Ceremonial Music

Question 1

Name the key: Anchors Aweigh

Answer 1

C major

Question 2

Name the key: Ruffles and Flourishes (warning trick question)

Answer 2

Played in the key of the subsequent piece EXCEPT for when performing Honors March. When playing Honor’s March, use the Ruffles and Flourishes found on the conductor’s score.

Question 3

Name the key: Eternal Father

Answer 3

C Major

Question 4

Name the key: Flag Officer’s March

Answer 4

Ab Major

Question 5

Name the key: General’s March

Answer 5

Bb Major

Question 6

Name the key: Hail to the Chief

Answer 6

Bb Major

Question 7

Name the key: Hail, Columbia!

Answer 7

Ab Major

Question 8

Name the key: Honor’s March

Answer 8

F Major (with Ruffles and Flourishes in C)

Question 9

Name the key: The Marine’s Hymn

Answer 9

C Major

Question 10

Name the Time Signature: Anchor’s Away

Answer 10

Cut time

Question 11

Name the Time Signature: Eternal Father

Answer 11

4/4

Question 12

Name the Time Signature: Flag Officer’s March

Answer 12

Cut Time

Question 13

Name the Time Signature: General’s March

Answer 13

4/4

Question 14

Name the Time Signature: Hail to the Chief

Answer 14

4/4

Question 15

Name the Time Signature: Hail, Columbia!

Answer 15

4/4

Question 16

Name the Time Signature: Honor’s March

Answer 16

2/4

Question 17

Name the Time Signature: The Marine’s Hymn

Answer 17

2/4

Question 18

What is the written range of the melody to Anchor’s Aweigh?

Answer 18

c1 - e2 (interval of a Major tenth)

Question 19

What is the written range of the melody to Eternal Father?

Answer 19

c1-d2 (interval of a Major ninth)

Question 20

What is the written range of the melody to the Flag Officer’s March?

Answer 20

eb1-ab2 (interval of a Perfect 11th)

Question 21

What is the written range of the melody to the General’s March?

Answer 21

f1-f2 (interval of a Perfect Octave)

Question 22

What is the written range of the melody to Hail to the Chief?

Answer 22

small Bb - f1 (interval of a Perfect 12th)

Question 23

What is the written range of the melody to Hail, Columbia!?

Answer 23

eb1-eb2 (interval of a Perfect Octave)

Question 24

What is the written range of the melody to Honor’s March?

Answer 24

c1-f2 (interval of a perfect 12th)

Question 25

What is the written range of the melody to the Marine’s Hymn?

Answer 25

c1-c2 (interval of a Perfect Octave)

Question 26

How many occurrences of 2 eighth notes in a row are there in the melody to the Marine’s Hymn?

Answer 26

ZERO! We play it that way very often, but in the written version, every set of “two eighth notes” is written as a dotted eighth and a sixteenth.