Music Symbols
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100
This musical symbol lowers a pitch a half step.
What is a flat?
100
These are the three instrument families used in concert band.
What are brass, woodwind, and percussion?
100
This is the duration (length) of a quarter note.
What is one beat?
100
This is the time your final concert of the year started.
6th: When is 6:00?
7th: When is 7:00?
100
He is in charge of all the bands at Troy Buchanan High School.
Who is Mr. Eric Blankenship?
100
This is the person who writes music.
Who/what is a composer?
100
He was responsible for Mufasa's death in Disney's The Lion King.
Who is Scar?
100
This is the county in which Troy is located.
What is Lincoln County?
100
This is a dynamic marking slightly louder than piano.
What is mezzo-piano (mp)?
200
This musical symbol raises a pitch a half step.
What is a sharp?
200
Flute and clarinet belong to this family of instruments.
What are woodwinds?
200
This is the duration (length) of a whole note.
What is four beats?
200
This was the first piece you played at our first concert this year.
6th: What is Trojans 101?
7th: What is Festive Fanfare?
200
This is how many years you can be in band in Troy.
What is seven?
200
He wrote the "Ode to Joy."
Who is (Ludwig van) Beethoven?
200
He rides the dragon Toothless.
Who is Hiccup (Horrendous Haddock III)?
200
This town has an LCR3 elementary school but no middle or high school.
What is Hawk Point?
200
These are the Mexican restaurants in Troy, MO.
What are Dos Primos and Chihuahuas?
300
This musical symbol represents the set of pitches used by higher instruments like trumpets and flutes.
What is a treble clef?
300
The xylophone, tambourine, and timpani belong to this family of instruments.
What is percussion?
300
This is the duration (length) of an eighth note.
What is one half beat?
300
This was the last piece you played at your final concert of the year.
6th: What is Dark Energy?
7th: What is Blazing Bones of the West!?
300
This is the group that performs at TBHS football game halftimes.
What is the (Trojan Pride) marching band?
300
He wrote the music to the smash Broadway hit Hamilton, as well as Disney's Moana.
Who is Lin-Manuel Miranda?
300
This Pixar movie featured an animated animal chef.
What is Ratatouille?
300
This is the first town south of Troy, where TSMS and the Ninth Grade Center are located.
What is Moscow Mills?
300
He was the main character in Back to the Future.
Who is Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox)?
400
This musical symbol tells you to hold a note until the conductor cuts off.
What is a fermata?
400
The trumpet and trombone belong to this family of instruments.
What is brass?
400
This is the number of eighth notes which fit into one measure of 4/4.
What is eight?
1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 = 4
400
This was the THIRD full band piece on your final concert of the year.
6th: What is Alien Crossfire!?
7th: What is A Song for Friends?
400
This is an after-school group for seventh and eighth grade band students that plays swing, rock, funk, and latin music. It includes saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section made up of piano, bass guitar, electric guitar, and drum set.
What is the jazz band?
400
He wrote the music to Star Wars, Superman, Jurassic Park, and Harry Potter.
Who is John Williams?
400
This actor played demigod Maui in Disney's Moana.
Who is Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson?
400
DAILY DOUBLE
These are the seven elementary schools in Troy.
What are Boone, Lincoln, Cuivre Park, William Cappel, Claude Brown, Hawk Point, and Main Street?
400
This is what Troy Middle School used to be called.
What is Buchanan High School?
500
This musical symbol tells you to gradually get louder.
What is a crescendo?
500
This is the only instrument family NOT used in concert band.
What are strings?
500
This is the number of dotted quarter notes which fit into a measure of 3/4.
What is two?
(1.5 + 1.5 = 3)
500
This is how many solos and small ensembles played on all three concerts combined.
What is eleven?
500
This is the group of ninth graders who perform at TBHS football pre-games.
What is the Spirit of Troy Marching Band?
500
He wrote most of the music and arranged the solos in the Standard of Excellence books we use in class.
Who is Bruce Pearson?
500
He was the sorcerer's apprentice in Disney's Fantasia.
Who is Mickey Mouse?
500
This is the name of the auditorium where TMS puts on concerts.
What is Bonfils Auditorium?
500
This is the number of items in a baker's dozen.
What is thirteen?