Music Theory
World Drumming
Music Technology
Music History
Potent Potables
100

The note that's worth one beat.

What is a quarter note?

100

The way you play your drum so it sounds it's best, usually striking it and immediately taking your hand away.

What is how to make good tone?

100

This microphone is good for recording.

What is a condenser mic?

100

This can show important dates in history, but horizontally.

What is a timeline?

100

Mr. Hamp throws a fit if you are chewing this in the classroom. You also shouldn't swallow it, but that's just an urban legend.

What is gum?
200

The note that's worth two beats.

What is a half note?

200

The instrument that goes shakey shake shakey shake.

What are maracas?
200

It's good for sound reinforcement, especially after you've built the stage with it.

What is a dynamic mic.

200

These four letters are used after years to show when they were in ancient history or when they're in the common era.

What is BC and AD?

200

You gotta use two hands, move slowly, and decide if it's a solo or duet.

What is how to carry an instrument?
300

The line that comes up or down off of a note-head.

What is a stem?

300

This middle eastern drum is shaped like a goblet, and it's name sounds like the tones you can play on it.

What is a doumbek?

300

This part of the wave represents how loud the sound is. Groovy dude!

What is amplitude?

300

This monk invented more modern music notation than neumes, and was friends with Stan the Stinky (allegedly).

What is Guido D'Arezzo?

300
Test one two? Your condenser mic doesn't work because you forgot to turn this on. 

What is 48V or phantom power?

400

The line that connects the stems of two quarter notes to make eighth notes.

What is a beam?

400
It's greek for "wood-sound", and one of the only words that starts with X.

What is a xylophone?

400
This is how often the wave repeats, and is directly related to his brother, the wavelength.

What is frequency?

400

This Greek philosopher studied the ratios of strings. He also did stuff with triangles, but we'll leave that theorem for math class.

Who is Pythagoras?

400

This god of music killed python and began the pythian games. Also god of the moon.

Who is Apollo?

500

The symbol that tells us what the notes on the staff are going to be, usually the names of the pitches.

What is a clef?

500

The most famous drum from West Africa, it sounds like diamonds in a body of water.

What is a djembe?

500
These are named after two famous people, Alexander Graham and Heinrich Rudolph. They help sound engineers when they're using equalizers.

What are hertz and decibels?

500
Of these two ancient Greek instruments, one had strings and the other had double pipes.

What are the lyre and the aulos?

500

You have one of these in your body, and so does a microphone. It picks up the sound and vibrates.

What is a diaphragm?