8th Grade Band Quarter 1 Review

Dynamics/Tempos

100

Soft (p)

Piano

200

This Italian term means fast.

Allegro

300

This tempo marking means to slow down.

Ritardando (Rit.) or Rallentando (rall.)

400

This Dynamic is Very Loud. (FF)

Fortissimo

500

A fairly brisk tempo

Allegretto

Notes

100

This key signature has one sharp

G Major

200

This key signature has 2 flats

Bb major

300

In the Treble Clef, this note is on the fourth line.

D

400

This is a term used for two notes that sound the same but have different spellings.  Example:  Bb and A#

Enharmonics

500

This Key Signature has no Flats or sharps

C Major

Rhythms

100

This rest gets one beat.

Quarter Rest

200

This note gets one beat.

Quarter note

300

Four of these equals one beat when playing in 4/4 time.

Sixteenth notes

400

This time signature has a capital C with a line through it.  Instead of 4 quarter notes in a measure, the conductor counts the two half notes.

Cut Time

500

This rhythm is counted "one a" instead of "one +"

Dotted eighth - Sixteenth Note

Terms

100

This Italian term means A Special Ending

Coda

200

This is the name of a story told mostly through singing.

Opera

300

Unlike a short staccato, this articulation is long.

Tenuto

400

This scale plays all 12 notes ascending and descending in an octave.

Chromatic Scale

500

In jazz, this is the name of a small phrase or motif that a musician uses in a solo.

Lick / riffs

Potpourri

100

This form of music is often heard in rock, jazz and blues.  It is 12 bars long.

12 Bar Blues

200

What is the Main Character's name in the Opera Carmen.

Carmen.

300

This is a scales usually used when playing the blues

Blues Scale

400

The interval between a G and an A.

Second

500

The terms for two notes that are the same pitch

Unison.