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1. Which of the following is not in the trumpet family:
  1. B-flat Trumpet – The most common of all trumpets today
  2. Piccolo Trumpet – ½ the length of a B-flat Trumpet, therefore higher in pitch
  3. Flugelhorn – Perhaps the most mellow member of the family
  4. Bass Trumpet – Uses a mouthpiece similar to a trombone’s, but still a member of the family
  5. [CORRECT] They all are
2. The metal trumpet has existed since about 1500 B.C. (TRUE or FALSE?)
  • [CORRECT] True – Bronze and/or silver trumpets have been found in graves in Egypt, Sweden, and China at about this time.
  • False
3. Which of the following is/was not a trumpet player:
  1. Doc Severinsen – Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show Bandleader, among other accomplishments
  2. Gottfried Reiche – Reputedly J.S. Bach’s go-to trumpeter
  3. Thomas Gansch – Trumpeter with the Mnozil Brass
  4. [CORRECT] Henry Fillmore – Trombonist and concert band director from the 1880s through early 1900s
  5. Mike Vax – Jazz trumpet player, lead with the Stan Kenton Big Band and others
4. Depressing the first valve on a trumpet
  1. Lowers the tone by a half-step – The second valve lowers the tone by a half-step by adding a length of tubing.
  2. [CORRECT] Lowers the tone by a full step
  3. Raises the tone by a full step – Adding tubing to the trumpet cannot raise the tone.
  4. None of the above
5. In the trumpet overtone series
  1. The notes are evenly spaced
  2. [CORRECT] The notes become closer together as they go higher. - A tube of any given length will produce a fundamental pitch.  The different overtones, are multiplications of the frequency of that fundamental pitch. They are more plentiful and closer together as they go higher.
  3. The notes become farther apart as they go higher.
  4. What’s an overtone?
6. The cornet is just a shorter version of the trumpet (TRUE or FALSE?)
  • True
  • [CORRECT] False – The cornet is exactly the same length as a trumpet, but it is conical and increases in diameter gradually. The trumpet, on the other hand, is tubular and increases in diameter in steps. The result is a more mellow tone quality.
7. Which of the following movies is not about a trumpet/cornet player(s) (fictional or real)?
  1. [CORRECT] Gabriel Over the White House – A 1933 movie, featuring Walter Huston as the President of the U.S. who gets instructions from God (through the angel Gabriel).
  2. The Five Pennies – The 1959 story of Red Nichols (1905-1965) and his band, The Five Pennies.
  3. Man Called Adam – Sammy Davis Jr. plays fictional trumpet player Adam Johnson in this 1966 movie.
  4. Second Chorus – Fred Astaire and Burgess Meredith play trumpet players vying to play in Artie Shaw’s band. 1940.
  5. Mo Better Blues – Denzel Washington plays the fictional Bleek Gillam in this 1990 film. Terence Blanchard provides the actual trumpet soundtrack.
8. For a trumpet, the “embouchure” is
  1. The mouthpiece
  2. [CORRECT] The formation of the lips in the mouthpiece
  3. The lips alone
  4. None of the above
9. Valves on brass instruments were invented in
  1. Late 1700s
  2. [CORRECT] Early 1800s – The piston valve and the rotary valve – the two primary types of brass instrument valves – were patented in 1839 and 1832, respectively.
  3. 1860s
  4. Early 1900s
  5. None of the above
10. The length of tubing of a Bb trumpet (not including that added by the valves) is approximately
  1. 3 feet, 6 inches
  2. 4 feet, 2½ inches
  3. [CORRECT] 4 feet, 10 inches
  4. 5 feet, 0 inches
  5. None of the above