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4 Trombone quizzes and 40 Trombone trivia questions.
1.
  Basic Trombone Knowledge    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Hi! This is just a quiz about the basics of a trombone! If you've played trombone for even less than a year, this should still be fairly easy!
Average, 10 Qns, BrassMonkey89, Mar 01 24
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BrassMonkey89
Mar 01 24
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2.
  Trombones    
Multiple Choice
 5 Qns
This a quiz about trombones and it is very interesting.
Easier, 5 Qns, visioneer03, Dec 02 07
Easier
visioneer03
1470 plays
3.
  Trombone For Dummies    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz was designed by me. I hope you find some of the questions comical. If the answers are incorrect please let me know. This quiz is just for fun and not a crash course for trombonists! I hope you enjoy playing!
Tough, 10 Qns, ghicks, Dec 02 07
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ghicks
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4.
  Trombone Music Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This is a quiz by a trombonist for trombonists, testing all of their knowledge of literature for the trombone.
Difficult, 15 Qns, Retro12345, Dec 02 07
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Retro12345
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trivia question Quick Question
To take proper care of your trombone, how often SHOULD you disassemble it and soak the pieces in warm soapy water?

From Quiz "Basic Trombone Knowledge"





Trombone Trivia Questions
1. In what position are most B Flats played in when reading the bass clef?

From Quiz Basic Trombone Knowledge

Answer: First

This note can be played in fifth position, but it is most commonly played in first.

2. What is an often played, often required and usually most often hated audition piece for trombone in the USA?

From Quiz Trombone Music Quiz

Answer: Guilmant's 'Morceau Symphonique'

Yes, we know its true. Any audition requirement that includes 'Morceau' makes us cringe.

3. What kind of instrument is a trombone?

From Quiz Trombones

Answer: Brass

4. How many positions do you use on trombone?

From Quiz Trombone For Dummies

Answer: seven

Many notes are played on trombone using the lips and seven slide positions.

5. What is the alternate slide position to F (on the staff) played in the first position?

From Quiz Basic Trombone Knowledge

Answer: Sixth

Playing the F is sixth position is really useful when you have to go from F to C constantly, because they share the same position in the right octave.

6. Which arranger and trombone player arranged the Telemann Sonatas, and the famous 'Melodious Etudes for Trombone'?

From Quiz Trombone Music Quiz

Answer: Joannes Rochut

We know them, we love them. If you ever get a chance, buy the second and third volumes for some good legato challenges.

7. Are some trombones made of copper?

From Quiz Trombones

Answer: Yes

8. What trombone instruction book was based on the vocalises of Marco Bordogni?

From Quiz Trombone For Dummies

Answer: Melodious Etudes for Trombone & Rochut

Rochut's Melodious Etudes-Set of three book designed to improve smooth technique and legato playing.

9. Who wrote 'Sonata Vox Gabriel'?

From Quiz Trombone Music Quiz

Answer: Sulek

Rated number one in a survey of who plays what for their senior recitals.

10. Is a trombone's pitch higher or lower than a trumpet?

From Quiz Trombones

Answer: Lower

11. What is the B Flat below the staff called?

From Quiz Basic Trombone Knowledge

Answer: Pedal B Flat

It is called Pedal B Flat. It's usually only seen in bass trombone parts because it's harder to play with a tenor trombone! Don't try playing this note in the middle of a smile, it won't work!

12. Which piece by Paul Creston, although a recent composition, has become a popular and oft-performed concerto?

From Quiz Trombone Music Quiz

Answer: 'Fantasy for Trombone'

This is a GREAT piece. Joe Alessi has recorded an exclusive ITA copy of it, and it has been commercially released by Christian Lindberg on his 'American Trombone Concertos Vol. 1' CD.

13. How many positions are on a trombone?

From Quiz Trombones

Answer: 7

14. What is the key that is on EVERY trombone?

From Quiz Basic Trombone Knowledge

Answer: Water Key

The water key, or commonly called the "spit valve". Its function is pretty obvious.

15. Which composer listed below wrote a concerto which requires the player to have a range from pedal F, to high Eb (that's a fourth above high Bb). (Hint: its modern)?

From Quiz Trombone Music Quiz

Answer: Carlos Chavez

Yes, this piece has a solo gliss from Eb within the staff, to 2 octaves above it. Shortly after the opening it does have a passage which goes down to pedal F, and is marked fortissimo possible.

16. What clef are most trombones played in?

From Quiz Trombones

Answer: Bass

Some are played in treble and few in tenor, but most of them are in bass.

17. The highest note in the solo in the REAL version of Tommy Dorsey's 'I'm Getting Sentimental over You' is?

From Quiz Trombone Music Quiz

Answer: C sharp

18. Who wrote "Apres un Reve (After a Dream)"?

From Quiz Trombone For Dummies

Answer: Gabriel Faure

19. Which recent trombone concerto won the Pulitzer Prize?

From Quiz Trombone Music Quiz

Answer: Rouse's 'Trombone Concerto'

20. When tuning if the pitch is flat what do you do? (choose BEST Answer)?

From Quiz Trombone For Dummies

Answer: push tuning slide in

21. The famous trombone soloist Christian Lindbergh recently composed his own trombone concerto titled?

From Quiz Trombone Music Quiz

Answer: 'Mandrake in the Corner'

22. When comparing trombones, what does an F-attachment mean?

From Quiz Trombone For Dummies

Answer: an attached lever that gives you more flexibility

23. Which clef will you NOT see trombone music written in?

From Quiz Basic Trombone Knowledge

Answer: Percussion Clef

Depending on the type of trombone and what type of ensemble you're in, the music for trombone could be written in either the tenor, bass, or alto clefs.

24. Which symphony has the longest trombone solo in all of classical literature?

From Quiz Trombone Music Quiz

Answer: Mahler's Third

Mahler's Third has THE most extensive trombone solo in the literature, all contained in the 32 minute long first movement. Mozart's Requiem does contain a short, but extremely important and often tested solo, but it is not a symphony. Beethoven's Ninth is (thought) to be the first symphony to contain trombone writing, and it contains many fun parts, but no important solos. Dvorak's eight will never appear on an orchestral audition, but it contains many short, fun solos (mostly fortissimo too!).

25. What trombone has the lowest pitched range?

From Quiz Trombone For Dummies

Answer: bass

26. What musical family is the trombone in?

From Quiz Basic Trombone Knowledge

Answer: Brass

Yeah, that one was fairly easy. No strings, you don't hit it, no reed and it was never made out of wood...yeah, it's brass. I hope you enjoyed this quiz!

27. This foundation has commissioned and taken some part in the writing of many trombone works?

From Quiz Trombone Music Quiz

Answer: International Trombone Association

Commonly reffered to as the ITA, the International Trombone Association has commissioned many composers to write concertos and solos for the trombone.

28. What is the term used to describe the technique that allows you to play a chord on a horn (more than one note at a time) ?

From Quiz Trombone For Dummies

Answer: multiphonics

By singing or humming (or something) into the mouthpiece while playing a different note, you can play a chord.

29. Which piece contains a first trombone solo glissando from high G to high C, and ends on Gb?

From Quiz Trombone Music Quiz

Answer: 'The Firebird'

All of the above pieces contain glisses for all or one of the trombones. However, only 'The Firebird' (Stravinsky), contains a solo gliss from G to C to G (it also has a number of glisses for all three trombones later in the piece). ('Bolero' has a solo gliss from high Bb to high Db, 'Concerto for Orchestra' has a bass trombone solo gliss from low B to F, and a second trombone solo gliss an octave higher, and 'The Rite of Spring', has ensemble glisses from E to Bb, and the same an octave higher).

30. Which composer wrote most of his first trombone parts with the Alto Trombone in mind (Although they are rarely played on the alto nowadays)?

From Quiz Trombone Music Quiz

Answer: Brahms

Most of Brahms' works that contain trombones are written in alto clef and with the alto trombone written in the part. However, unless a conductor especially wants the alto trombone sound, rarely are his pieces played on the alto.

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