COMPOSERS
This is the composer of "Arsenal"
Who is Jan Van der Roost?
This means a little more motion.
What is poco piu mosso.
These are itsy bitsy lil' notes that are typically performed before the beat
What are grace notes?
In a march, this is where you are most likely to find a key change
What is the Trio?
This means playful and jovial
What is giocoso?
This jazz scale features a flatted 3rd, 5th, and 7th and is a go-to for improvisation.
What is the Blues Scale?
This is the composer of "Fable"
Who is Erik Morales?
This means gradually slowing down, typically over the duration of a phrase.
What is rallentando?
This means to cover several notes at once by separating the part into multiple players
What is divisi?
This means to play "sweetly"
What is dolce?
This means to gradually slow down a little
What is poco ritardando?
This 20th-century composer fused classical and jazz elements in works like Rhapsody in Blue.
Who is George Gershwin?
He might think of the graduating 8th Graders as "High School Cadets"
Who is John Philip Sousa?
This tempo marking is so slow you may as well be dead.
What is grave?
This means a rapid alternation between two notes.
What is a trill
This means continued in the same style
What is sempre?
This is a martial, military march-like style
What is Marziale?
This bebop alto saxophonist was nicknamed “Bird” and helped shape modern jazz in the 1940s.
Who is Charlie Parker?
Philip Bliss may have written the Hymnsong, but this composer wrote the arrangement for band
Who is David Holsinger?
This means to play at a "walking" tempo
What is Andante?
This means to play with subtle rhythmic or tempo manipulation and nuance, derived from the Italian verb "rubare" or "to steal"
What is rubato?
This means "without mute"
What is senza sordino?
This symbol, resembling a stylized ampersand, indicates the pitch of written notes.
What is a treble clef? (G clef)
This legendary trumpeter and singer often sang with a gravelly voice songs such as "What a Wonderful World".
Who is Louis Armstrong?
Although he eventually became the Dean of Music at NYU, this composer refused several honorary doctorates, claiming that his music must remain "the product of non-education".
Who is Percy Grainger?
This means "dying away"
What is Morendo?
This marking means to play with sudden, heavy emphasis
What is sforzando or sforzato?
This is the full name of school where we attended MICCA this year
What is King Philip Regional High School?
This term refers to a note that is held for twice the length of a whole note.
What is a breve?
This bandleader and pianist, arguably the greatest American composer, led one of the most famous big bands in jazz history and wrote Black, Brown, and Beige.
Who is Duke Ellington?