Count Me In!
Decode the Symbols
Name That Note!
Meet the Band!
Directors Orders
100
How many beats does a whole note receive in 4/4 time?
4 beats
100
This dynamic marking means to play medium soft.
Mezzo piano
100
This note lives on the very bottom line of your staff.
Treble: E
Bass: G
100
This woodwind instrument uses a reed and is usually made of black plastic or wood.
Clarinet
100
When Ms. Diaz raises her hands at the podium, what should the band stop doing immediately?
Talking/playing
200
This note is worth exactly half a beat in 4/4 time.
An eighth note
200
What does a crescendo tell a musican to do?
Gradually get louder
200
This note sits on the third line of the staff.
Treble: B
Bass: D
200
Unlike brass instruments with valves, this low brass instruments with valves, this low brass instrument uses a slide to change pitches.
Trombone
200
This is the tool Ms. Diaz/Mr. Merola uses to match our pitches before we start playing.
A tuner
300
If a measure in 3/4 time has two quarter notes, what single note value can fill the rest of the measure?
A quarter note
300
What does a dot ABOVE OR BELOW (not next to!) a note head tell you to do?
Play short (staccato)
300
Think of the first 3 SPACES on your staff, bottom up. What word do they spell out?
Treble: F-A-C
Bass: A-C-E
300
Name 2 different unpitched percussion instruments found in our band room.
Snare drum, bass drum, crash cymbals, triangle, tambourine, etc.
300
True or false: it is perfectly fine to use a pen or marker to write reminders in your sheet music.
False-PENCIL!
400
What does the top number of a time signature tell you?
How many beats are in each measure
400
When you see a fermata over a note, what should you do?
Hold the note and watch for the director's cut off
400
To find the pitch that is one whole step higher than a note on a line, you look at the very next _____.
Space
400
Which family of instruments creates sound by buzzing their lips into the mouthpiece?
The brass family
400
Name the device that ticks at a steady speed to help musicians practice keeping a steady beat.
A metronome
500
Count this rhythm out loud: 
1 2+ 3e+a 4
500
This symbol connects one note to a different note and tells you to play them smoothly with no breaks.
Slur
500
This note sits directly ON TOP of the top line of the staff.
Treble: G
Bass: B
500
This instrument is the HIGHEST pitched voice in the woodwind family, and its name means "small" in Italian. Hint: we do not have one in our band
Piccolo
500
Name 1 of 2 of Ms. Diaz's BIGGEST band room pet peeves. Hint: one is typically only heard, one is seen AND heard
1. Screaming/shrieking
2. Non-drummers touching the percussion