Woodwinds
Brass
Percussion
Bands
Notes & Stuff
Gear
Mystery Box
200
The 3 woodwind instruments we use in band class.
What are flutes, clarinets, and saxophones?
200
Brass players do this with their lips. Otherwise the instrument doesn't make any sound.
What is buzzing their lips?
200
Percussionists do this to make a sound on their instrument.
What is hitting, shaking, or scraping?
200
Name the 3 band classes we have at this school
What is 6th grade band, advanced band, and jazz band
200
The number of quarter notes that fit in a measure of common time.
What is four?
200
Instruments are stored in these to keep them safe.
What is a case?
200
Musicians do this with their body to keep a steady beat.
What is tap their foot?
400
While they might be called "wood" winds, saxophones and flutes are made of this material.
What is metal?
400
The lowest sounding brass instrument, it forms the foundation of the band's sound.
What is the tuba?
400
Name 3 percussion instruments in this room.
What are drum set, snare drum, bass drum, xylophone, bells, marimba, vibraphone, chimes, cymbals, congas, bongos, etc.?
400
A person stood at the front of a band or orchestra, who waves a baton with the beat to guide the music.
What is a conductor?
400
The number of beats of rest that are in this music.
What is five?
400
This is used to make putting your clarinet or saxophone together smoother and easier.
What is cork grease?
400
The number of letters in the musical alphabet.
What is seven?
(A, B, C, D, E, F, and G)
600
The number of fingers (including the thumb) that are used to play D on a clarinet or high A on a saxophone.
What is three?
600
A trick brass players use to keep their mouthpiece from falling out.
What is twisting it?
600
Marimba mallets are usually wrapped with this colorful material to make a softer sound.
What is yarn?
600
This "R" word is the fancy name for a band practice.
What is a rehearsal?
600
The letter name of the note below:
What is C?
600
A tool used by musicians to hold sheet music and pencils. Percussionists sometimes use them as a table for sticks and mallets. They can be tilted and moved up or down.
What is a music stand?
600
The hand that's used at the top of the clarinet or saxophone.
What is the left hand?
800
A simple flute-like instrument that was popular from 1200-1700, but is now often found in the hands of elementary music students.
What are recorders?
800
All brass instruments use these to tune, but trombones also use a very long one to change notes.
What is a slide?
800
Percussion instruments are divided into these two categories.
What is pitched (mallets) and non-pitched (drums)?
800
This type of band marches in parades or on the football field at halftime.
What is a marching band?
800
Two eighth notes fit in one beat. How many fit in an entire four beat measure of common time?
What is eight?
2 notes per beat x 4 beats = 8 notes
That's why they're called eighth notes!
800
A device that tells musicians when their instrument doesn't sound like everyone else's.
What is a tuner?
800
A term for how you sit or stand. Do it well, and you'll look and sound like a professional; do it poorly, and you'll end up with back pain.
What is posture?
1000
This woodwind is one of the oldest instruments in the world. They used to be made of bone or wood with holes carved into them.
What is the flute?
1000
A mechanism that lets air flow through different pipes depending on whether or not it's pressed down. They're used on trumpets, but not trombones.
What are valves?
1000
The number of keys on a grand piano.
What is 88?
1000
This type of band plays loud music using electric guitars, bass guitars, drum set, keyboards, and singers.
What is a rock band?
1000
The number of measures in this melody by Brahms:
What is 11?
1000
Piano players use them to make notes sound longer. Drummers use them to play their kick drum. They can also be found on bikes and cars.
What are pedals?
1000
Tempo is the Italian word for "time." It's usually measured in beats per minute (BPM) and refers to the _________ of the music.
What is the speed of the music?
1200
This type of saxophone is bigger than an alto saxophone, but smaller than a baritone saxophone.
What is a tenor saxophone?
1200
The instrument used to play Taps, a solo used in the military to signal lights out at the end of the day and at funerals to remember the fallen.
What is a trumpet (or bugle)?
1200
Drummers make their sticks do this when they play drumrolls.
What is bounce or buzz?
1200
This type of band plays swingin' music with instruments like saxophone, piano, trombone, and guitar. The musicians often improvise (make up) their own solos.
What is a jazz band?
1200
The Italian words for strong and soft that are found under this melody, usually abbreviated as 𝆏 and 𝆑.
What are piano and forte?
1200
The device that holds the reed on a clarinet or saxophone mouthpiece.
What is a ligature?
1200
Orchestras use all of the instrument families: woodwinds, brass, strings, and percussion. Our band class only uses three of those. Which instrument family is missing from our band class?
What are string instruments?