TMHS Concert Band
Music Theory
Christmas Colors
Elf
Mrs. George
100

How many high school students are in concert band this year

What is 13 people?

100

What 3/4 means

What is three beats in a measure and the quarter note equals one beat?

100

The instruments/section with the melody at measure 5 after the introduction

Who are the trumpets?

100

The time signature and key signature

What is 4/4 and Bb Major?

100

Mrs. George's middle name

What is Larson?

200

How many people play a Bb transposing instrument

What is 9 people?

200

The order of the first four flats in a key signature

What is Bb-Eb-Ab-Db?

200

The starting time signature

What is 3/4?

200

The expression text for how the piece is to be played

What is "Happily"?

200

How many grades Mrs. George teaches

What is 6 grades (5 and 8-12)?

300

How many students are in concert band this year

What is 26 students?

300

What staccato means

What is short and detached?

300

The English translation of "con spirito"

What is "with spirit"?

300

The instruments with the recognizable melody at measure 3 (sing it)

What is flute, oboe, clarinet 2, and alto saxophone?

300

How many and what states Mrs. George has lived in

What is 3 states - Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut?

400

The date and time of our Winter Concert (no one from choir may answer)

What is December 9 at 6 pm?

400

Clap the rhythm on the board

Mrs. George, was it right?

400

The beats of the measure that the main rhythm (2-bar pattern) are on at the beginning (sing it)

What is 1 and the + of 2 for measure 1 and the + of 1 for measure 2?

400

The two instruments with the descant melody at measure 3

What is clarinet 1 and bells?

400

How many siblings Mrs. George has

What is 4? One sister, three brothers.

500

The date and time of our spring POPS concert

What is May 12 at 6 pm?

500

The function of each of the three accidentals

What is a sharp that raises the pitch by a half step, a flat that lowers the pitch by a half step, and a natural that cancels previous accidentals and is neither sharp nor flat?

500

The three main Christmas carols included

What are "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," "I Saw Three Ships," and "Greensleeves"?

500

The year that the movie Elf was released

What is 2003?

500

One of the schools that Mrs. George went to (either undergraduate or graduate school)

What is Gordon College or Teachers College, Columbia University?