Music Quiz #1

What is the goal for being in a music/band class?

• To learn how to rock out

• To become a lifelong musican

• To learn about the history of music

• To collect musical instruments

What is good posture?

Choose all of the correct answers.

• Sitting in a straight back chair with your back off of the chair

• Feet Flat on the floor

• Music stand at appropriate eye level

• A field of grass

How much time should you practice each day?

• 1 hour

• 2 hours

• 30 minutes

• 15 minutes

What is solfege?

• Do, Re, me

• fa, sol, la

• ti do

• all of the answers

After you are done practicing your class music you should . . .

best answer please

• put your instrument in the case

• Clean your instrument

• Play something fun!

• Read about music genres

When you take a breath you should relax.

• True

• False

What is an embouchure?

• The genre of music that you are playing.

• The loud and soft dynamics in the music.

• The fingering of the notes on your instrument.

• The way you but your mouth on the instrument to produce sound.

Maintaining a proper embouchure is an essential skill for percussion players.

• True

• False

Embouchure controls the sound that you make when you play. Do you keep your embouchure the same when you play all the notes on your instrument?

• Yes, the embouchure should remain stable throughout the playing process.

• No, Each note can have a different embouchure depending on the instrument.

I like playing beautiful music everyday!

• True

• False