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Quiz about Instrument Family The Blatters

Instrument Family: The Blatters Quiz

This quiz will edumacate you about the most noble family of instruments: the brass family. Stand in awe!

A multiple-choice quiz by notwilbur. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
notwilbur

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
90,667

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
749

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What is the highest-pitched brass instrument? Hint

trombone

trumpet

saxophone

french horn

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Question 2 of 10

2. If we really get picky, what is THE highest-pitched brass instrument? Hint

bass trombone

minitrumpet (no relation to Mickey!)

alto trombone

piccolo trumpet

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the distinctive characteristic of the brass family? Hint

egotism

sound produced by buzzing lips

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Question 4 of 10

4. This relative of the trumpet, used almost exclusively in military bands, is made up of mostly conical tubing. ____________

Answer: (6 letters; starts with C)

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Question 5 of 10

5. What instrument in a concert or military band has valves and the same range as a trombone? Hint

Eb alto horn

tuba

piccolo

baritone horn

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Question 6 of 10

6. This device softens the tone for a brass instrument. Hint

soft pedal

damper

sock

mute

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which instrument can hit the "notes between the notes"? Hint

trombone

baritone horn

trumpet

french horn

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Question 8 of 10

8. How many trombones are typically in an orchestra? Hint

as many as can get away with it

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Question 9 of 10

9. True or false: There is an instrument called a bass trumpet.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which instrument descends from the hunting horn?

Answer: (Most Xmas trees are adorned by hunting horns)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the highest-pitched brass instrument?

Answer: trumpet

A shorter tube produces a higher pitch, and the trumpet is the shortest in the brass family.

2. If we really get picky, what is THE highest-pitched brass instrument?

Answer: piccolo trumpet

Piccolo means "small" in Italian. This difficult instrument was admired by Paul McCartney, who heard in Bach's second Brandenburg Concerto and thereafter utilized it in "Penny Lane".

3. What is the distinctive characteristic of the brass family?

Answer: sound produced by buzzing lips

The body of the instrument acts as an amplifier for the vibration produced by buzzing the lips into the mouthpiece. I suppose I could argue that they are the most popular, but that's because I'm a trombonist! Brass players do tend to have egos but are probably surpassed in this area by opera singers. :-)

4. This relative of the trumpet, used almost exclusively in military bands, is made up of mostly conical tubing. ____________

Answer: cornet

Other brass instruments have mostly conical tubing: the horn, the baritone, and the tuba. Conical instruments have a warmer, less bright tone quality, whereas the trumpet and trombone, made of mostly cylindrical tubing, have a brilliant and bright quality to their sound.

5. What instrument in a concert or military band has valves and the same range as a trombone?

Answer: baritone horn

In orchestral transcriptions, it often gets the cello part and is used more frequently than the trombone as a solo instrument.

6. This device softens the tone for a brass instrument.

Answer: mute

Mutes are placed in the bell for softening the tone and for special effects. Different types of mutes are harmon, straight, cup, and bucket. Mutes are even made for tubas! (They make great stools.)

7. Which instrument can hit the "notes between the notes"?

Answer: trombone

Since the trombone has a slide instead of keys to create its notes, any fraction of a pitch can be played simply by changing the slide's position.

8. How many trombones are typically in an orchestra?

Answer: 3

Most orchestral literature calls for a first (highest), second, and a third, or bass trombone. The bass trombone usually has a larger bore and two extra valves that extend the low range.

9. True or false: There is an instrument called a bass trumpet.

Answer: True

It has the same range as a trombone and uses rotary valves like a french horn. Wagner utilitized this instrument in "The Ring".

10. Which instrument descends from the hunting horn?

Answer: french horn

The hunting horn, like early trumpets, has no valves and cannot play all of the notes of the scale.

Source: Author notwilbur

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