The University of Maryland at College Park
School of Music
Trombone Studio Class 2013
Matthew Guilford, Instructor
76 Trombone-Related Trivia Questions
(multiple choice: circle A, B or C)
1. A shofar, one of the most ancient
wind instruments is derived from:
A) a conch shell
B) a ram’s horn
C) a calf’s bone
8. The rotary valve was invented
around:
A) 1820-1840
B) 1900-1920
C) 1880-1890
2. Brass is an alloy of:
A) bronze & tin
B)copper & zinc
C) gold & copper
9. The inner slide of a trombone is
composed of:
A) brass
B) silver
C) nickel
3. The trombone is:
A) a conical instrument
B) an ovate instrument
C) a cylindrical instrument
4. A modern tenor trombone is
pitched in:
A) Bb
B) C
C) F
5. A modern tenor trombone
measures how many feet in length:
A) 10 feet
B) 20 feet
C) 15 feet
6. The German word for trombone is:
A) basun
B) buccina
C) posaune
7. An alto trombone is pitched in:
A) Bb
B) Eb
C) F
10. The in-line double-valve bass
trombone first appeared in
production:
A) 1920’s
B) 1970’s
C) 1890’s
11. Bass clef is also known as the:
A) C clef
B) F clef
C) Bb clef
12. The axial-flow valve is also known
as the:
A) Greenhoe valve
B) Thayer valve
C) Hagmann valve
13. The part of the trombone above
the slide receiver and below the
main tuning slide is referred to as
the:
A) goose neck
B) lead pipe
C) shoulder rest
14. On a Vincent Bach Model 42G, the
“G” refers to:
A) Giardinelli
B) gold brass
C) general
15. On a modern tenor or bass
trombone, a completely extended
F attachment tuning slide should
enable which note to be played in
7th position:
A) D
B) B
C) Eb
16. A modern symphonic tenor
trombone bell is:
A) 8” in diameter
B) 9.5” in diameter
C) 6” in diameter
17. Annealing is treatment which:
A) heats the trombone
B) freezes the trombone
C) lacquers the trombone
18. Yellow brass has more:
A) zinc in the alloy
B) gold in the alloy
C) lead in the alloy
19. A cimbasso is:
A) an early tuba
B) a valved brass instrument used
in operas of Verdi & Puccini
C) a cinnamon gelato
20. In bass clef, top line A sounds at:
A) 440 cycles per second
B) 220 cycles per second
C) 110 cycles per second
21. The 2B SilverSonic was a
trombone manufactured by:
A) Conn
B) Holton
C) King
22. In Bartok’s Concerto for
Orchestra, the glissandi in
Mvmt. IV for bass trombone
and 2nd trombone represent:
A) death
B) a Bronx cheer or raspberry
C) two bears
23. Toby Oft is principal
trombonist of the:
A) Buffalo Philharmonic
B) Boston Symphony
C) Portland Symphony
24. Jazz trombonist Steve Turre is
also known for his playing on:
A) harmonica
B) Alp horn
C) conch shells
25. Ferdinand David was a
contemporary of:
A) Igor Stravinsky
B) Felix Mendelssohn
C) J.S. Bach
26. The first major symphony
scored with 3 trombones:
A) Beethoven-Symphony #5
B) Schumann-Symphony #1
C)Haydn-Symphony #104
27. The Atlanta Symphony (2013)
trombone section plays
instruments made by:
A) Edwards
B) S.E. Shires
C) Rath
28. This composer’s trombone
concerto received the 1993
Pulitzer Prize for Music:
A) John Corigliano
B) John Adams
C) Christopher Rouse
29. Bill Watrous is:
A) Trombonist of the Empire
Brass
B) A jazz trombonist and
soloist
C) A trombone mouthpiece
maker
30. Jazz trombonists frequently
paired on recordings of the
1960’s:
A) J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding
B) Steve Turre & Slide
Hampton
C) Glenn Miller & Jack
Teagarten
31. Sordino” means:
A) “play with sourness”
B) mute in Italian
C) slide in Italian
32. Man known as Mr. Bass
Trombone:
A) Charles Vernon
B) Raymond Premru
C) George Roberts
33. Trombonist Johannes Rochut
transcribed the vocalises of:
A) Guiseppe Verdi
B) Marco Bordogni
C) Vladislav Blazhevitch
34. Trombonist in the rock group,
“Chicago”:
A) Jim Pugh
B)Mike Davis
C) James Pankow
35. The recording “Manhattan
Wildlife Refuge” features:
A) Joseph Alessi
B) Bill Watrous
C) David Taylor
36. “Tailgate trombone” refers to:
A) playing with the slide
pointed downward
B) a New Orleans Dixieland
style of playing with glissandos
and smears
C) playing in positions 5 thru 7
exclusively
37. Symphonic work featuring a
2nd trombone solo:
A) The Pines of Rome-Respighi
B) La Gazza Ladra OvertureRossini
C) Russian Easter OvertureRimsky-Korsakov
38. The trombonist with the
Canadian Brass (2013):
A) Scott Hartman
B) Eugene Watts
C) Achilles Liarmakopoulos
39. Vincent Bach Mt. Vernon
trombones were produced in:
A) New York
B) Virginia
C) Indiana
40. The term for playing and
vocalizing simultaneously:
A) cantabile
B) multiphonics
C) double-buzzing
41. Arthur Pryor was trombone
soloist with the :
A) John Phillip Sousa Band
B) Goldman Band
C) Paul Whiteman Band
42. “Lassus Trombone” was
composed by:
A) John Phillip Sousa
B) Henry Fillmore
C) Julius Fucik
43. This trombonist plays left
handed:
A) Kid Ory
B) Jimmy Knepper
C) Slide Hampton
44. Virtuoso Canadian trombonist
turned conductor:
A) Michel Bequet
B) Armin Rosin
C) Alain Trudel
45. Founder of the International
Trombone Association:
A) Thomas Everett
B) Christian Lindberg
C) Ralph Sauer
46. Immediate precursor to the
modern trombone:
A) ophicleide
B) buccina
C) sackbut
47. Composer who first
championed use of the
contrabass trombone:
A) Gustav Mahler
B) Richard Wagner
C) Edgard Varese
48. NY Philharmonic trombone
section of the 1940’s & 1950’s:
A) Pulis, Van Haney &
Ostrander
B) Alessi, Finlayson & Harwood
C) Friedman, Crisafulli &
Kleinhammer
49. Emory Remington was
trombone professor at:
A) Oberlin
B) Juilliard
C) Eastman
50. # of trombones in Beethoven’s
Symphony #6:
A) one
B) two
C) three
51. Instrument that IS scored in
Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of
Spring”:
A) bass trumpet
B) contrabass trombone
C) euphonium
52. The diaphragm is:
A) abdominal muscles
B) muscle that separates the
chest cavity from the abdomen
C) membrane surrounding the
lungs
53. “I’m Getting Sentimental Over
You” was a trombone solo
made famous by:
A) Frank Rosolino
B) Bobby Burgess
C) Tommy Dorsey
54. The 1st significant trombonist
of the Be-Bop era was:
A) Harold Betters
B) J.J. Johnson
C) Jiggs Whigham
55. Actor who portrayed Glenn
Miller in the movie, “The Glenn
Miller Story”:
A) Jimmy Stewart
B) Marlon Brando
C) Walter Brennan
56. “Seventy-six Trombones” is a
song from what Broadway
musical score:
A) Guys and Dolls
B) 42nd Street
C) The Music Man
57. Language in which the word
for paperclip is synonymous
with trombone:
A) French
B) Dutch
C) Russian
58. Trombonists in the American
Brass Quintet (2013):
A) Tom Hutchinson & Jack
Schatz
B) Per Brevig & David Taylor
C) Michael Powell & John Rojak
59. Embouchure is the French
word pertaining to the:
A) nose
B) mouth
C) chin
60. A normal range for human lung
vital capacity is:
A) 3 to 5 liters
B) 1 to 2 liters
C) 8 to 9 liters
61. Arnold Jacobs was:
A) a British composer
B) a trombone player
C) a tuba player and pedagogue
62. Philip Farkas was:
A) a trombone player
B) a horn player
C) a trumpet player
63. Adolph Herseth was:
A) Principal trombonist of the
Berlin Philharmonic
B) Principal Horn of the
Cleveland Orchestra
C) Principal trumpet of the
Chicago Symphony
64. In performing the Sequenza V
by Luciano Berio, the trombone
soloist is summoned to play the
role of:
A) Canio, the clown from “I
Pagliacci”
B) Grock, a famous European
clown
C) Iago, the villain from
“Othello”
65. “Morceau de Concours” is the
French term for:
A) concerto
B) sonata
C) competition piece
66. The term vibrato refers to:
A) an oscillation of pitch for
expression
B) vibration of sound caused by
extreme volume
C) the written text of an opera
67. The alto and tenor clefs are
both:
A) C clefs
B) Bb clefs
C) G clefs
68. The ability to sustain tone(s)
while inhaling through the
nose is called:
A) long tones
B) Alexander Technique
C) circular breathing
69. The bore size of a brass
instrument refers to:
A) the inner diameter of the
mouthpiece receiver
B) the size of the mouthpiece
rim
C) the length of the instrument
70. Musical term found at the
beginning of Wagner’s “Ride of
The Valkyries”:
A) Langsam
B) Pesante
C) Lebhaft
71. Jazz trombonist who’s specialty
was plunger playing:
A) Al Grey
B) Joel Grey
C) Carter Brey
72. This bass trombonist has
played in the orchestras of
Baltimore, San Francisco,
Philadelphia and Chicago:
A) John Engelkes
B) Charles Vernon
C) Blair Bollinger
73. This composer of the movies
soundtrack to “The Godfather”
also wrote a trombone
concerto:
A) Miklos Rosza
B) Nino Rota
C ) Bernard Hermann
74. Three trombones accompany
Sarastro in a famous bass aria
from this Mozart opera:
A) Fidelio
B) Don Giovanni
C) The Magic Flute
75. This trombonist has played in
the orchestras of Montreal,
Philadelphia and New York:
A) James Markey
B) Nitzan Haroz
C) Joseph Alessi
76. Symphony with no parts for
trombone:
A) Mahler-Symph. #4
B) Mendelssohn-Symph. #5
C) Schumann-Symp. #1