Music Theory
Instrument Knowledge
Composers & History
Rhythm & Meter
Music Vocabulary & Symbols
100

How many lines are on a musical staff?

What is 5?

100

Which brass instrument is considered non-transposing in bass clef but transposing in treble clef?

What is the euphonium?

100

Who wrote "The Stars and Stripes Forever"?

Who is John Philip Sousa?

100

How many sixteenth notes fit into one dotted half note?

What is 12?

100

What does "marcato" indicate?

What is accented and emphasized?

200
What musical symbol tells the pitch of notes for most band instruments?

What is the treble clef?

200

What key are most standard alto saxophones pitched in?

What is Eb?

200

What musical time period came after the Classical period?

What is the Romantic period?

200

In compound meter, what note division typically recieves the beat?

What is a dotted note?

200

What does the term "rubato" mean?

What is flexible tempo?

300

What is the relative minor of C Major?

What is A Minor?

300

Which woodwind instrument commonly overblows at the twelfth instead of the octave?

What is the clarinet?

300

Which famous composer became deaf later in life?

Who is Beethoven?

300

What is the time signature of a piece grouped into 2 sets of 3 eighth notes?

What is 6/8

300

What symbol indicates the performer should gradually slow down?

What is ritardando or rallentando?

400

How many sharps are in the key of D Major?

What is 2?

400

What percussion rudiment consists of a long roll followed by accented taps?

What is a flam accent?

400

What country is composer Gustave Holst from

What is England?

400

What rhythmic device places accents on weak beats or offbeats?

What is syncopation?

400

What does “con sordino” instruct a player to do?

What is play with a mute?

500

What does a fermata mean?

What is hold the note longer than its normal value?

500

What physical principle allows brass players to change partials without changing valve combinations?

What is changing lip tension/air speed within the harmonic series?

500

Which composer wrote "The Planets"?

Who is Gustav Holst?

500

In mixed meter, what term describes the changing organization of beats between measures?

What is asymmetrical meter?

500

What does “senza vibrato” mean?

What is without vibrato?