Rhythm Nation
This note value contains 4 beats in 4/4 time
What is a whole note?
The bottom line in treble clef?
What is E?
The lowest instrument in the brass family.
What is the tuba?
Articulation marking telling the player not to separate or tongue the notes.
What is a slur?
This film composer, who composed for Jaws, Star Wars, and Harry Potter, employs many leitmotifs in his work.
Who is John Williams?
This note value gets 1 beat in 4/4 time signature.
What is a quarter note?
The top space in treble clef?
What is E?
The flute belongs to this family of instruments
What is woodwinds?
Articulation marking telling the player to play the beginning of the note more aggressively
What is an accent?
Instruments that do not play the same notes as the piano do this to match pitch.
What is transpose?
This note value get two beats in 4/4 time signature.
What is a half note?
The bottom space in bass clef?
What is A?
The snare drum is in this family of instruments.
What is the percussion family?
Articulation marking telling the player to put space between the notes
What is staccato?
This tells you what flats or sharps are played throughout the piece.
What is a key signature?
This note gets 3 beats in 4/4 time signature.
What is a dotted half note?
One note underneath the bottom line in treble clef.
What is D?
This instrument is the highest brass instrument in middle school and high school bands.
What is the trumpet?
Articulation marking telling the player to play each note full value or smooth?
What is tenuto?
This shows the relationship between key signatures and their starting pitches as a distance of a fifth.
What is the the circle of fifths?
This note gets one half of a beat in 4/4 time signature
What is an eighth note?
One note above the top line in bass clef.
What is B?
The clarinet and saxophone require this wooden piece to make a sound.
What is the reed?
Articulation marking telling the player to play the beginning of the note more aggressively AND play the end of the note short.
What is a marcato?
The difference in key signatures between F Major and C Major.
What is taking away one flat?