Orchestra Review

Orchestra 1st Nine Weeks Review

To Make Full Use of Our Playing Techniques, We Must First Understand...

• Key Signatures

• Time Signatures

• Clefs

• Accidentals

• Notes

Poll

What are the three main clefs we use in Orchestra?

• Tenor, Soprano, Alto

• Treble, Alto, Bass

Poll

What are clefs used for? Why do we have them?

• They are used for us to read our notes. We have different clefs because of the range of each instrument is different.

• We have different clefs to keep other people from reading off of our music when they forget theirs.

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What are Key Signatures? What is a Key?

• They are located at the beginning of sheet music. Keys tell us what notes are to be sharpened, flattened, or left natural.

• Key signatures are located at the beginning of sheet music. Keys tell us what scale will be used throughout the entire piece

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We often learn a new key by learning its scale, so why doesn't a key always mean that it's scale will be used throughout the piece?

• Because accidentals can change notes in a key to create different scales.

• Because the key doesn't matter.

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What are our 3 main accidentals?

• Sharp, Flat, & Natural

• Double Sharp, Double Flat, & Natural

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What is a time signature?

• It is located at the beginning of music. It tells us what beat we're supposed to play

• It is located at the beginning of music. It tells ups how many notes are in the measure and which notes receives the beat.

Poll

What are our main subdivisions for notes?

• 32nd, Triplet, Dotted Half, & Dotted Quarter

• Whole, Half, Quarter, Eighth, & Sixteenth

Multiple Choice

What are the three main clefs?

• Soprano, Alto, Bass

• Treble, Alto, Bass

• Tenor, Treble, Alto

• Treble, Alto, Soprano

Multiple Choice

Which clef is best for low notes? (Think Cello & Bass)

• Treble

• Alto

• Bass

Multiple Choice

Which Clef is best for Middle Voiced notes? (Think Viola)

• Treble

• Alto

• Bass

Multiple Choice

Which Clef is best for higher voiced notes?

• Treble

• Alto

• Bass

Multiple Choice

What does a key signature tell us?

• They tell us which notes are to be sharpened, flattened, or left natural without the use of accidentals.

• What scale we are supposed to stay in at all times.

Multiple Select

What are accidentals? What do they do? (choose all that apply)

• Sharp, Flat, and Natural

• All notes are left natural unless changed by the key signature or an accidental

• They can allow for different scales within a key

Multiple Choice

What is a TIme Signature?

• It tells us how many beats are in each measure along with which note receives the beat.

• It tells us how fast a piece of music is

Multiple Select

How do we read time signatures? (mark all that apply)

• The top number tells us the amount of beats in each measure

• The bottom number tells us which subdivision of note receives the beat

• Both numbers tell us how many measures are in the music

• The bottom number tells us how many notes are in each measure

Multiple Select

What are our main subdivisions of notes? (mark all that apply)

• Whole

• Half

• Quarter

• Eighth

• Sixteenth