Woodwinds
Your instruments are called "woodwinds" because they were or are made of what?
What is Wood?
In a percussion section, this metal instrument produces a shimmering sound and is often rolled for dramatic effect.
What is a suspended cymbal?
What families of instruments are in a band?
What is woodwind, brass and percussion.
This term, often used in jazz band and wind ensemble settings, refers to a section where only a few instruments or one player perform.
What is a solo or soli section?
Name 4 woodwind instruments.
flute, clarinet (Bb, alto or bass) oboe, bassoon, saxophone (alto, tenor or bass) piccolo, english horn
Name 4 brass instruments.
What is trumpet, french horn, trombone, baritone, euphonium, tuba
This word means “everyone plays together” after a solo or section feature.
A group of three notes played in the time of two is called this.
What is a triplet?
This family of woodwinds uses a single reed and includes the bass, alto, and soprano types.
What is the clarinet or saxophone family?
Name 2 different ways of changing pitch on a brass instrument.
What is: By pushing valves, changing the slide position, changing the air speed, or changing the lip position.
This keyboard percussion instrument has metal bars and is often mistaken for a xylophone.
What is a Vibraphone?
What is the key signature of F major?
What is one flat?
This is the term for an extra beat, which precedes the first downbeat in a bar in a musical phrase.
What is a pickup note (or an anacrusis)?
This is the highest-pitched standard woodwind instrument in the band.
What is a piccolo?
This term describes how brass players change pitch by tightening or loosening their lips.
What is embouchure?
What is the name of the stick used to play pitched percussion instruments?
What is a mallet?
This term means "in tune" or playing at the correct pitch.
This word refers to gradually slowing down at the end of a piece.
What is ritardando (or rallentando)?
This woodwind is the oldest instrument in the world to play notes.
What is the flute.
This rare brass instrument is pitched between the trumpet and trombone and uses valves.
What is the euphonium?
This type of drum is often called the kettledrum.
What is a Timpani
This term means “to cut off the sound” when the conductor cues.
What is a release?
What is Naj?