Wildcards
This brass instrument exists in several different tunings such as F, C, Bb but we always write for it in concert pitch.
What is a tuba?
Device that changed the fundamental of horns and trumpets before the invention of valves
What are crooks?
When a horn is written using bass clef and sounds a perfect fourth UP.
What is old horn notation?
Category of percussion: Marimba, Claves, Cymbal, Brake drum
What are Idiophones?
E2 to Bb4
What is the range of the tenor trombone (no attachments)?
The usual striking implement for a vibraphone.
What is a cord mallet?
Simultaneously striking the rim and head of a snare drum with a wood stick
What is a rim shot?
A way demonstrated in class for generating sound from a vibraphone or crotales that does not use mallets or beaters.
What is bowing or Arco?
three slashes through a stem for a snare drum
How is a roll notated?
In a score, always the first percussion instrument, below the brass
What are Timpani?
C2 to C7
What is the written range of the 5-octave marimba?
Good percussion categories to describe snare drum vs timpani.
What are definite and indefinite pitch?
The 7th partial of a harmonic series where the first partial (the fundamental) is Bb1
What is Ab4 (a little out of tune)?