2/23/2021 Pre/Post-Assessment

Pre/Post-Assessment
Please try your best to answer the questions below. They will not affect your grade in band in
any way, but they will give Ms. McHugh an idea of what information you already know :)

* Required

1. What is your name? *

2. What class period are you in? *

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Period 1A: Double Reeds

Period 2A: Clarinets & Saxes

Period 3A: Flutes

Period 4A: Clarinets & Saxes

Period 5A: Flutes

Period 6A: Clarinets

3. What are dynamics? *

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How quietly or loudly music should be played

Tells you when you should tongue a note

How long to hold out a note for

Tells you what note to play

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4. Where in the music do we find what dynamic to play? *

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Above the staff, on top of the note

In the title

In between the clef and the time signature

Below the staff, under the note

5. What do you change about your playing to play at different dynamics? *

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Nothing

Change the amount of air you use

Use your tongue to articulate harder

Squeeze your embouchure

6. Why do composers include dynamics in music? *

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To make the music more interesting for the listener

To add variation and style

To communicate a particular emotion or feeling

All of the above

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7. What does the circled marking mean? (circle all that apply) *

Check all that apply.

Play softly
Play at a comfortable volume
Play loudly
Piano
Forte
Mezzo-forte

8. What does the circled marking mean? (circle all that apply) *

Check all that apply.

Play softly
Play at a comfortable volume
Play loudly
Piano
Forte
Mezzo-forte

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9. What does the circled marking mean? (circle all that apply) *

Check all that apply.

Play softly
Play at a comfortable volume
Play loudly
Piano
Forte
Mezzo-forte

10. What is the circled marking called? *

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Slur

Crescendo

Decrescendo

Legato

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11. What is the circled marking called? *

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Slur

Crescendo

Decrescendo

Legato

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