Band Kid Moments
This happens when a brass player forgets to oil their valves.
What are sticking valves?
Low brass instruments typically read in this clef.
What is the bass clef?
This instrument is held sideways when played.
What is the flute?
A half note, 2 eighth notes, and a quarter note equals this many beats in 4/4 time.
The musical alphabet consists of these 7 letters.
What is A-B-C-D-E-F-G?
Musicians in this section typically plays the most amount of instruments.
What are percussionists?
The spaces of the treble clef spell out this word.
What is FACE?
This instrument family produces sound by buzzing the lips.
What is the brass family?
6 half notes equal this many beats in 4/4 time.
What is 12 beats?
This appears at the beginning of a line of music and tells the musician how many beats are in a measure.
What is a time signature?
This is something you should NOT do while the director is talking.
What is talking or playing your instrument?
This note sits right BELOW the bass clef staff
What is F?
This percussion instrument uses a pedal to dampen the keys
What is the vibraphone?
A whole note and 2 dotted half notes equal this many beats in 4/4 time.
What is 10 beats?
This appears at the beginning of a line of music and tells the musician how many sharps or flats are in a piece.
What is a key signature?
This happens when the director says "One more time".
What is "it's never only one more time"?
The special name for the note that sits one ledger line BELOW in treble clef and also one ledger line ABOVE in bass clef.
What is middle C?
This instrument is a part of the woodwind family despite it being made out of brass.
What is the saxophone?
This symbol alters the pitch of a note by either raising it or lowering it.
What is an accidental?
This mysterious item disappears constantly in band class.
What are pencils?
This note sits 2 ledger lines ABOVE the treble clef staff.
What is C?
This instrument in the CMS band is the only instrument that doesn't use a mouthpiece/headjoint
What is the oboe?
4 sixteenth notes, 3 eighth note, a dotted half note, and a dotted quarter note equals this many beats in 4/4 time.
What is 7 beats?
The interval distance from one note to another note of the same name (for example low Bb to high Bb)
What is an octave?