Woodwinds
Brass
Percussion
Music Misc.
Thanksgiving
100
Your instruments are called "woodwinds" because they are (or WERE) made of this material.
What is wood?
100
These instruments are made out of this material.
What is the metal brass?
100
Percussionists do this to make a sound on their instrument.
What is hitting, shaking, or scraping?
100
These three families make up a complete band.
What are the woodwind, brass, and percussion families?
100
What sport do Americans like to watch/play on Thanksgiving?
What is football?
200
Name 6 woodwinds.
What are flutes, oboes, bassoons, clarinets, recorders, saxophones (alto, tenor, bari), piccolo, or English horn? (Must say 6 of these)
200
Name 6 brass instruments.
What are trumpets, French horns, trombones, baritones (euphoniums), tubas, Sousaphones? (Must say 4 of these)
200
Name 10 percussion instruments.
What is the snare drum, bass drum, xylophone, bells, marimba, vibraphone, chimes, triangle, woodblock, tambourine, cymbals, timpani, etc.?
200
A composition written for two players.
What is a duet?
200
What is the name of the special parade that happens on Thanksgiving morning?
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
300
Which woodwind instrument uses a register key instead of an octave key?
What is the clarinet?
300
Name at least two brass instruments without valves
What is the trombone, natural trumpet, or bugle
300
What two materials can snare wires be made out of?
What is metal or gut?
300
How many different instrument sections are in YOUR band
9
300
What day of the month is Thanksgiving on this year?
November 27th
400
Covering more holes on the instrument causes the pitch to do this.
What is the pitch gets lower?
400
This Brass instrument has the longest tubing, when unrolled.
What is the Tuba (or F French Horn) - both are similar length.
400
WITHOUT LOOKING how many octaves are on the marimba at South High?
What is 4.5?
400
What is thet key signature for Ab Major?
What is 4 flats?
400
What is the part of the turkey that people pull apart to have their wishes granted?
The wishbone
500
What was the name of the flute in medieval times?
What is the fife?
500
What is the name of this instrument?
Soprano/Piccolo Trombone
500
This drum used to be called a kettledrum.
What is the timpani?
500
What does the term poco meno mosso mean in music?
"a little less motion" or a bit slower of a tempo.
500
What is the name of the team that has been playing on Thanksgiving day since 1966?
The Dallas Cowboys