6th band basic vocab (white belt)

A group of people playing music together as one is called a _________________

• Team

• Trumpet

• Band

• Clarinet

What is the word for how you properly sit for playing your instrument?

• Posture

• Embouchure

• Belly-breathing

• Saxophone

What is the power source behind your playing?

• Your embouchure

• Your posture

• Your instrument

• Your breath

When breathing for band we want to make sure our air expands our ________

• Shoulders

• Belly/stomach

• head

• toes

Which of the following choices are all instruments that fit in the woodwind category?

• Trumpet, Trombone, Baritone, and Tuba

• Snare drum, bass drum, and xylophone

• Flute, Clarinet, and Saxophone

• Woodwinds don't exist

What is a reed?

• The hole you blow across on a flute

• The cup that you put over your mouth for playing brass instruments

• The sticks you use to hit a drum with

• A piece of wood used to play clarinet and saxophone

True or false: Reeds are super strong, you can almost never break them, so you can be really rough with them.

• True

• False

What is the word that means the proper "mouth shape" for your instrument?

• Treble Clef

• Posture

• Bass Clef

• Embouchure

How do you play the flute?

• You blow across the hole to play it

• You buzz your lips into it to play it

• You hit it with a drumstick to play it

• You cover your bottom teeth with your lip to protect the reed & then put it in your mouth to play it

How do you play a reed-using instrument? (like the clarinet or saxophone)

• You blow across the hole to play it

• You buzz your lips to play it

• You hit it with a drumstick to play it

• You cover your bottom teeth with your lip to protect the reed & then put it in your mouth to play it