Turn up the Volume!
I can play faster!
Its all in the technique
Is this the original or a remix?
Weird stuff I gotta learn for AcDec (Hard Stuff)
100
Letters and arrow shapes that tell you how loud of soft to play music.
What are Dynamics?
100
How fast or slow a piece of music is played.
What is Tempo?
100
The way a player places their mouth onto their mouthpiece.
What is Embouchure?
100
While books have authors, musical pieces have.....?
What is a Composer?
100
Instruments that use air. Not string, percussion, etc.
What is an Aerophone?
200
Play soft
What is Piano?
200
The Tempo of "Stayin' Alive". Tempo you should apply chest compressions to when giving CPR.
(Stayin' Alive, Stayin' Alive, AH AH AH AH...)
What is 100?
200
The technique use to put separation in between notes. Can also be altered to change the style of the note.
What is Tonguing?
200
The person who directs a performance in an orchestra, choir, or band.
(He also waves a fancy stick around)
What is a Conductor?
(No not a train conductor......also not an electricity conductor....)
200
Which scale degree is the leading tone?
(C is the first scale degree, D is the 2nd, E is the 3rd........)
What is the Seventh Scale Degree?
300
Play on the louder side of average
What is Mezzo Forte?
300
The tool used to keep track of tempo. Often used while practicing.
What is a Metronome?
(Ya'll better be practicing with one)
300
The inner part of the Embouchure. The opening of your mouth.
What is Aperture?
300
A person who critiques a performance often for competitive reasons.
What is a Judge?
300
Which scale degree is the Tonic?
(C is the first, D is the 2nd, E is the 3rd.....)
What is the First Scale Degree?
400
Silence
What is a Rest?
400
The slowest tempo marking.
(Its another one of those fancy Italian or Latin words I cant remember)
What is Larghissimo?
(But I'll give it to you if you said Grave)
400
The first thing you do before playing. You gotta do it.
What is Breathing?
(You gotta do it.)
400
This person creates/changes the instrumentation often to fit a certain band. Ex: turns orchestral pieces into Band pieces.
What is an Arranger?
400
A device (kinda like a literary device) used in music that raises pitches during words associated with positive or things in the upward directions. (Pitch would raise during Sun, Heaven, Good....) Or pitches lower during negative or lower directions. (Ground, Downstairs, Bad...)
What is Word-Painting?
(Or Madrigalism)
500
The dynamic shape of a musical piece. How a melody moves in between individual notes.
(Think of Makeup)
What is Contour?
500
The unit that tempo is measured in
What is BPM? (Beats Per Minute)
500
Alternate pattern of the tongue to separate notes. Often used in brass instruments.
(t and k, t and k)
What is Double Tonguing?
500
People who partake in the performance. Ex: The people in a band who play instruments or ballet dancers in a ballet.
What is a Performer?
500
Often played at the beginning opera or play. A mashup of pieces that are related to each other by composer, performance, or etc.
(Anyone listen to AJR? Each album has one.)
What is an Overture?