Music Vocabulary
Band Instruments
Dynamics
Misc.
Random Knowledge
100

Tells how many beats are in each measure and what kind of note gets one beat

What is time signature?

100

The instrument that keeps the beat and has a booming sound

What is Bass drum?

100

Play softly

What is piano?

100

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.

100

What is the word for "using your tongue to create the sound?"

What is articulation

200

A period of silence in music

What is rest?

200

The person who leads the band or orchestra

Who is the conductor?

200

To play loudly

What is forte?

200

Musical notation is written on this

What is a staff?

200

What is the word for the facial muscles used to make contact with the instrument?

What is embouchure

300

Lowers a note one half step and looks like a lower case B

What is a flat?

300

A brass instrument that uses a slide to change notes

What is the trombone?

300

To play moderate or medium loud

What is mezzo forte?

300

This many eighth notes equal one quarter note

What is 2?

300

Explain this time signature: 5/8

What is 5 beats per measure, 8th note gets the beat (5 eighth notes per measure)

400

A curved line connecting two different notes.

What is a slur?

400

A woodwind instrument that is held to the side and is made mostly out of metal

What is the flute?

400

To play medium soft

What is mezzo piano?

400

The name of our book

What is Rhythm and Scale Chunks

400

Explain this time signature: 9/16

9 beats in a measure, 16th note gets the beat. (9 sixteenth notes per measure)

500

The speed, or pace, of the music

What is tempo?

500

A woodwind instrument that is made out of metal and uses a reed, used heavily in jazz music

What is a saxophone?

500

To gradually get louder

What is a crescendo?

500

The person who writes a piece of music

What is a composer?

500

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