Woodwinds
Brasswinds
Percussion
Music Theory
Rhythms
100

Name of the piece of bamboo necessary to create sound on a woodwind instrument (except flute).

What is a reed? 

100

The name for the end of a brass instrument where the sound comes out. 

What is the bell? 

100
The name of the main drum you play. 

What is a snare drum?

100

The number of beats in a bar when the time signature is:

What is 4? 

100

This is the value of a whole note plus a half note (give the total number of beats).

What is 6 beats? 

200

This holds the reed on the mouthpiece.  

What is a ligature? 

200

The name of the note produced when a trumpet pushes down 1st and 3rd valve. 

What is note D? (or concert C)

200

Name of the drum that you play with the foot pedal.

What is a bass drum?

200

A concert Bb is this note, if you play clarinet, tenor saxophone, or trumpet. 

What is C? 

200

The number of total beats in these two bars of music added together: 

What is 8? 

300

This many fingers are pressed down to play a "G" on the clarinet. 

What is 0? 

300
The number of slide positions on a trombone. 

What is 7? 

300
What you call playing with your sticks in a L R L R L R pattern. 

What is alternating sticking? 

300

Piano, mezzoforte, forte, crescendo, and decrescendo are all examples of this element of music. 

What are dynamics? 

300

Write the following rhythmic values, in this order: 

a) quarter note, pair of eighth notes, half note

AND

b) quarter note, pair of eighth notes, quarter note, quarter rest

What is: 

a) 

b) 

400

Draw the fingering for a concert Bb for any one of the woodwind instruments. 

Finger 1: Flute

Fingering 2: Clarinet or Alto Sax

Fingering 3: Tenor Sax 

400

Doing this helps you player higher notes on a brass instrument. 

What is a) playing with colder, faster air b) tightening the corners of your mouth c) playing with more air (or playing louder) d) making your aperture smaller?

400

Write the two bars of rhythm drums play during our instrument warm up. 

It should look like this:

400

The names of the spaces of the treble clef spell this word. 

What is "FACE"?

400

This rhythm gets 4 full beats (draw it and name it).

What is a whole note? 

500

The name of the part of the instrument that flute players rest their embouchure on.

What is the lip plate? 

500

The names of other types of brass instruments that we do not have here at SK. 

What are French Horn and Tuba?

500

Name two things involved in properly holding the drum sticks.

What is gripping with your thumb and pointer finger (other three fingers wrap around for support), backs of your hands facing up, elbows pointed out, holding the sticks with about 2 inches from the end, loose wrists (to allow for bounce)? 

500

The syllable we use/say for articulation.

What is "ta"?

500

This is the number of beats a dotted half note gets. 

What is 3 beats?