Instruments
Name the four families of instruments
What are woodwind, brass, percussion and strings
The musical word that means the speed of music
What is tempo
The note that gets 3 beats in Common Time
What is a dotted half note
What is Mr. Rank's rule for staccato notes?
What is cut the note in half and add a rest
What word means up or down by half steps?
What is chromatic
What is one wind instrument with no valves or keys?
What is either: bugle or trombone
The musical word that means how loud or soft the music is
What is dynamics
The note that gets 1 1/2 beats in 4/4 Time
What is a dotted quarter note
Give 3 examples of articulation markings
Legato, staccato, marcato, slur
How can you affect the tuning of your instrument?
What is move the tuning slide or mouthpiece
Name a double reeded instrument?
What is either oboe, bassoon, or english horn
Give 3 example of tempo words
What are Allegro, Andante, Rubato, Largo, Prestissimo, Presto, ritardando, accelerando?
The other name for 2/2 time signature
What is cut time
The french word for how to hold your lips to produce a good sound on each instrument
What is embouchure
What notes have 2 flags on them?
What are sixteenth notes
Name 6 instruments in the percussion family:
What are snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, timpani, xylophone, vibraphone, marimba, orchestra bells, triangle, maracas, tambourine, gong, wind chimes, chimes.
Name 5 loud/soft words
What are forte, piano, crescendo, decrescendo, sforzando, diminuendo, mezzo forte, mezzo piano?
The time signature that would mean 6 beats in a measure with the eighth note getting one beat
What is 6/8
This is put in the music when something is going to change: key change, time signature change
What is a double bar line
What word is at the ending tag/measures of some songs?
What is coda
What is the marching version of a tuba...named after a famous composer of marches
What is a sousaphone
The abbreviation for 'go back to the sign'
What is D.S.
How many eighth notes are tied together in a dotted quarter note?
What is 3
What is the term for accenting the weak beat?
What is syncopation
What abbreviation means 'go back to the beginning'
What is D.C.