Music Theory
The letter name for the 2nd line of the bass clef staff.
What is B?
Starfire Fanfare is written in this time signature
What is 6/8?
This instrument is a woodwind despite having no actual wood parts
What is the flute?
This brass instrument has two names that get used interchangeably.
What is the euphonium/baritone?
These two band directors went to UT Austin.
Who are Mr. Anderson and Mr. DeVall?
This type of note gets 1.5 beats in 4/4, 2/4 or 3/4 time.
What is a dotted quarter note?
What are all 1s?
What is the saxophone?
Before drum heads were made from plastic, they were first made from this material.
What is animal hide (skin)?
This is Mr. Anderson's FAVORITE fast food restaurant due to the quality, diversity of options, and healthiness
What is Taco Bell?
These three instruments in our band are pitched in Bb
What are the trumpet, clarinet and tenor sax?
This is the name of the school where you performed your first concert this year
What is Bowie HS?
Name one of the two brass instrument in our band that uses rotary valves
What is the french horn OR tuba?
This keyboard percussion instrument gets its name for the optional effect it has when its motor is plugged in?
What is the vibraphone?
This band director grew up in Wisconsin?
Who is Mrs. Mathews?
These are the three articulation styles we worked on in our articulation sequence warm up
What is legato, long-lifted, and staccato?
Name two pieces performed by ANOTHER band at the Spring concert
What is Radetzky March, Out of This World, Ye Banks and Braes O Bonnie Dune, Autobahn, How to Train Your Dragon, OR The Thunderer?
Name the members of the purple color group
What are tenor sax, french horn, and alto sax?
In the professional world, this concert pitch note is what all instruments tune to.
What is A?
Between all three band directors, they own this many total cats.
What is 7?
This time signature has 6 beats per measure and the quarter note gets the beat.
What is 6/4 (time)?
We played three pieces in beginning band last year, including New World Symphony, who was originally written by this composer
Who is Antonin Dvorak?
Reeds used by woodwind instruments are made of cane, which grows best in one of these two countries
What is France OR Argentina?
This band instrument used to have part of it's bell made with ivory (elephant tusks)
What is the bassoon?
The only band director to have lived in three different time zones.
Who is Mr. DeVall?