Band & Orchestra Instruments
This woodwind instrument, often made of silver or nickel, uses a single reed and is the highest-pitched in most beginning bands.
What is a Flute?
What is half of a whole steep?
What is a Half step?
This composer wrote "Give Us This Day," a two-movement symphony for band, and is known for deeply emotional, programmatic wind works.
Who is David Maslanka?
This type of band performs while marching on a field or in parades, often with formations, drill, and color guard.
What is a marching band?
his British rock band named itself after a misheard lyric from a Muddy Waters song ("rolling stone").
Who are The Rolling Stones?
a large, low-pitched woodwind instrument known for its distinct double-reed sound and complex, 4-piece construction, often referred to as a "bundle of sticks."
What is a Basson?
Which is the only major scale that does not use sharps or flats?
What is the C major Scale?
This "March King" wrote "The Stars and Stripes Forever."
Who is John Philip Sousa?
This swing-era style band features a large group with sections of saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section (piano, bass, drums, guitar).
What is a Jazz Band?
This 1990s grunge band took its name from a farm animal that smells bad and a state of nirvana-like bliss.
Who are Nirvana?
A low-brass instrument pitched in B♭, featuring a larger bore and bell (9–11 inches) than a tenor trombone, along with two valves (usually F and G♭) for lower range and chromaticism.
What is a Bass Bone?
What is the caedence called that ends on the VI?
What is a Deceptive Cadence?
This American composer wrote "Lincolnshire Posy," a set of folk song settings for advanced band.
Who is Percy Grainger?
This British-style ensemble uses only brass and percussion (no woodwinds), known for competitions and pieces like "English Folk Song Suite" transcriptions.
What is a British brass band?
This iconic rock band named itself after the founder’s favorite insect and the electrical device that makes a buzzing sound.
Who are The Beatles?
Commonly used in orchestras and military bands, frequently to add bright, piercing colors to musical pieces, with popular parts in works by Beethoven and John Philip Sousa.
This type of minor scale has a raised 7th scale degree and is often used in classical music for its leading-tone pull.
What is Harmonic Minor?
A celebrated film composer, conductor, and clarinetist known for blending symphonic traditions with film scoring. He studied at the USC Thornton School of Music and has won numerous awards, including a 2014 Goya Award nomination for La Mula and the 2018 BUMA Best International Composer award.
Who Is Oscar Navarro?
This wind band variant emphasizes chamber-like playing with one player per part, often used in advanced high school or college settings.
What is a wind ensemble?
A Revolutionary self-taught guitarist who pioneered electric guitar techniques using feedback, distortion, and effects pedals. Born on November 27, 1942, in Seattle, he became a 1960s icon before dying at 27 from barbiturate intoxication on September 18, 1970.
Who is Jimmy Hendrix
This low brass instrument uses a rotary valve system in most American models and has a very wide conical bore.
What is a Euphonium?
A three-note chord consisting of a root, a major third above the root, and an augmented fifth above the root (which is the same as a sharpened or raised fifth, up one half step from a perfect fifth).
What is an Augmented Chord?
This 20th-century composer wrote "Symphony for Band" and "Divertimento for Band," often considered foundational modern band literature.
Who is Vincent Persichetti?
This type of band, common in New Orleans traditions, features a front line of trumpets, trombones, and clarinets with a rhythm section, playing improvisational second-line music.
What is a Dixieland band?
A Highly influential English indie rock band formed in Manchester in 1982, featuring Morrissey (vocals) and Johnny Marr (guitar). Known for melancholy lyrics and jangling, melodic guitars, they released four studio albums before breaking up in 1987 due to internal tensions.
Who are The Smiths?