Music Theory
This tells you how many beats will be in a measure.
What is a time signature?
Saxophones, flutes, and clarinets
What are woodwinds?
This gets one beat of silence.
What is a quarter rest?
This means to play softly.
What is piano?
What is the first thing Dr. Naughton has everyone do as a class?
What is tuning?
This tells you which notes will be flat/sharp/natural.
What is a key signature?
Clarinets and saxophones must use one of these to play.
What is a reed?
A pair of connected eighth notes gets how many beats?
One beat
This means to play something at a medium (moderate) tempo.
What is moderato?
This is Dr. Naughton's favorite hobby that isn't music related!
What is playing video games?
This musical item is a type of warm up and is used to learn and define key signatures.
What is a scale?
Glockenspiel, xylophone, marimbas, vibraphones
What are mallet instruments?
How many SINGLE eighth notes fit into one measure of 4/4 time?
Eight single eighth notes
To hold out a note longer than usual/until the director cuts it off.
What is a fermata?
Dr. Naughton's primary instrument.
What is Percussion?
This signals the end of the piece of music.
What is a double bar line?
This is the smallest and highest pitched woodwind instrument.
What is a piccolo?
A time signature that has 7 beats in it.
What is 7/4 or 7/8?
This means to start the note strong/loud and then immediately get soft.
What is fortepiano? fp
What is a hair clip?
This means to play the notes as connected and smooth as possible without slurring them. (opposite of staccato)
What is tenuto/legato?
The names of the three saxophones in the saxophone family?
What are Alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
Dr. Naughton will check. Points for all correct answers! Extra 100 if you can clap it correctly!
This means to play something very fast/quickly.
Dr. Naughton looks for this WAY more than how good you are at your instrument!
What is making progress?