Mue 251 Brass Quiz 1
30 Questions
| Total Attempts: 36
Questions and Answers
- 1.Briefly describe the embouchure of your instrument.
- 2.When you play an open tone on your instrument, you're in tune. However, every time you play a note with the first valve only, it's sharp. What do you do to fix this?
- 3.Many orchestral trumpet parts are written in keys other than the standard Bb (e.g. trumpet in C, D, Eb). Explain what a player has to do when parts like this are written? Are the fingerings the same? Are they different? Do they transpose? Do they not transpose?
- 4.Why is articulation on the trombone a little tricky?
- 5.Air and embouchure have to work together to get notes to speak. Explain why this is and what would happen if one used just one or the other.
- 6.You're running a rehearsal and one of your french horn players stops playing because there is a problem with his/her horn. What, most likely, is the problem that has occurred?
- 7.Explain in a paragraph how you could use this portion of the class in your future profession as a music therapist or choral educator.
- 8.The trumpet is pitched in:
- A.
F
- B.
Eb
- C.
Bb
- D.
C
- 9.The french horn is pitched in:
- A.
F
- B.
Eb
- C.
Bb
- D.
C
- 10.The trombone, euphonium, and tuba are technically pitched in Bb but play in:
- A.
F
- B.
Eb
- C.
Bb
- D.
C
- 11.The two "sides" of the french horn are pitched in:
- A.
F
- B.
Eb
- C.
Bb
- D.
C
- 12.The attachment/trigger on the trombone puts it in "F."
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.Two notes that have the same fingering but fall on different parts of the harmonic series are called:
- A.
Octaves
- B.
Partials
- C.
Open tones
- D.
Different notes
- 14.The instrument that uses rotary valves rather than piston valves is:
- 15.Which instruments are considered members of the "high brass" family?
- A.
French horn
- B.
Tuba
- C.
Trombone
- D.
Trumpet
- 16.Which instruments are considered members of the "low brass" family?
- A.
French horn
- B.
Tuba
- C.
Trombone
- D.
Trumpet
- 17.What two instruments might be suited for someone with a right hand deficit?
- A.
French horn
- B.
Tuba
- C.
Trombone
- D.
Trumpet
- 18.What is the purpose of the trigger on trombone?
- A.
Play louder
- B.
Replace 6th and 7th positions
- C.
To use less air
- D.
To play the higher notes easier
- 19.Trumpets use the 3rd valve slide to adjust the pitch down on what note?
- A.
C
- B.
F
- C.
D
- D.
E
- 20.Euphonium and tuba have the same fingerings but speak an octave apart.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.The trumpet player in this clip is keeping his air stream consistent while articulating.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.The french horn player in this clip is having the hardest time with:
- A.
Fingerings
- B.
Reading notes
- C.
Hitting accurate partials
- D.
Holding the horn
- 23.The trombone player in this clip is playing with an attachment/trigger.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.This ensemble does a very good job of:
- A.
Breathing together
- B.
Matching articulation
- C.
Blending their tones
- D.
All of the above
- 25.The bigger the brass instrument, the higher the jaw must be to get an open tone.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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