Band
What families of instruments are in a band?
Woodwind, brass and percussion.
Name 2 components of good posture.
Feet flat on the floor. Tall and straight back (not using the back of your chair)! Sit like you are going to stand up!
Why is your instrument considered a "brass" instrument?
It is made out the metal called brass.
What is a Coda?
The end of a peice
Your instruments are called "woodwinds" because they were or are made of what?
Wood
What do we call the band that plays at football?
A Marching Band or Athletic Band
When you take a good, deep breath to play your instrument, it is wrong to use what part of your body?
our shoulders - they should remain fairly still. You should be using your diaphragm muscle in your belly area.
Name 4 brass instruments.
Trumpet, French horn, trombone, Euphonium, tuba, sousaphone
What does a Fermata mean
a mark over a note or rest that is to be lengthened by an unspecified amount.
flute, clarinet (Bb, alto or bass), oboe, bassoon, recorder, saxophone (alto, tenor or bass), piccolo, English horn
What band Plays at a Basketball game?
Pep Band
What is the difference between a concert band and an orchestra?
The orchestra includes the string family. The concert band does not. You may occasionally see an upright base.
What is the difference between an Euphonium and a Baritone?
Euphonium are conically bored and baritones are cylindrical bored instrument
What does Accel.... mean?
with a gradual increase in speed
How do you change the pitch of a woodwind instrument?
By covering different holes on the instrument.
What are the four band Candies? Name and composer (add 100 points if you can get the order in which they were released)
First Suite in E flat - Gustav Holst
Lincolnshire Posy - Percy Grainger
Symphony in B flat - Paul Hindemith
Music For Prague 1968 - Karel Husa
Musical notation is written on this.
Staff
Brass instruments have 3 parts. Name them.
Mouthpiece, tubing/valves, bell.
What does Rub. mean?
Can be flexible with a piece of music.
How does covering different holes on a woodwind instrument change the pitch?
By covering different holes you are changing the length of the column of air going through the instrument. (Short air column=high note. Long air column=low note.)
All sections are important in it own right!
How many eighth notes does it take to equal a whole note?
Four
Earliest brass instruments were used for two reasons. Name one of those reasons.
Used in the military. Used for communication during hunting.
What does Rall..... mean?
Slowing down in tempo
This woodwind is the oldest instrument in the world to play notes.
The flute.