Beginning band study notes

Quiz Week (10/27/2014)

1.      Accent ______ attack the note louder

2.      One Measure repeat sign ___ repeat previous measure

3.      Sixteenth notes _____ 1/4 beat

4.      Key Signature ______ tells you how many flat/sharp/natural notes to play at the beginning

5.      Major Scale _____wwhwwwh

6.      Chromatic Scale _____hhhhhh

7.      1^st and 2^nd Ending _____start at the beginning, take first ending, repeat, skip to second ending

8.      DC al Fine _______to the top until the end

9.      Dotted quarter note _____1.5 beats

10.  Single eighth note ______1/2 beat

11.  Forte ____loud

12.  Piano ______quiet

13.  Mezzo forte _____medium loud

14.  Andante _____moderately slow

15.  Allegro _____fast

16.  Tempo _____how fast or slow music goes

17.  Rhythm ____long and short sounds

18.  Beat ______constant pule in music

19.  Dynamics ______volume in music

20.  Time Signature _____top number = how many beats in a measure, bottom number = what gets the beat

21.  Ritardando  _____ gradually slow down

22.  Fermata ______hold the note longer until the conductor says to stop

23.  Pitch ______high and low notes

24.  Counter melody _____another line of music that adds interest and complexity to the main melody

25.  Harmony ______more than one note playing at the same time

26.  Melody _______a main line in a song, the tune of a piece

27.   Transposition ____changing from one key to another.

Sharp = # raise a note a half step
Flat = Lower a note a half step (b)
Natural = neutralizes a note that was previously flat or sharp

Bb Scale: 2 flats; same for concert instruments; Clarinet, trumpet, tenor sax = C, Alto Sax = G
F Scale: 1 flat, same for concert; Clarinet, trumpet, tenor sax = G, Alto sax = D 
Eb scale: 3 flats, same for concert instruments; cl, trump, t. sax = F, Alto sax = C

Bb C D Eb F G A Bb
C D E  F G A B C
G A B C D E F# G

          

    Eb F G Ab Bb C D Eb

    F  G A Bb C D E F

    C D E F G A B C

  

          F G  A Bb C D E F

         G A  B C   D  E F# G

        D E F# G A B C# D

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