Key Signatures
Rhythms
Tempi, Dynamics, & More
Articulations
Etc.
100

The major key that has two flats.

What is the key of B flat?

100

This lengthens a note by half its value.

What is a dot? (or dotted note)

100

Adagio

What is a slow tempo?

100

Accent

What is to attack a note harder?

100

Soli

What is when a section plays alone?

200

The major key that has four sharps.

What is the key of E?

200

The spoken counting for this set of rhythms: 2 quarter notes, 2 eighth notes, 1 quarter note

What is 1 2 3+ 4?

200

Allegro

What is a brisk tempo?

200

Articulation

What is how you play or tongue a note?

200

Unison

What is when the whole band plays the same thing together?

300

The major key with six flats.

What is the key of G flat?

300

The value of three sixteenth notes.

What is three quarters of a beat?

300

Rallentando

What is to slow down gradually?

300

To play a note short.

What is staccato?

300

A note in a middle of a measure that begins a song or section.

What is a pickup note?

400

The key of E flat.

What is the key with three flats?

400

The spoken counting for this rhythm: Four sixteenth notes, two eighth notes, one quarter note, two eighth notes.

What is 1e+a 2+ 3 4+?

400

fp

What is loud, then immediately soft?

400

Tenuto

What is to play a note full value?

400

Lowering the third and sixth note in a scale.

What is harmonic minor?

500

The key with one sharp.

What is G?

500

The number of beats in this measure: 2 eighth notes, 1 quarter, 2 sixteenths, 1 eighth, 1 quarter, 4 sixteenths

What is 5 beats?

500

Dolce

What is sweetly?

500

Marcato

What is short and accented?

500

A pause or break in the music, marked by a slanted, double, vertical slanted line.

What is a cesura?