Music Terminology
Extended Technique
Dynamics and Expression
Other Subjects in School
AISL
100

The musical term to gradually slow down the tempo

What is ritardando?

100

Another name for a vocal percussionist

What is a beatboxer?

100

The abbreviation for mezzo forte

What is mf?

100

This is the highest mountain in Africa

What is Mt. Kilimanjaro?

100

The name of the head of school

Who is Greg Rayl?

200

This is what a musician does when they see the term "tr" written above a note in their music.

What is a trill?

200

The name of the technique when the brass player flutters their tongue while playing

What is flutter-tonguing?

200

The definition of the word "diminuendo"

What is to gradually get softer?

200

When examining a right triangle where one side is 4 inches and another side is 3 inches, this is the measure of the third side

What is 5 inches?

200

The year that Mr. Taylor graduated from high school

When is 2008?

300

When two or more notes or pitches are sounded at the same time

What is a chord?

300

Playing two notes at once on a woodwind, brass, or voice instrument

What are multiphonics?

300

The correct way to say "PPPPP" out loud

What is Pianississississimo?

300

Nigerian gained independence from Britain in this year

When is 1960?

300

This expat teacher has been at AISL for 10 years.

Who is Deb Williams?

400

The first beat in a measure as conducted by the leader of an ensemble

What is a downbeat?

400

The technique where a wind player hums or sings into their instrument while they are playing

What is growling?

400

The full name for the abbreviation "sfz"

What is Sforzando?

400

This forms a tough, rigid structure that makes up the cell walls of plants

What is cellulose?

400

This is what the term "WAISAL" stands for

What is West African International School Athletic League?

500

An identifiable succession of musical sounds, but shorter than a complete melody.

What is a motif?

500

Placing foreign objects on piano strings to create different sounds while playing.

What is prepared piano?

500

"Dolce" tells the musician to play in this style

What is sweetly, in a singing-like style?

500

This is the language that the words algebra, sugar, and zero come from?

What is Arabic?

500

Mr. Patton played this instrument when he was in middle school band

What is a trombone?