Music Theory
A collection of notes performed simultaneously
What is a chord?
"I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want, so tell me what you want, what you really, really want."
What is Wannabe or The Spice Girls?
A piece of music that is written for two instruments.
What is a duet?
"God Bless the USA"
What is the USA?
This is the lowest sounding brass instrument in the band.
What is the tuba?
The musical alphabet has this many letters in it
What is seven?
"It's 9 o'clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in."
What is Piano Man by Billy Joel?
Musical sentences are often referred to as this.
What is a phrase?
"Sakura, Sakura"
What is Japan?
This tubular percussion instrument is played with a pair of rubber or wooden hammers.
What are the chimes?
In Italian, it means "very soft"
What is pianissimo?
"If you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it."
What is Single Ladies by Beyonce?
Songs like "Row, Row, Row your Boat" and "Dona Nobis Pacem" are examples of this type of music, also known as a Round.
What is a canon?
"God Save the King/Queen"
What is Britain?
The double horn is pitched in two different keys: Bb, and this.
What is F?
This is when a piece of music is written in triple time, not duple.
What is compound time?
"When I was a young boy, my father took me into the city to see the marching band."
What is The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance?
A natural conclusion at the end of a musical phrase is also known as this, also the tempo at which you might march in a parade.
What is a cadence?
"Gangnam Style"
What is South Korea?
This is the kind of valve used on trumpets, baritones, euphoniums, and most beginner model tubas.
What is the piston valve?
IV 6/4 and i7 are examples of this music notation, popularized during the Baroque period when reading music for harpsichord
What is roman numeral notation?
What is I Will Wait by Mumford and Sons?
If you can play this kind of music upside down and have it sound the same as played right side up, you'd have this type of canon named after a crustacian.
What is a crab canon?
"Baba Yetu"
What is Kenya?
Dr. Bodnar will never teach this kind of instrument. (only if they started on this instrument in elementary school)
What is the bassoon?