What is the order or instruments from lowest pitched to highest?
Tuba, trombone-baritone, french horn, trumpets-clarinets, flute, piccolo
Which clef is this?
treble
What word means to get louder gradually?
crescendo
What is used to determine what note gets the beat?
bottom number of time signature
What does the word transposition mean?
to change from one key to another
What kind of note is this and how many beats is it worth?
16th note (one fourth of a beat)
What does this symbol represent?
the end of the piece of music
What would happen if everyone ignored dynamics and played at their own volume?
opinion
What kind of note is this and how many beats is it worth?
half note (2 beats)
What kind of note is this and how many beats is it worth?
whole note (4 beats)
What is this symbol called at the beginning of a piece of music?
key signature
There are instruments that transpose. This means when a player plays a note on a transposing instrument, it is not necessarily the note that sounds. If everyone needs to play the same sounding note, what is this called?
concert pitch
Where does the tempo come from when you play a piece?
the conductor
What word means to get softer gradually?
decrescendo
If there are not very many members in a band on a variety of instruments, a director may make the decision to make ________________ so that all the parts of the music can be played.
an arrangement
What is the fraction called at the beginning of a piece of music?
time signature
Name at least 3 brass instruments.
tuba, trombone, baritone (euphonium), trumpet, french horn
What is the importance of being able to read your music?
opinion
What kind of note is this and how many beats is it worth?
quarter (one beat)
Put dynamics in order from softest to loudest.
pp, p, mp. mf, f, ff
What does D.C. al fine mean?
To go back to somewhere and then play to the end
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