Music Terms
Christmas Trivia
Instruments
Dynamics
Christmas Trivia 2.0
100

This term means to hold the note for longer than it's value (until the conductor cuts it off)

What is a fermata?
100

This item made Frosty come to life in the song "Frosty the Snowman"

What is an old silk hat?

100

This instrument is shiny, made of metal, uses a buzz to make a sound, and plays higher notes.

What is a trumpet?

100

This term means to play softly

what is piano?
100
This recent holiday fad introduced a spy that reports back to santa while sitting around the house

What is Elf on the Shelf?

200

This means to play the note shorter than normal

What is a staccato?

200

This reindeer shares it's name with a famous valentines day symbol

What is Cupid?

200

This instrument is sometimes made of wood, and should always be kept "Squeaky" clean, especially when you're finished playing it

What is a clarinet?

200

This italian term that means "medium strong" or "medium loud"

What is Mezzo Forte?
200

This Christmas songs was first recorded by Puerto Rican singer Jose Feliciano in 1970

What is "Feliz Navidad"?

300

This is the white stick the conductor uses to keep the band in time

What is a baton?

300

This Christmas-themed ballet first premiered in 1892 in St. Petersburg, Russia.

What is the Nutcracker?

300
Our Grade 6 band has none of these instruments in our group this year.

What is a saxophone?

300

The more you have of this letter means the softer you should play

What is the letter "p" for piano?

300

This character is associated with skinny and small christmas trees, with the needles perhaps falling to the floor

Who is charlie brown?

400

This term means to gradually slow down

What is a Ritardano?

400

This fun festive drink is also known as "milk punch"

What is Egg Nog?

400

This instrument group should be the most present sound in our band

What is the bass section?

400

This is the symbol for the term "fortississimo"

FFF

400

Which treasured holiday snack (despite it not being very tastey) is revered for its long shelf life?

Fruit Cake

500

This symbol can be called two things, and you may find a pot of gold at the end of it

What is a slur or a tie?

500

This elf sidekick became the dentist-aspiring companion to Rudolph in the classic 1964 movie of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

Hermey

500

This instrument used to use cat intestines and a curved piece of wood to make its sound

What is a violin (or other bowed string instruments)

500

This term means to gradually get louder over the written period of time

What is a crescendo?

500

This phrase, made popular in the famous novel "A Christmas Carol" expresses annoyance with traditional holiday cheer.

What is "Bah Humbug"?