Tells how many beats are in each measure and what kind of note gets one beat
What is time signature?
The instrument that keeps the beat and has a booming sound
What is Bass drum?
Play softly
What is piano?
Explain 1st and 2nd endings
You play through the song and take the first ending. Go back and repeat the section, but this time take the second ending and skip the first.
What is the word for "using your tongue to create the sound?"
What is articulation
A period of silence in music
What is rest?
The person who leads the band or orchestra
Who is the conductor?
To play loudly
What is forte?
Musical notation is written on this
What is a staff?
What is the word for the facial muscles used to make contact with the instrument?
What is embouchure
Lowers a note one half step and looks like a lower case B
What is a flat?
A brass instrument that uses a slide to change notes
What is the trombone?
To play moderate or medium loud
What is mezzo forte?
This many eighth notes equal one quarter note
What is 2?
Explain this time signature: 5/8
What is 5 beats per measure, 8th note gets the beat (5 eighth notes per measure)
A curved line connecting two different notes.
What is a slur?
A woodwind instrument that is held to the side and is made mostly out of metal
What is the flute?
To play medium soft
What is mezzo piano?
The name of our book
What is Rhythm and Scale Chunks
Explain this time signature: 9/16
9 beats in a measure, 16th note gets the beat. (9 sixteenth notes per measure)
The speed, or pace, of the music
What is tempo?
A woodwind instrument that is made out of metal and uses a reed, used heavily in jazz music
What is a saxophone?
To gradually get louder
What is a crescendo?
The person who writes a piece of music
What is a composer?
What is the word written in your music telling you to hold your note until the conductor tells you to stop with their hands?
What is fermata