40+ Band Terminology

What's Tone Quality?

• Sharps of flats that are written at the beginning of a piece to determine the scale

• The beats in a measure

• The sound that is produced on your instrument. This is the most important aspect of playing music

What does the Top Number of a Time Signature mean?

• Its the most important aspect of playing music

• how many beats are in each measure

• what type of note gets one beat

• A steady pulse

What does the Bottom Number of a Time Signature mean?

• A pattern of movement in time

• a steady pulse

• What type of note gets one beat

• A sound produced by your instrument

In 4/4 time how many beats are in a whole note?

• 4 beats

• 2 beats

• 1/4 beat

• 5 beats

In 4/4 time how many beats are in a half note?

• 3 beats

• 1/4 beat

• 1/2 beat

• 2 beats

In 4/4 time how many beats are in a quarter note?

• 1/2 beat

• 1 beat

• 1/4 beat

• 4 beats

In 4/4 time how many beats are in an eighth note?

• 1/2 beat

• 1/3 beat

• 1 beat

• 2/1 beat

In 4/4 time how many beats are in a sixteenth note?

• 1 beat

• 4/1 beats

• 1/4 beat

• 4 beats

In 4/4 time how many beats are in two eighth notes?

• 1 beat

• 1/4 beat

• 1/2 beat

• 2 beats

In 4/4 time how many beats are in four sixteenth notes?

• 1 beat

• 1/2 beat

• 2 beats

• 4 beats