Vocabulary
Dynamics/articulation
Instrument Families
Instruments around the world
Class trivia
100
Any marking such as the following that alter the articulation of a note.
What is an accent?
100
Often confused visually with ties, this articulation marking is best described as long, flowing, connected sound.
What is a slur/legato?
100
An instrument family is assigned to an instrument based on this qualifying factor more than any other. (with a few exceptions like flutes!)
How does it create sound?
100
The name of this instrument:
What is a lute?
100
The student who has broken the triangle holder more than any other this year. (so far.)
Who is Parker Haak?
200
often associated with the following image, it is a musical instruction to play the previous section again.
ll: :ll
What is a repeat?
200
An articulation best described as Short, disconnected, or mechanical in sound.
What is stacatto?
200
The Family that this instrument belongs to. (Daily double:The Sub-family that this instrument belongs to!)
What is Brass?
Daily double: the Low Brass Family.
200
The name of one of the trumpets ancestor instruments. (hint: there are two main ones)
What is a bugle or cornet?
200
The month Mr. Gates got married in.
What is October 2025?
300
The dynamic marking meaning to "increase in volume".
What is a crescendo?
300
This dynamic marking denotes a portion of music as particularly quiet, and is shown using this dynamic marking:
pp
What is Pianissimo?
300
This family of instruments pertains to instruments such as the Baritone Saxophone, and Bassoon.
What is the Woodwind Family?
300
The continent that the didgeridoo is from.
What is Australia?
300
The date of our first concert as an ensemble.
What is December 12th?
400
The articulation sign meaning "wait for the director to proceed"
What is a fermata?
400
This dynamic references a type of music one would describe as "moderately loud" and is denoted by the following text:
mf
What is Mezzo Forte?
400
The piano belongs in these two instrument family.
Daily Double: Name Both
What are strings and percussion?
400
The actual name of the "gong" in the back of the classroom.
What is a tamtam?
400
A word that Mr. Gates often uses when referencing ONLY instruments that use their breath to produce sound. (not an "official" sounding instrument family.)
What is "Wind" instruments?
500
This word is defined as the way a wind instrument player must form their mouth to play the instrument. It is derived from the french word for "mouth of a river"
What is Embouchure?
500
This articulation marking, denoted as below, is best described as playing a note "to its full value or slightly more."
What is a tenuto?
500
The family of instrument that the vibraphone belongs to?
What is Metallophone?
Other acceptable answers for points: keyboard, mallet percussion.
500
The ancestor to the piano forte, this instrument was smaller and had the key colors inverted. It sounds like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMS6Gg9sRxw&list=RDVMS6Gg9sRxw&start_radio=1
What is a harpsichord?
500
The instrument Mr. Gates is practicing this year.
What is the trumpet