Band Book I Vocab Review

1

100

The basic pulse of the music is known as...

The Beat

200

This indicates how many beats per measure and what kind of note gets one beat...

Time Signature

300

This tells us to continue playing in the same style...

Simile (sim.)

400

This tells us the volume level we should play at...

Dynamics

500

Stephen Collins Foster wrote this famous American song...

Camptown Races / Oh, Susanna

2

100

This tells us how high or low to play, and for how long...

Notes

200

Raises the pitch of a note 1/2 a step...

Sharp

300

This tells us to hold a note until the conductor cuts us off...

Fermata

400

One of Mozart's most famous melodies...

Twinkle, twinkle, little star

500

This articulation emphasizes a note...

Accent

3

100

This indicates the end of a piece of music...

Double Bar

200

Lowers the pitch of a note 1/2 a step...

Flat

300

These are the basic techniques of playing snare drum...

Rudiments

400

One of Rossini's 40 operas that everyone recognizes...

William Tell

500

Any sharp, flat or natural within the music that is NOT part of the key signature...

Accidental

4

100

This designates the 2nd line of the staff as "G"....

Treble Clef

200

Cancels a flat or sharp...

Natural

300

Two or more notes played together, with each combination forming a chord...

Harmony

400

This means to gradually get louder...

Crescendo

500

What is the five lines and four spaces upon which music is written?

Staff

5

100

This designates the 4th line of the staff as "F"...

Bass Clef

200

A composition with two different parts, played together...

Duet

300

One or more notes that come before the first FULL measure of music...

Pick-up notes.

400

A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch...

Tie

500

What articulation would you add to a note to make that note short and accented?

Marcato