Important Stuff
The date of our May Concert?
What is May 15th?
The pitch on the top space in treble clef
What is E?
Lowers a note by one half step
What is a flat?
This tells us to gradually get louder
What is crescendo?
A symbol indicating silence in music
What is a rest?
The 3 things do we highlight with new music
What is dynamics, tempo, key signature/ accidentals?
The symbol that tell you to play light and detached
What is staccato?
The assigned speed in which we play music
What is tempo?
The distance between notes
What is interval?
The first thing you look at when given a new piece of music?
What is the Key Signature?
The pitch on the top line in treble clef.
What is F?
The note that gets one beat in Common Time.
What is quarter note?
The dynamic marking that tells us to play loud
What is forte?
The five lines and four spaces on which music are written
What is the staff?
The expectation with what you do with your instrument case during class after you get your instrument out
What is close and latch?
The symbol that tells to to play a note long and connected
What is tenuto?
To gradually slow down
What is ritardando or rallentando?
What is tie?
The SMS motto?
What is respect and accountability?
The pitch on the 2nd line on the bass clef
What is B?
The rest that receives 2 beats in common time
What is a half rest?
This dynamic marking tells us to play medium soft
What is mezzo piano?
The volume of a sound
What is dynamics?
When we enter the band room, we are expected to
What is "quickly and quietly get ready to play"?
The symbol that tells you to play notes without tonguing
What is a slur?
To play in a fast tempo
What is allergro?
Connecting 2 or more notes of different pitches
What is a slur?
Your favorite class.
What is BAND?
The pitch in the first space on the staff in treble clef
What is F?
Two of these fit in one quarter note
What are eighth notes?
This mark tells us to gradually get softer
What is a decrescendo?
What is sharp?
What is our method of sight-reading called?
What is S.T.A.R.S.?
The symbol that tells you to play a note louder than the notes around it
What is accent?
To play in a slow tempo
What is andante?
When all musicians play the same pitches and rhythms
What is unison?
Mrs. J's favorite place to shop
What is "Amazon"
The pitch on the 4th line of the staff in treble clef
What is D?
8 sequential notes that ascend and then descend in a pattern of WWHWWWH
What is a SCALE?
Define Fortissimo with specifics?
What is "as loud as you can play WITH a good sound"
The technique percussion use to sustain a note
What is a roll?
What are the two most important factors in creating a good sound on your instrument?
What are embouchure and air?
The symbol that tells you to play a note louder and detached
What is marcato?
To play in a moderate tempo?
What is moderato?
Repeat from the end and stop at the fine
What is DC al fine?
How Mrs. J ends class
What is have a great day?
The pitch on the bottom space of the bass clef
What is an A?
The notes that gets 1 1/2 beats in common time
What is a dotted quarter note?
To suddenly get soft
What is subito?
The symbol that tells you to play a note or rest longer than it's value
What is fermata?
What is the first thing we play as a class
What is warm-up?
The term used to play all notes tenuto
What is legato?
To gradually speed up the
What is accelerando?
The symbol that cancels a flat or sharp for the measure
What is natural?