Tempo
This device is used to help keep tempo while practicing. It can be set to certain speeds and time signatures.
What is a metronome?
This dynamic is used to signify playing Very Loud/Strong.
What is fortissimo (ff)?
This is the only band instrument in the woodwind family that does not use a reed.
What is the flute?
Name the two clefs in which band instruments primarily play.
What are treble clef and bass clef?
What is Mrs. Bouchard's dog's name?
Who is Bailey?
This indicates that a musician should gradually slow down.
What is a ritardando?
This symbol tells a musician to gradually decrease in volume.
What is a decrescendo or diminuendo?
Name the 4 primary instrument families.
What are Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion, and Strings?
This is the symbol used to signify that a note be held out for longer than it's actual value.
What is a fermata?
Which college's sports are Mrs. Bouchard a fan of?
What is Michigan State University?
This indicates that a musician should gradually speed up.
What is an accelerando?
These are the 6 primary dynamic levels.
What are pianissimo, piano, mezzo piano, mezzo forte, forte, and fortissimo?
Name all the primary band instruments in the brass family.
What is Trumpet/Cornet, French Horn, Trombone, Euphonium/Baritone, and Tuba.
This is the term used to describe rhythms primarily occurring on "off beats" or "up beats".
What is Syncopation?
What is Mrs. Bouchard's primary instrument?
What is the trumpet?
This term means to play at a quick/fast tempo.
What is Allegro?
This is the dynamic marking to signify a sudden change from loud to soft.
What is a forte piano (fp)?
Name 3 double reed instruments.
What is the Oboe, Bassoon, English Horn, or Contrabassoon?
These are the 5 main types of articulation.
What are Accent, Tenuto/Legato, Marccato, Staccato, and Slur.
How old is Mrs. Bouchard?
What is 27?
This is what the word "tempo" translates to in English.
What is "time"?
This phrase is used to signify that something be done "little by little."
Example: "cresc. .........."
What is "poco a poco"?
This instrument is a long, low pitched instrument native to Australia that is buzzed into like a brass instrument to make sound.
What is a Didgeridoo?
_________ is the language used for most musical notation.
What is Italian?
Where did Mrs. Bouchard teach before coming to Pioneer MS?
What is Riverview (Seitz Middle School)?