Famous Band People
Famous Key Signatures
Famous Rhythmic Concepts
Famous Dynamics and Articulations
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100

This figure has written pieces such as Drawing Mars, City Trees, and The Cave You Fear.

Who is Michael Markowski?

100

This key has two flats.

What is Bb?

100

This note value gets three beats in 4/4 time.

What is a dotted half note?

100

This articulation means "to touch."

What is tenuto?

100

Where did Mr. Waymire go to high school?

What is Valley?
200

This figure wrote countless marches and was the conductor of the President's Own Marine Band.

Who is John Philip Sousa?

200

This key has 4 sharps.

What is E?

200

This figure connects notes over bar lines.

What is a tie?

200

This articulation looks like a carrot above or below a note.

What is marcato?

200

Where did Mr. Churchill go to undergrad?

What is Luther College?

300

This figure spent much time in Fort Dodge, Iowa, and Mr. Bird played in his band.

Who is Karl King?

300
This is the term describing the organization of keys when you add a flat to each consecutive exercise (for example, playing Bb, then Eb, then Ab). 

What is the Circle of 5ths?

300

This note value gets 3 beats in 6/8 time.

What is a dotted quarter note?

300

This dynamic marking is twice as soft as "regular quiet."

What is pianissimo?

300

Where did Mrs. Beeman go to high school?

What is Ankeny?

400

This musician is one of America's greatest composers and has written West Side Story and Candide.

Who is Leonard Bernstein?

400

This is the correct name for the 4th note of the Gb scale.

What is Cb?

400

This note value gets 1 beat in 12/8 time.

What is an eighth note?

400

This dynamic marking means to play quite loud and then get quiet right away.

What is forte-piano?

400

Where did Mr. Churchill go to high school?

What is Duluth East?

500

This figure wrote Aurora Awakes and Sheltering Sky.

Who is John Mackey?

500

This is the term to describe a note that goes by two different names, depending on the key.

What is enharmonics?

500

This term describes a "3 against 2" feel in simple meter.

What is hemiola?

500

This dynamic marking indicates playing with a strong initial attack and at a loud volume. 

What is sforzando?

500

Where did Mr. Simmons go to high school?

What is Panorama?