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100
What families of instruments are in a band?
Woodwind, brass and percussion.
100

This dynamic marking is notated with: "mp"

Mezzo piano

100

If you breath together you will:

Play together! 

100
Name 2 components of good posture.
Feet flat on the floor. Tall and straight back (not using the back of your chair)!
100

This type of clarinet is one octave lower than the Bb Clarinet

Bass Clarinet

200

What is the piece of wood on a clarinet or saxophone mouthpiece called? 

Reed

200

A __________ is marked by two dots followed by two lines, one thin the next bold at the end of a measure. 

Repeat sign

200

What type of band on the field during halftime at a football game or in parades?

Marching band.

200
When you take a good, deep breath to play your instrument, it is wrong to use what part of your body?
Your shoulders - they should remain fairly still. You should be using your diaphragm muscle in your belly area.
200

The prefix 'contrabass' typically means an instrument plays what kind of pitch?

Low / Very low

300
Brass instruments have 3 parts. Name them.
Mouthpiece, tubing/valves, bell.
300

This tempo marking is the slowest

Lento

300

Which instrument family isn't usually found in bands?

Strings

300
Describe why good stand height is important or what a good stand height looks like.

Lets you see the conductor, not too high to block them but not too low so that you can still see the music.

300

This woodwind instrument is the highest commonly played instrument. 

Piccolo 

400
How does covering different holes on a woodwind instrument change the pitch?
By covering different holes you are changing the length of the column of air going through the instrument. (Short air column=high note. Long air column=low note.)
400

This type of note is held for one and a half beats

Dotted quarter note

400

You should have this with you every day at band:

Pencil

400
Musical notation is written on this.
Staff
400

This is the lowest and largest type of Saxophone:

Subcontrabass Saxophone

500
This woodwind is the oldest instrument in the world to play notes.
The flute.
500

Tempo is measured in what units?

Beats per minute (BPM)

500

Describe why we warm up at the start of band?

Practice good breathing, articulation, notes, and more. 
500

How many eighth notes are in a whole note?

Eight

500

What was the name of the massive Tuba we saw in that video?

Big Carl