1) Which are true? 1) A) A fipple or embouchure hole acts as an open end of a vibrating air column B) The modern recorder has added machinery that permit large holes at large spacings to be used comfortably. C) A clarinet behaves acoustically like an open ended tube E) Three of these 2) Which of the following is the most common type of flute? 2) A) piccolo, B) bass flute, C) orchestral flute, D) fipple flute, 3) Which of the following components of a flute is used to shorten the length of the vibrating air column appropriately to play a tune? 3) A) head, B) embouchure hole, C) keys. D) cork, E) finger hole, 4) Which are true? 4) A) 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. 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 tenor or B-flat trombone is a transposing instrument. 5) Which of the following is most often used on a trumpet but not a bugle to change pitch from one note to another? 5) A) mouthpiece, B) keys. C) flared bell, D) rotary valves, E) piston valves, 6) 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? 6) A) French horn, B) euphonium. C) tuba, D) baroque trumpet, - 1 -
E) flugelhorn, 7) Which of the following refers to adjusting the altitude of a pipe organ? 7) A) changing the volume or intensity, B) tuning, C) voicing, 8) Which of the following is the same as the alto flute in the UK (but not in the US)? 8) A) orchestral flute, B) fipple flute, C) piccolo, D) bass flute, 9) 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? 9) A) contrabassoon, B) reed pipe. C) oboe, D) flue pipe, E) bassoon, 10) Which are true? 10) A) The manuals of a pipe organ are often labeled by a length, such as 4 feet, 8 feet, 32 feet, and so on. B) The variety of sound obtained with different ranks of organ pipes depends on several physical features of the pipes, such as the shapes of the pipes and whether or not they are open or closed at their top end. C) As a general rule, flue pipes are more easily tuned than reed pipes. 11) 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. 11) A) bocal, B) reed. C) octave key, D) whisper key, E) Böhm fingering, 12) Which of the following is classified as either single or double? 12) A) finger holes, B) fipple. C) type of reed D) noise source, E) bore shape, - 2 -
13) Which of the following is the most common first musical instrument for many people? 13) A) bagpipe, B) oboe, C) recorder, D) clarinet. E) bamboo, 14) Which are true? 14) A) The cornet is generally considered to produce a more brilliant tone than the trumpet. B) Because of the flare of its bell, the cornet has greater amplitudes in its higher harmonics. C) The modern cornet is a conical bore instrument that is similar to the trumpet in almost every other respect. 15) Which of the following is the type of bore used in a modern transverse C flute? 15) A) conical tube, B) added machinery. C) cylindrical tube, D) closed tube, E) open tube, 16) Which of the following components of a recorder directs the air toward a knife edge? 16) A) fipple B) lip, C) fork fingering, D) bell, E) octave hole. 17) A set of levers called controls which set of pipes of a organ will be played? 17) A) fipple, B) stops, C) action. D) ranks, E) manuals, 18) Which of the following theoretically should have no effect upon the sound of a woodwind instrument? 18) A) tone-hole cutoff frequency, B) construction material. C) embouchure hole, D) chamfering of holes, E) fork fingering, 19) Which of the following brass instruments uses a slide to change notes? 19) A) trumpet, B) French horn, C) trombone, D) flugelhorn, E) tuba. 20) Which of the following consist of conical tubes, usually curved, blown at the narrow end with a very small mouthpiece? 20) - 3 -
A) sackbut, B) animal horn, C) cornetto, D) trombone E) serpent, 21) Which are true? 21) A) The English horn was first introduced in England and was made out of brass like other horns at the time B) When a clarinet mouthpiece is substituted for an oboe s mouthpiece, the instrument continues to sound more like an oboe than a clarinet. C) The oboe fingering system adheres to the Böhm system. 22) Which of the following is not characteristic of any brass instrument? 22) A) cylindrical tube, B) conical tube, C) open end tube, D) closed end tube, E) All of these are characteristic of one brass instrument or another. 23) Which of the following uses a single reed in its mouthpiece? 23) A) Clarinet, B) Oboe, C) Saxophone, 24) Which are true? 24) 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. 25) 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? 25) A) chalumeau register, B) clarion register, C) altissimo register, D) register hole, E) A hole. 26) Who was an English flute maker who designed and built flutes that had better intonation than the older traditional flute? 26) - 4 -
A) Antoine Joseph Sax. B) John Coltman, C) Albert Cooper, D) J. D. Dinner, E) Theobald Böhm, 27) Which of the following is peculiar to the French horn? 27) A) horn cord, B) glissando. C) double horn, D) pedal tone, E) transposing instrument, 28) 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? 28) A) trombone, B) sousaphone C) bugle, D) cornet, E) baritone, 29) Who adjusted the tone-hole spacing in the flute in the year 2001 in order to improve the tuning errors obtained when the flute was shortened to compensate for the rising pitch standard. 29) A) Theobald Böhm, B) Albert Cooper, C) John Coltman, 30) Which are true? 30) A) The saxophone overblows at the octave. B) The saxophone is probably the easiest reed instrument on which to obtain a tone. C) The saxophone has two octave holes. - 5 -