Music Theory
This tells you how many beats will be in a measure.
What is a time signature?
Saxophones, flutes, and clarinets
What are woodwinds?
This gets one beat of silence.
What is a quarter rest?
This means to play softly.
What is piano?
This is the order of colors in the rainbow.
What is red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple?
This tells you which notes will be flat/sharp/natural.
What is a key signature?
Clarinets and saxophones must use one of these to play.
What is a reed?
A pair of connected eighth notes gets how many beats?
One beat
This means to play something at a medium (moderate) tempo.
What is moderato?
The number of letters in the musical alphabet.
What is seven letters?
This musical item is a type of warm up is made of eight notes, and is used to define key signatures.
Glockenspiel, xylophone, marimbas, vibraphones
What are mallet instruments?
How many SINGLE eighth notes fit into one measure of 4/4 time?
Eight
To hold out a note longer than usual/until the director cuts it off.
What is a fermata or eagle eyes?
Mr. Kelly's primary instrument.
What is Saxophone
This signals the end of the piece of music.
What is a double bar line?
This is the smallest and highest pitched woodwind instrument.
What is a piccolo?
The time signature that can be split up into 2 + 2 + 3.
What is 7/8?
This means to start the note strong/loud and then immediately get soft.
What is fortepiano?
How many colleges has Mr. Kelly earned degrees from?
What is 4?
This means to play the notes as connected and smooth as possible without slurring them. (opposite of staccato)
What is tenuto/legato?
The names of the four saxophones in the saxophone family?
What are Soprano saxophone, Alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
The bottom number of a time signature tells us this
What is which rhythm/type of note gets the beat?
This means to play something fast/quickly.
Allegro
Mr. Kelly's favorite bands?
Pink Floyd or Snarky Puppy