band exam review

Legato

smooth and connected

Marcato

marked with emphasis

Staccato

light and separated

Decrescendo/Diminuendo

gradually get softer

Fortepiano (Fp)

loud then suddenly soft

Fortissimo (ff)

very loud

Mezzo Forte (mf)

medium loud

Mezzo Piano (mp)

medium soft

Pianissimo (pp)

very soft

Piano (p)

soft

Cadence

arrival point in a phrase or in music

al Fine

Del Segno al Fine, repeat to the sign, play to fine

Da Capo

From the top

Introduction

Beginning of a piece

Phrase

A musical idea or sentence

Solo

A moment where one person plays

Chord

Three or more notes sounding together

Enharmonic

Same pitch spelled differently

Root Position

Chord with scale degree 1 as lowest note

Anacrusis

a pick-up note

Common Time

same as 4/4 time

Complex Meter

an asymmetric meter (uneven groupings

Cut Time

Alla brev, (2/2), twice as fast

Hemiola

polyrhythm of 2 against 3

Mixed Meter

Music that goes between meters often

Subdivision

smallest division of the beat

Time Signature

tells pulse value and how many for each measure

A tempo

First tempo of the piece

Accelerando

gradually speed up

Allegro

fast

Andante

walking pace

Dolce

sweetly

Embouchure

the shape of the face you use to play

Espressivo

expressively

Largo

slow, beats are large

Maestoso

majestic

Presto

very fast

Subito

sudden

Tacet

Silent, don't play

Order of Flats

BEADGCF

Order of Sharps

FCGDAEB

Key signature for flats

Second to last flat (go into the sharps if there is 1 or 0 flats)

Key signature for sharps

Half step up from the last sharp

Top number

of beats

Bottom number

which note gets the beat

Sharp

raises a half step

Flat

lowers a half step

double sharp

raises two half steps (or a whole step) marked as an X

double flat

lowers two half steps (or a whole step)

natural

cancels out any existing sharp or flat in a measure or key signature

Movement I (contest)

Bach's 2-Part Invention in D Minor sourced from Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat

Movement II (contest)

Hungarian Dances, Brahms and Run the World (Girls), Beyonce

Movement III (contest)

Let it Be, The Beatles

Movement IV (contest)

Only God Knows Why, The Beachboys and Ode to Joy, Beethoven

Overall arching storyline

a light-hearted look at all things B

Movement I (spirit)

National Emblem Trio, Eugene Bagley

Movement II (spirit)

Eye of the Panther (Tiger), Survivor

Movement III (spirit)

Back in Black, AC/ DC

Final Set (spirit)

East Fight Song, sourced from "The Victors" University of Michigan Fight Song

Program Coordinator

Reid Atkinson

Guard

Wesley Tyree

Music

Drew Shanefield (Crossmen, Cavaliers, Cadets) and Bret Kuhn (Percussion Instructor in Illinois, The Cavaliers, Phantom Regiment)

Drill

Jeremy Seneca (The Cavaliers, Santa Clara Vanguard)

Music and Visual Instruction

John Brennan, Ryan Albert, Megan Pickle, Wesley Tyree, Jeremy Seneca ***(The Ferocious Five)***

Odd Chair Setup

place the chair in the center, with an even number pushed out in both directions

Even Chair Setup

place a gap in the center, and even a number of chairs push out in both directions