Instruments
Music Terms
Note Reading
Music Theory
Other Stuff
100
The four families of instruments
What are brass, strings, percussion and woodwinds
100
The word that means the speed of music
What is tempo
100

The note that gets held for four beats.

What is a whole note.

100
The 2 numbers at the beginning of a song are called...
What is a time signature
100

The curved line that connects notes, telling you to not tongue the note

What is a slur / tie

200
A percussion instrument that is set up like a piano keyboard
What is xylophone, bells, marimba, or vibes
200
The word that means volume in music
What are dynamics
200

Name the lines notes in either clef.

Treble: E G B D F

Bass:   G B D F A

200
The three symbols used to change a pitch.
What are sharps, flats, naturals
200

This is put at the end of a song or line of music to indicate that you must go back to the beginning of the song.

What is a repeat sign

300
The tuba that is used in marching band (hint: it's named after a very famous composer of marches)
What is the sousaphone
300

The musical term that means short and detached

What is allegro

300
The third space note in your clef
What is either: e (bass clef) or c (treble)
300
The note that gets 3 beats
What is a dotted half note
300

The type of drum that is big and is the only one that can change pitch. Kettle drum.

What is the timpani

400

The brass instrument that has no valves or keys

What is a trombone

400

The word that means gradually play louder

What is crescendo

400
The symbol used to lower a note by one half step
What is a flat
400
A dotted quarter note equals how many eighth notes tied together?
What is 3
400

Name the metal item that holds a clarinet or saxophone reed to the mouthpiece.

What is the ligature.

500

The french word for how you hold your lips and mouth around your mouthpiece in order to create a sound.

What is "embouchure."

500

The musical term that means gradually play faster

What is accelerando

500

Name the two clefs used in band.

What is a treble clef and a bass clef.

500

The information the time signature gives us.

What is how many beats are in a measure.

500
Name a double reeded instrument
What are oboe, bassoon or english horn