The Twin Cities Trumpet Ensemble's Trumpet Knowledge Quiz
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* 1. Which of the following is not in the trumpet family?

Bb Trumpet

Piccolo Trumpet

Flugelhorn

Bass Trumpet

They are all members of the trumpet family

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* 2. The metal trumpet has existed since about 1500 B.C. (TRUE or FALSE?)

True

False

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* 3. Which of the following is/was not a trumpet player?

Doc Severinsen

Gottfried Reiche

Thomas Gansch

Henry Fillmore

Mike Vax

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* 4. Depressing the first valve on a trumpet…

Lowers the tone by a half-step

Lowers the tone by a full step

Raises the tone by a full step

None of the above

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* 5. In the trumpet overtone series…

The notes are evenly spaced

The notes become closer together as they go higher

The notes become farther apart as they go higher

What’s an overtone?

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* 6. The cornet is just a shorter version of the trumpet (TRUE or FALSE?)

True

False

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* 7. Which of the following movies is not about a trumpet/cornet player(s) (fictional or real)?

Gabriel Over the White House

The Five Pennies

Man Called Adam

Second Chorus

Mo Better Blues

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* 8. On a trumpet, the "embouchure" is…

The mouthpiece

The formation of the lips in the mouthpiece

The lips alone

None of the above

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* 9. Valves on brass instruments were invented in…

Late 1700s

Early 1800s

1860s

Early 1900s

None of the above

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* 10. The length of tubing of a Bb trumpet (not including that added by the valves) is approximately…

3 feet, 6 inches

4 feet, 2½ inches

4 feet, 10 inches

5 feet, 0 inches

None of the above