Band Instruments
These are the band instruments you can learn this year
flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone
These are the string instruments you can learn this year
Violin, viola, cello
This is where we line up before and after rehearsals.
The hallway between the office and the auditorium.
This is how many beats are in a measure marked 4/4.
4
This composer who is still living wrote the music for Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, Star Wars and more.
John Williams
The flute and clarinet belong to this family of instruments.
Wind
This is the largest and lowest pitched string instrument. Hint: if you want to play it you'll have to start next year.
Double bass
If I need to use the restroom during rehearsal I need to...
Ask the teacher and get a pass.
This is what type of note equals one beat in a measure marked 4/4.
Quarter note
This composer went deaf just before writing his famous "Ode to Joy."
Beethoven
The trombone and trumpet belong to this family of instruments.
Brass
This is the smallest and highest pitched string instrument.
Violin
This person shows me when and how I need to start or stop playing.
The conductor
This is what we call a beat or a part of a beat that you don't play on.
Rest
This composer was a child prodigy and the movie "Amadeus" was made about his life.
Mozart
When a trombone player moves this big part, the pitch changes.
When a trombone player moves this big part, the pitch changes.
These two string instruments have the same strings, even though they are very different in size.
Viola and cello
Which one of these things are you NOT expected to do to be ready for rehearsal?
Have your instrument out and put together,
Be in your seat, OR
Have your music memorized?
Have your music memorized
These quicker notes look like quarter notes with a bridge between them.
Eighth notes
Vivaldi is best know for this piece of music with four sections, each about a different time of the year.
The Four Seasons.
This is the little piece of cane that is inserted into the mouthpiece of the clarinet in order for it to make a sound.
The reed
This is the sticky stuff you rub on the bow of a violin, viola, cello or double bass that helps it make a sound.
Rosin
This is the thing that that you will put your music on when you read it.
A music stand.
These slower notes look like quarter notes that are not filled in.
Half notes
Brahms wrote this type of song, which is used to get babies to fall asleep, into his second symphony.
Lullaby