itamar
Who are Mr. G's kids?
How would you analyze E7 with a G# in the bass in the key of C major?
What is the V65/vi?
This German word describes a sudden, dramatic change in tempo or mood within a piece, or a conductor's gesture that completely shifts the ensemble's character without a transition.
What is an Umschwung?
The 2011 Variety Show theme was not technically a repeated theme, but it was a part of this older theme's name.
What is A Hero is More Than a Sandwich?
Mr. Shellard is not a large fan of this drink because of an elementary school experience.
What is chocolate milk?
Samantha, Hannah, and Cassie
Who are Ms. Travers's kids?