Vocab
The speed of music.
What is Tempo?
This note receives one beat in 4/4 time.
What is a quarter note?
Flute, clarinet, saxophone, and oboe belong to this family.
What is the woodwind family?
This is the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument in the orchestra.
What is a double bass?
The loudness or softness of music.
What are dynamics?
This musical tells the story of a newsboys strike in New York City.
What is Newsies?
Two of these equal one quarter note.
What is an 8th note?
This brass instrument uses a slide instead of valves.
What is a trombone?
The leader of the first violin section.
What is the Concert Master?
A group of five lines and four spaces used to write music.
What is a staff?
This musical includes the song "Seasons of Love.
What is Rent?
This note receives four beats in 4/4 time.
What is a whole note?
I am the largest brass instrument in most school bands
What is a tuba?
This technique involves plucking the strings with your fingers.
What is pizzicato?
This has sharps or flats and is at the beginning of a song.
What is a key signature?
This musical tells the story of Alexander Hamilton.
What is Hamilton?
The top number in a time signature tells us this.
What is how many beats per measure?
This is the first note many band students learn to tune to.
What is a concert B-Flat?
The black fingerboard and tuning pegs are attached to this part of a string instrument.
What is the neck?
The distance between two pitches.
What is an interval?
This long-running musical features the Phantom and Christine.
What is the Phantom of the Opera?
A pattern of strong and weak beats.
What is a rhythm?
This brass instrument is pitched in F and often sits between the trumpets and trombones.
What is a french horn?
These are the four strings of a violin, from lowest to highest.
What are G, D, A, and E?