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Band Terms and Symbols

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is it called when we play notes 1, 3, 5, 8 of the scale?

a)

Blues Scale

b)

Major Scale

c)

Chromatic Scale

d)

Arpeggio

2.

What is the word for how we hold ourselves and our our instruments?

a)

Posture

b)

Breath Support

c)

Articulation

d)

Rests

3.

What is the name for the symbol that looks like a comma or apostrophe above the staff?

a)

Half Note

b)

Breath Mark

c)

Accent

d)

Slur

4.

Which scale is made up of all half steps?

a)

Major Scale

b)

Chromatic Scale

c)

Minor Scale

d)

Arpeggio

5.

What are these numbers/letters examples of?

a)

Time Signatures

b)

Key Signatures

c)

They do not have meaning in music, this is a trick question.

6.

This symbol stands for common time. When you see this time signature, how many beats are in a measure?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

7.

Which time signature means cut time?

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

What do we call a musical thought or sentence?

a)

Articulation

b)

Paragraph

c)

Phrase

d)

Essay

9.

Which curved line connects two or more different notes?

a)

Slur

b)

Tie

10.

Which term means that everyone plays the same notes?

a)

Divisi

b)

Unison

c)

Solo

11.

This is an example of a _______________________

a)

Key Signature

b)

Time Signature

12.

How does the dot change the value of the note?

a)

It does not change the value

b)

subtracts half of the value

c)

divides the value by 2

d)

adds half of the value

13.

Piano, Forte, Mezzo Piano

These terms are examples of:

a)

Dynamics

b)

Tempo

c)

Medieval Instruments

d)

Genres of Music

14.

Andante, Allegro, Vivace, Presto

These terms are examples of:

a)

Dynamics

b)

Tempo Markings

c)

Articulation Markings

d)

Desserts

15.

What does this symbol tell the musician?

a)

Repeat the last phrase

b)

The music is over

c)

Play loudly

d)

Repeat the previous measure

16.

Which of these terms are percussion rudiments?

a)

Paradiddle

b)

Flam

c)

Multiple Bounce Roll

d)

All of these

17.

Sharps, flats, and naturals that are not in the key signature are called __________.

a)

mistakes

b)

accidentals

18.

Notes are beats of sound and rests are beats of _________

a)

silence

b)

more sound

c)

nap time

d)

rests do not exist

19.

What is this symbol called?

a)

fermata

b)

repeat sign

c)

double bar line

d)

time signature

20.

Which symbol is a fermata?

a)
b)
c)
d)
21.

Which device helps musicians to keep a steady beat during their practice?

a)

metronome

b)

tuner

c)

pencil sharpener

d)

there is a device to help musicians keep a steady beat?!?!

22.

How many eighth notes equal a whole note?

a)
b)
c)
d)
23.

Which term refers to the speed of the music?

a)

dynamics

b)

tempo

24.

What do we call a note that comes before the first full measure of a piece of music?

a)

a tie

b)

a mistake

c)

the warm-up

d)

the pick-up note/

anacrusis

25.

What was your favorite part of band this year?

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