INT Band 1st Quarter Vocab

Objective Sheet #1 & 2/Scales

100

This rhythmic note gets 1/2 of a beat (1 down, or 1 up)

Eighth Note

200

This rhythmic note gets exactly three beats.

Dotted Half Note

300

A series of whole (w) and half (h) steps in the following pattern: wwhwwwh (We have learned 4 this year so far) RED BOOK

Major Scale

400

DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!!!! This sign means to hold the note 1 beat longer, or until the cut off. 

Fermata

500

This means to breathe from the "Belly", filling up the lungs all the way to the bottom

Diaphragmatic Breathing

Objective Sheet #3/Scales

100

This mark attaches to the stem of a quarter note and makes it an eighth note

Flag

200

Connects two eighth notes- RED BOOK Pg. 14

Beam

300

Spontaneous composition of music through playing or singing.

Improvisation

400

This concert note means "C" for Clarinet & Trumpet.

Bb

500

Raises a note by 1/2 step.

Sharp

Objective Sheet #4/Scales

100

Music that comes before the first full measure of a piece. RED BOOK

Pick-up

200

Another word for a Pick-Up. RED BOOK

Anacrusis

300

Type of composition that begins with a main melody and continues with different versions of the main melody- RED BOOK

Theme and variation

400

The second scale we learned this year.

Concert F major scale

500

This "Concert Scale" has no sharps or flats for flute

Concert C

Objective Sheet #5/Scales

100

This adds half the value of the note it's next to.

Dot

200

This dynamic marking means soft. 

Piano

300

This dynamic marking means loud.

Forte

400

This scale has three sharps for trumpet & clarinet

Concert G (or A major)

500

DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!!!!!!! How many sharps are in the key of Concert B major?

5 shaprs

Objective Sheet #6/Scales

100

Speed of a piece of music.

Tempo

200

Walking tempo, slower than Moderato- RED BOOK

Andante

300

Medium tempo- RED BOOK

Moderato

400

Fast tempo- RED BOOK

Allegro

500

Emphasize the note- RED BOOK

Accent