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What is 4?
There are this many beats in each measure in 4/4 time.
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What is a trombone?
This brass instrument uses a slide rather than keys or valves to change pitch.
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What is the treble clef?
This clef indicates second line "G". It is also sometimes called the "G" clef.
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What is a paradiddle?
This snare drum rudiment is played with the sticking: "R L R R L R L L".
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What is "mezzo forte"? (mf)
In Italian, this literally means "medium loud". It is the "normal volume" in a concert band.
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What is 6?
There are this many beats in each measure in 6/8 time.
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What is a flute?
This woodwind instrument doesn't actually use any wood at all! (It originally was made out of a hollowed out piece of wood, hence the classification.)
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What is the bass clef?
This clef indicates 4th line "F". It is also sometimes called the "F" clef.
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What is a triangle?
This geometric instrument is played with a "beater".
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What is "Crescendo"?
A term in music that means "to get gradually louder, over time".
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What is a quarter note?
This kind of note carries the beat in 3/4 time.
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What is a tuba?
This instrument is the lowest sounding brass instrument. It's so large, there is even a version you can wear!
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What is "C"?
On treble clef, this note can be found on the 3rd space.
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What is a bass drum?
This instrument often makes use of a towel or blanket to change it's sound.
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What is a "measure" or "bar"? (both answers accepted)
A basic division of music, at the start of each one of these you start over your counting at "one".
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What is an eighth note?
This kind of note carries the beat in 3/8 time.
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What is a piano?
This instrument uses 88 hammers to strike a pitched string.
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What is "D"?
On bass clef, this note can be found on the third line.
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What is a tambourine?
This circular instrument sometimes also has a drum head stretched across one side, but even simply shaking it can make a sound.
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What is a "melody"?
This part of a piece of music is the "tune". It is the part you might hum along to once you know it!
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What is a whole note?
This kind of note carries the beat in 4/1 time?
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What is a baritone saxophone?
This instrument is the lowest sounding instrument in the saxophone family.
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What is "middle C"?
This "central" note is one ledger line above the bass clef staff, and also one ledger line below the treble clef staff.
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What is a marimba?
This pitched instrument is setup much like a piano, but is many pieces of pitched wood that is struck with a yarn-wrapped mallet. It has the widest range of any pitched percussion instrument.
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What is "Adagio"?
A term meaning "extremely slow". Also found in the title of a famous piece of music "for Strings" by Samuel Barber.
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