The Twin Cities Trumpet Ensemble proudly presents Trumpet Knowledge Quiz #2!
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* 1. Brass is an alloy, consisting primarily of which two metals?

Copper and Nickel

Copper and Iron

Copper and Zinc

Nickel and Zinc

None of the above

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* 2. On a trumpet, the lead pipe is

Another name for the tuning slide

A possible murder weapon in “Clue”

The section of tubing that runs from the mouthpiece to the tuning slide

The last section of tubing leading to the bell

A nickname for the lead trumpeter’s instrument in a jazz band

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* 3. What notes within the staff can you play with a Bb trumpet when no valves are depressed?

F, Bb, and D

G, C, and E

G and C

E, G, and C#

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* 4. Which of the following was Miles Davis’ biggest-selling album (4x Platinum)?

Round About Midnight

Seven Steps to Heaven

The Man with the Horn

Kind of Blue

Amsterdam Concert

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* 5. Malcolm McNab (performing with the TCTE at their November 2019 concert) has played trumpet on how many movie soundtracks?

Over 2,000

1,520

786

223

None of the above

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* 6. In which of these movies was a trumpet used as a murder weapon?

The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)

The Trumpet Blows (1934)

Murder by Music (1969)

Dark Passage (1947)

Trumpet on the Cliff (2016)

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* 7. Which of the following composers have written a concerto for trumpet?

Johann Hummel

John Williams

Georg Philipp Telemann

Alexander Arutunian

All of the above

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* 8. Joseph Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major was written in 1796. When was it first publicly performed?

1796

1797

1800

1821

1901

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* 9. Triple tonguing can be represented by the syllables

Ka-Ka-Ka

Ta-Ta-Ta

Ta-Ta-Ka

Ta-Ka-Ta-Ka

Trrrrr-Trrrrrr

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* 10. Trumpet playing was part of the ancient Olympic games, with the trumpeters being judged not for musicality, but for the volume of sound they could produce.

True

False