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WorksheetsAll In the Family - The Brass Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
How is sound created on a brass instrument?
Air is blown really fast past a reed on a mouthpiece.
Vibration of the lips inside a mouthpiece. Channel of air passes through the lips and across into the mouthpiece.
Blow air across the embouchure plate.
You strike the instrument with a mallet or drum stick.
How were the original trumpets different from today's trumpet?
Today's modern trumpet has valves. Original trumpets did not have valves.
The trumpet is the same.
The first trumpets made were made from glass.
Early trumpets used reeds similar to a clarinet.
What materials were the earliest types of trumpets or horns made from?
Bones
Brass
Glass
Animal Horns or Seashells
What were the earliest types of horns used for?
Send a signal over long distances
Hunting animals
Announce arrival of nobility
Early brass instruments were used in instrumental ensembles
All of the Above
What is it called when a player changes pitch by tightening or loosening the lips?
(a)
What is the name of the early trombone developed in the Medieval period?
(a)
How is pitch changed on a trombone?
The trombone player presses different valve combinations.
Lengthening or shortening the slide into 7 positions with the left hand.
Lengthening or shortening the slide into 7 positions with the right hand.
The trombone does not change pitch.
What is the lowest pitched brass instrument?
Tuba
Bassoon
Euphonium
French Horn
Which two instruments are generally used in jazz ensembles
Trumpet and Tuba
French Horn and Tuba
Trumpet and Trombone
French Horn and Trombone
What is the name of the tuba predecessor?
The mini tuba
Baritone
Serpentine
Euphonium
What is the only brass instrument that does not use valves?
(a)
What is the highest pitched brass instrument?
Tuba
Trombone
French Horn
Trumpet
What is the name of the instrument part where a musician places their lips to buzz?
Slide
Valve
Mouthpiece
Headjoint
Which brass instrument did the trombone evolve from?
Tuba
French Horn
Euphonium
Trumpet
What instrument uses valves to change pitch?
Trumpet
French Horn
Euphonium/Baritone
Tuba
All of the above
What instrument requires the musician to place their hand in the bell?
Trumpet
Tuba
French Horn
Trombone
True or False. Mozart and Haydn were two composers that loved writing French Horn solos.
True
False
What are the two oldest brass instruments?
Trumpet and Tuba
Trumpet and French Horn
Trumpet and Trombone
Trumpet and Flute
True or False. French Horns during the Classic Era of music did not have valves to change pitch.
True
False
What is a brass instrument you see in marching band? Check all instruments you may see in the marching band.
Trumpet
Trombone
Horn
Baritone
Tuba
