woodWINds
The recorder is most closely related to this band instrument
What is the flute
One measure of 3/4 has this many 8th notes
What is 6
This director gets up the earliest in the morning
Who is Mrs. Silvermintz
This is the order flats
The Lindbergh HS Pep Band is the Official Arch Madness Basketball Tournament band for this Indiana University
What is Valparaiso University (Go Beacons!)
Orchestras will often tune to this woodwind instrument
What is the oboe
One whole note in 4/4 has this many 16th notes in it
What is 16
This director is an alumnus of the Lindbergh Band Program
Who is Mr. Spirk
This dynamic symbol means to start a note loud and make it instantly soft
What is a Forte Piano (fp)
This is the name of Charles Lindbergh's airplane
What is the Spirit of St. Louis
This person invented the saxophone
Who is Adolphe Sax
This is the most technically correct way to count quarter note triplets given our counting system (starting on beat one)
1 Let Trip
These are the names of all the woodwind director children
Who are EJ (McMahon), Sawyer and Conrad (Silvermintz), Ezra and Luca (Spirk)
F Major (NOT concert) has this in the key signature
What is one flat (B-Flat)
This is the phone number for Nottelmann Music
314-631-1486
This is the type wood that professional clarinets and bass clarinets are made of
What is Grenadilla wood
This is how you would numerically write out the time signature for cut time
What is 2/2
Mrs. Silvermintz is originally from this state
What is Texas
This is the enharmonic equivalent of Cb
What is B
Name one musical composer whose music we played this year
Who is...
Bagpipes use this kind of reed
What is a double reed (like oboe and bassoon)
This is the name for the following rhythm: 8th note, quarter note, 8th note
What is syncopation
This woodwind director has been teaching at Lindbergh the longest
Who is Mr. McMahon (57 years!)
This pattern is the circle of 4ths
What is C F Bb Eb Ab Db Gb B E A D G
This is the year that the original Star Wars (now known as Episode IV: A New Hope) first premiered in theaters
What is 1977