1) Which of the following string instruments has frets? 1) A) guitar, B) harp. C) cello, D) string bass, E) viola, 2) Which of the following components of a violin is its sound source? 2) A) rosin, B) string, C) bridge, D) bow, E) fingerboard. 3) Which of the following was roughly twice the length of the contemporary trumpet, so its overtones have about half the spacing of its modern counterpart when played in their normal ranges? 3) A) tuba, B) flugelhorn, C) baroque trumpet, D) French horn, E) euphonium. 4) Which of the following results when a cello plays F# 2 because the main wood vibrates at its resonance frequency? 4) A) foot pedals. B) rule of 18, C) transients, D) wolf note, E) pizzicato, 5) Which of the following is the type of bore used in a modern transverse C flute? 5) A) conical tube, B) added machinery. C) open tube, D) closed tube, E) cylindrical tube, 6) Which of the following stringed instruments is an American folk instrument which has either 3 or 4 strings and is based on the European zither and humle? 6) A) violin, B) banjo, C) mountain dulcimer. D) guitar, E) ukulele, - 1 -
7) Which are true? 7) A) Because of the flare of its bell, the cornet has greater amplitudes in its higher harmonics. B) The cornet is generally considered to produce a more brilliant tone than the trumpet. C) The modern cornet is a conical bore instrument that is similar to the trumpet in almost every other respect. 8) Which of the following refers to adjusting the altitude of a pipe organ? 8) A) tuning, B) voicing, C) changing the volume or intensity, D) More than one of these. E) None of these. 9) Which of the following components of a flute is used to shorten the length of the vibrating air column appropriately to play a tune? 9) A) finger hole, B) keys. C) head, D) cork, E) embouchure hole, 10) Which of the following was an early keyboard instrument that used a tangent to strike the strings? 10) A) fiddle. B) clavichord, C) harpsichord, D) piano, E) charango, 11) Which of the following was developed at the request of a band director for a low-frequency concert band brass instrument that would be easier to hold and play while retaining a full, rich sound? 11) A) cornet, B) trombone, C) bugle, D) baritone, E) sousaphone 12) Which of the following is a stringed instrument with a resonant box made from an armadillo shell? 12) A) harpsichord, - 2 -
B) piano, C) clavichord, D) charango, E) fiddle. 13) Which are true? 13) A) The open notes on a trumpet are not all tuned true to its overtone series. B) Many trumpet players will have their third valve tuning slide fixed so that it moves very easily with one of the fingers on the left hand. C) The fundamental frequency of the trumpet s overtone series is very difficult note to play. 14) Which of the following is classified as either single or double? 14) A) type of reed B) fipple. C) noise source, D) bore shape, E) finger holes, 15) The bassoon is fitted with a metal tube called the on which the reed is mounted which increases the length of the instrument and makes it more comfortable to play. 15) A) Böhm fingering, B) octave key, C) bocal, D) whisper key, E) reed. 16) Which are true? 16) A) A clarinet behaves acoustically like an open ended tube B) The modern recorder has added machinery that permit large holes at large spacings to be used comfortably. C) A fipple or embouchure hole acts as an open end of a vibrating air column E) Three of these 17) Which of the following is most often used on a trumpet but not a bugle to change pitch from one note to another? 17) A) rotary valves, B) mouthpiece, C) flared bell, D) piston valves, E) keys. 18) Which of the following uses a single reed in its mouthpiece? 18) - 3 -
A) Oboe, B) Clarinet, C) Saxophone, D) More than one of these. E) None of these. 19) Which are true? 19) A) The tenor or B-flat trombone is a transposing instrument. B) The bore of the French horn is cylindrical over much of its length, but the flare of the bell is quite large. C) The bugle is one of the simplest brass instruments, acoustically and mechanically and the only brass or woodwind instrument that can be played perfectly in tune without requiring adjustment of the player s embouchure. 20) What stringed instruments are found in the modern orchestra? 20) A) violin, viola, cello, double bass, and harp, B) violin, viol, cello, double bass, and harp, C) violin, viola de gamba, cello, double bass, and harp, D) violin, viola de gambina, cello, double bass, and harp, E) violin, viola, cello, bass guitar, and harpsichord, 21) Which of the following brass instruments uses a slide to change notes? 21) A) French horn, B) flugelhorn, C) tuba. D) trombone, E) trumpet, 22) Which of the following is a plucked stringed instrument that became popular in Spain for a lengthy period during the Renaissance? 22) A) pandora, B) lute,c) vihuela, D) cittern, E) harp. 23) Which are true? 23) A) The saxophone overblows at the octave. B) The saxophone has two octave holes. C) The saxophone is probably the easiest reed instrument on which to obtain a tone. 24) Which of the following is not characteristic of any brass instrument? 24) A) conical tube, B) open end tube, C) closed end tube, D) cylindrical tube, E) All of these are characteristic of one brass instrument or another. - 4 -
25) Which of the following is peculiar to the French horn? 25) A) horn cord, B) glissando. C) double horn, D) pedal tone, E) transposing instrument, 26) Which of the following components of a violin couple the internal vibrations to the outside air? 26) A) sound post, B) f-holes. C) top plate, D) bass bar, E) bottom plate, 27) Which of the following was not part of some early stringed instrument? 27) A) plectrum, B) bow, C) keyboard, D) arrow. E) tangent, 28) Which of the following causes a clarinet to shift to an overblown standing wave condition that is just the third harmonic or the next possible resonant mode of the closed tube? 28) A) clarion register, B) A hole. C) chalumeau register, D) altissimo register, E) register hole, 29) Which of the following is an organ tube that operates by the same basic technique as a fipple flute and may be either open or closed at the end opposite the fipple? 29) A) contrabassoon, B) bassoon, C) reed pipe. D) flue pipe, E) oboe, 30) Which of the following consist of conical tubes, usually curved, blown at the narrow end with a very small mouthpiece? 30) A) animal horn, B) sackbut, C) serpent, D) cornetto, E) trombone - 5 -