Musical Notation
The letter name of line 3 in the treble clef staff.
What is "B"?
The most common woodwind instrument that's actually made of wood.
What is the clarinet?
Loud
What is Forte?
When everyone plays the same notes.
What is Unison.
A group of people who attend a concert.
What is an audience?
This note is not colored in, and it has a stem.
What is a half note?
The facial muscles wind players use to control tone production.
What is an embouchure?
Short and Detached
What is a "staccato"?
Every rehearsal starts with this.
What is a Warm Up?
Chocolate Chip Cookies and Buffalo Wings.
What are the two most important food groups?
The five lines and four spaces upon which music is written.
What is a staff?
The only woodwind instrument that does not require a reed.
What is the flute?
The 2 dots in front of a double bar.
What is a repeat sign?
The ONLY appropriate place to take your instrument out of its case.
The floor. NEVER your lap!!
The box that a conductor stands on.
What is "The Podium."
The musical symbol needed to identify the letter names of lines and spaces on a music staff - it gives the staff "context"!
What is a clef?
The modern name for a Sackbut.
What is a trombone.
Long and connected notes
What is a legato?
What does the "A" in S.T.A.R.S. stand for?
Articulations
The instrument that belongs to both the percussion family and the string family.
What is a Piano?
Lines used to extend the staff.
What are Ledger Lines.
An instrument that uses a double reed.
What is an oboe or bassoon.
To start your note with only air, no tongue.
What is a breathe attack?
The thing that EVERY band student should have ready and available at EVERY rehearsal. Like, actually on the stand...not in their case...ready for immediate use. Also, not their music.
What is a pencil.
This means to go back to the beginning of the music.
What is DC or Da Capo?