Band Jeopardy …Miss Sorensen Style…

BAND JEOPARDY Music TheoryNotation and Such Music Celebrities Music HistoryEarlisms

Music Theory The scale that is associated with the following pattern: WWHWWWH

Music Theory Determine the following key signature, and share your method with the class.

Music Theory Two or more notes that have the same name. Please give an example.

Music Theory This object is used for organizing key signatures in a user friendly format.

Music Theory Flats, Double Flats, Sharps, Double Sharps, and Naturals all have a nickname that ties them together.

Notation and Such A very strange tree, indeed.

Notation and Such Though you don’t see it this way in band, this is still very important in the world of music making.

Notation and Such

I know you know what this means. But it has a name…

Music Celebrities Symphonic Band is preparing a piece written by this man at this very moment. Well, not this precise moment, because we aren’t playing our instruments. Anyway…you get the idea.

Music Celebrities A late onset of deafness nearly cost this man his career and livelihood, but he persevered and created beautiful music for years to follow.

Music Celebrities Thought of as the Father of Music Theory, this early composer was a church organist who loved trying new things and had many more children than most.

Music Celebrities A prominent band leader in America, this man has written many marches and created a standard and legacy for bands everywhere.

Music Celebrities A child prodigy, this composer wrote many works before he was even as old as Miss Sorensen. Though he was incredibly talented, because of his financial instability he was buried in an unmarked grave.

Music History The here and now can be described with this term or phrase.

Music History Approximately 1750 – 1820, this period was known for the expansion of symphonies, the invention of what we now know as the piano, and the birth of the tune “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”.

Music History This musical movement (a small part of the 20 th century era) was named for the style of art being painted at the time by leading artists such as Monet.

Music History One of the earlier time periods, (c – 1750) in which a lot of music theory was decided upon.

Music History This time period was known for more extremes in expression, the first symphony to use a choir, and more instruments introduced into full orchestras. (1820 – 1900)

Earlisms

An expression that usually means something to the effect of “For Heaven’s Sake” or “Oh my gosh”.

Earlisms A subliminal way to get people to think the whole thing was your idea.

Earlisms Sometimes people mix up the letters in words. For example: Mood Gorning.

Earlisms What could this object possibly have to do with something Mr. Earl says?

BAND JEOPARDY TERMS AND SYMBOLS TRANSPOSITIONCHOCOLATE MILKSHAKES MUSICAL GRAB BAG EVEN MORE TERMS AND SYMBOLS

Terms and Symbols

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Terms and Symbols piu mosso

Terms and Symbols

Transposing Instruments This instrument plays in the key of B flat.

Transposing Instruments This instrument plays in the key of E-flat.

Transposing Instruments This instrument plays in the key of F.

Transposing Instruments This instrument plays in the key of C.

Transposing Instruments This instrument sounds one octave higher than the music written on the page.

Chocolate Milkshakes This object is important because…

Chocolate Milkshakes A good band is always balanced. What element needs to be present for the audience and the band director to know whether it is truly blended and all the right notes are being played?

Chocolate Milkshakes Often, certain instruments and sections need to control the way they are treating the notes on the page. Some should play louder and others softer in order to truly balance the sound. Name the musical term related to this concept.

Chocolate Milkshakes If we play our _________ poorly, we will play our music poorly. Fill in the blank.

Chocolate Milkshakes Music has punctuation, just like if you were reading a book or a poem. Like a chorus in a play, if people do not use the punctuation in a certain way, the words sound jumbled and not together. Name the musical term for musical punctuation.

Musical Grab Bag Ostinato

Musical Grab Bag Senza

Musical Grab Bag Allegretto

Musical Grab Bag Fugue

Musical Grab Bag D.S. al Coda

More Terms and Symbols Describe what to do when you see the following symbol.

More Terms and Symbols What does this word mean when it comes to music? Simile

More Terms and Symbols Lento

More Terms and Symbols