Woodwinds
Your instruments are called "woodwinds" because they were or are made of what?
Wood
How do brass players make a sound on their instrument?
Buzzing their lips
What does a ritardando tell you to do?
Slow the tempo temporarily
The sharps and flats at the beginning of the music is called?
Key Signature
Name 2 components of good posture.
Sit on the edge of your chair, Feet flat on the floor. Back straight, Holding still
This woodwind is the oldest instrument in the world to play notes.
Flute
Where should trumpet bells be when a trumpeter is playing?
Up (parallel to the floor)
Name the dynamic levels in order from softest to loudest.
pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff
A chromatic scale is made up of what type of interval?
Half Steps
When you take a good, deep breath to play your instrument, where should you try to put your air?
Your stomach (diaphragm)
How do you change the pitch of a woodwind instrument?
By covering different holes on the instrument.
Name 2 different ways of changing pitch on a brass instrument.
By pushing valves, changing the slide position, changing the air speed, or changing the lip position.
This symbol looks like a less than sign and tells you to get louder.
crescendo
If there are sharps in a key signature, how do we figure out its Major Scale?
Find the last sharp and move up a half step.
How do woodwind and brass players make rhythms clear while playing?
Tonguing/Articulation
Every woodwind (except flute) needs this in order to make a sound.
This brass instrument is surprisingly the longest of them all because of the amount of tubing it has.
French Horn
If you see a staccato dot on top of a note, how should you play it?
short and light
If there are flats in a key signature, how do we figure out its Major Scale?
Find the second to last flat in the key signature. That will be the name of the aligning major scale.
What are the 4 steps to playing new music in order?
Clap it, Say it, Sizzle and Ghost, Play it
Name 2 woodwinds that are Bb instruments.
Name 2 Concert Pitched brass instruments.
Trombone, Euphonium/Baritone, Tuba
What do we call the symbol that tells you to hold the note until the conductor cuts you off?
What is the interval pattern that makes up a major scale? (whole steps/half steps)
W W H W W W H
When you work to improve the movement of your fingers, you are improving your...
Dexterity