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Absent Band Directors

Total questions: 76

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does piano mean?

a)

soft

b)

medium-soft

c)

medium-loud

d)

loud

2.

What does forte mean?

a)

soft

b)

medium-soft

c)

medium-loud

d)

loud

3.

What does mezzo forte mean?

a)

soft

b)

medium-soft

c)

medium-loud

d)

loud

4.

What does mezzo piano mean?

a)

soft

b)

medium-soft

c)

medium-loud

d)

loud

5.

What does crescendo mean?

a)

get louder

b)

get softer

6.

What does decrescendo mean?

a)

get louder

b)

get softer

7.

What does a sharp do?

a)

Raise the note by a half step

b)

lower the note by a half step

c)

make a note it's original name

8.

What does a natural do?

a)

Raise the note by a half step

b)

lower the note by a half step

c)

make a note it's original name

9.

What does a flat do?

a)

Raise the note by a half step

b)

lower the note by a half step

c)

make a note it's original name

10.

What is tempo?

a)

how loud or soft the music should be played

b)

get slower

c)

get faster

d)

how fast or slow the music is and should be played

11.

What is accelerando (accel.)?

a)

how loud or soft the music should be played

b)

get slower

c)

get faster

d)

how fast or slow the music is and should be played

12.

What is ritardando (rit.)?

a)

how loud or soft the music should be played

b)

get slower

c)

get faster

d)

how fast or slow the music is and should be played

13.

What are dynamics?

a)

how loud or soft the music should be played

b)

get slower

c)

get faster

d)

how fast or slow the music is and should be played

14.

What does fermata mean to do?

a)

get faster

b)

look up at your director

c)

get slower

d)

take a nap

15.

How many counts does a quarter note get?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

16.

How many counts does a half note get?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

17.

How many counts does a whole note get?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

18.

How many counts does a dotted half note get?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

19.

How many counts does a dotted quarter note get?

a)

1

b)

1.5

c)

3

d)

3/4

20.

How many counts does a dotted eighth note get?

a)

1

b)

1.5

c)

3

d)

3/4

21.

If you add two eighth notes together, how many counts does it equal?

a)

1

b)

1.5

c)

3

d)

3/4

22.

How many quarter notes fit into a dotted half note?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

23.

How many eighth notes fit into a dotted quarter note?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

24.

What time signature has three beats in a measure?

a)

3/4

b)

4/4

c)

2/4

d)

6/8

25.

What time signature has four beats in a measure?

a)

3/4

b)

4/4

c)

2/4

d)

6/8

26.

What time signature has two beats in a measure?

a)

3/4

b)

4/4

c)

2/4

d)

6/8

27.

What time signature has six beats in a measure?

a)

3/4

b)

4/4

c)

2/4

d)

6/8

28.

What is the definition of metronome?

a)

four spaces

b)

five lines

c)

a device that keeps the beat/tempo for us

d)

I don't know

29.

How many spaces does the staff have?

a)

four spaces

b)

five lines

c)

a device that keeps the beat/tempo for us

d)

I don't know

30.

What is a staff?

a)

5 lines and 4 spaces

b)

6 lines and 4 spaces

c)

7 lines and 4 spaces

d)

8 lines and 4 spaces

31.

Where do we put the information of the day?

a)

on the board

b)

in the front of the room

c)

your cubbie

d)

Tuesdays and Thursdays

32.

Where does your instrument case live?

a)

on the board

b)

in the front of the room

c)

your cubbie

d)

Tuesdays and Thursdays

33.

Where are your backpacks supposed to go during class?

a)

on the board

b)

in the front of the room

c)

your cubbie

d)

Tuesdays and Thursdays

34.

What days of the week do you have playing assignments?

a)

on the board

b)

in the front of the room

c)

your cubbie

d)

Tuesdays and Thursdays

35.

Should you talk while in rest position?

a)

yes

b)

no

36.

When should you go to rest position?

a)

When the director is on the podium and you aren't playing

b)

When you get tired of playing

c)

When you feel like it

d)

When we are playing and there is a whole note and a sixteenth note

37.

What section should we balance to?

a)

flutes

b)

clarinets

c)

trumpets

d)

tubas

38.

What's the highest section in the band?

a)

flutes

b)

clarinets

c)

trumpets

d)

tubas

39.

What's the best instrument ever? (according to Mrs. Turner)

a)

flutes

b)

clarinets

c)

trumpets

d)

tubas

40.

What will happen if we get a bad report from the sub?

a)

We will run 50 miles

b)

We will do 50 pushups

c)

We will do fundamentals and a silent rehearsal for two days

d)

Butterfingers are really yummy... hersheys too.

41.

What are the danger notes on your scales?

a)

the fourth and 7th notes

b)

the fifth and sixth notes

c)

the second and fifth notes

d)

the first and last notes

42.

Why is it important to sit with good posture?

a)

Because I said so

b)

because it allows your lungs to fill all the way and for you to breathe correctly

c)

because wonder woman is really cool and Thor is my favorite

d)

it helps your feet not to fall asleep

43.

What does a breath mark do?

a)

tell you to rest

b)

tell you to pause

c)

tell you to breathe

d)

tell you to play a note

44.

What time signature is African Bell Carol in?

a)

2/4

b)

3/4

c)

4/4

d)

6/8

45.

What time signature is Serengeti Dreams in?

a)

2/4

b)

3/4

c)

4/4

d)

6/8

46.

What time signature is Haunted Housetop in?

a)

2/4

b)

3/4

c)

4/4

d)

6/8

47.

What does a C in the time signature mean?

a)

2/4

b)

3/4

c)

4/4

d)

6/8

48.

What time do you have to be in your seat ready to go?

a)

1:46

b)

1:56

c)

2:00

d)

2:06

49.

Which one of your band directors is bald?

a)

Mrs. Turner

b)

Miss Arnett

c)

Mr. Hopkins

50.

If you add a quarter note, half note, and two eighth notes together, how much does it equal?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

51.

What planet do we live on?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

52.

What are you allowed to wear to the Christmas concert?

a)

athletic clothing

b)

Nice, dress up clothes

53.

How many sixteenth notes fit into one count?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

54.

How many triplet notes fit into one count?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

55.

What’s the first thing we will play at the pep rally tomorrow?

a)

Cherokee

b)

fight song

c)

School song

d)

We ready

56.

What is written on the ceiling?

a)

music

b)

Gullible

c)

Nothing

57.

Which of these instruments reads bass clef

a)

Bass clarinet

b)

Flute

c)

Trumpet

d)

Trombone

58.

Where is the happiest place on earth?

a)

The band hall

b)

Disney World

c)

Home

d)

Disney Land

59.

What character is a sponge?

a)

Patrick Star

b)

SpongeBob Squarepants

c)

Alvin

d)

Sandy

60.

How many flavors are in a Dr. Pepper?

a)

23

b)

25

c)

27

d)

29

61.

Who was the first president?

a)

Barack Obama

b)

Donald Trump

c)

Joe Biden

d)

George Washington

62.

Pull the lever, Kronk!

a)

This lever

b)

That lever

c)

WRONG LEVER!

63.

How many sixteenth notes will fit into two eighth notes?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

64.

Who is the best my hero academia character?

a)

Todoroki

b)

Deku

c)

Eraser Head

65.

Is piano a string instrument?

a)

Yes

b)

No

66.

What was interesting about Beethoven?

a)

He was dead

b)

He was deaf

c)

He was blind

d)

He had no hair like Hopkins

67.

How do you get the incentives for the semester/year?

a)

play off your belts

b)

Do actual karate

c)

Play games

d)

Kick a monkey in the face

68.

How do you fix a broken brass instrument?

a)

With a screw driver

b)

With a tuba glue

69.

How many months have 28 days?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

All of them

d)

It depends if there’s a leap year or not

70.

Are you required to go to both band concerts of the year?

a)

Yes

b)

No

71.

THE ANSWER is really big.

a)

The answer

b)

really big

c)

An elephant

d)

not Enough information given

72.

Matthews father has three sons, Joseph the first, Joseph the second, so what is the name of the third son?

a)

Joseph the third

b)

Matthew

c)

Joey

d)

Carter

73.

5x50=

a)

25

b)

250

c)

2500

d)

25000

74.

What’s in the middle of Paris

a)

The eifel tower

b)

The street Arhags

c)

The letter r

d)

People

75.

If a plane crashes on the border between the US and Canada, where do they bury the survivors?

a)

In the US

b)

In Canada

c)

Where they are from

d)

You don’t bury survivors

76.

What’s the major difference between a bird and a fly?

a)

The bird can fly but a fly can not bird

b)

The bird has feathers

c)

There’s no difference

d)

A fly has more than two eyes