Symbols and Terms
This musical symbol means to play very loud.
What is fortissimo (ff)?
This type of instrument uses two reeds instead of one.
What is a double reed? (Oboe/Bassoon)
This is the band's class pet.
Who is Big-E-Cheese?
Dr. Downing earned his PhD from this university.
What is Duke?
This was the theme of the show that featured a mad scientist.
What is The Experiment?
This symbol means to hold out a note (and watch the conductor).
What is a fermata?
This instrument plays the lowest pitches in the concert band.
What is the tuba?
This is the grossest item found in the lost and found.
What is old socks?
This is Dr. Downing's favorite instrument to play.
What is the drumset?
This 2023 show took audiences on a journey beyond Earth.
What is To The Moon?
This term means to play short and separated.
What is staccato?
This brass instrument changes pitch using a slide.
What is the trombone?
This is where broken music stands go.
What is the stand graveyard?
This is the name of Dr. Downing's baby.
What is Arlo?
In 2022, the guard dressed as butterflies for this show.
What is Awakening?
This term means to gradually get quieter.
What is decrescendo or diminuendo?
Despite being made of brass, this instrument is part of the woodwind family.
What is the saxophone?
This is Dr. Downing's least favorite question to hear at the start of class.
What is "What are we doing today?"
Before moving to North Carolina, Dr. Downing lived in this state.
What is Tennessee?
This show featured the song "Happy" by Pharrell Williams.
What is Emotions?
This symbol means to lower the pitch by a half-step.
What is flat?
This is the highest-pitched member of the clarinet family.
What is the E-flat clarinet?
This is the best class in the entire school.
What is band?
This is Dr. Downing's age.
What is 29?
This 2019 show represented all of the seasons.
What is Four?