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Music Trivia Answers Archive

Review earlier daily rounds, reveal the correct answer, and use the short explanation to learn the fact behind each question. Page 12 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Which side-blown woodwind makes sound as air crosses an embouchure hole?

    Answer: Flute

    Flute is the side-blown instrument whose modern orchestral form is usually metal.

  2. Which voice part sits immediately above bass?

    Answer: tenor

    It sits below tenor in a typical SATB choir.

  3. Which clef normally appears in trumpet parts?

    Answer: treble clef

    It usually reads music in treble clef.

  4. Which voice part is highest in a standard SATB choir?

    Answer: Soprano

    Soprano is the highest standard choral voice part.

  5. What does the Italian phrase a cappella literally mean?

    Answer: in chapel style

    The Italian phrase a cappella literally means in chapel style.

Daily round

  1. Which hairpin shape can represent a diminuendo?

    Answer: a closing hairpin

    A closing hairpin represents a diminuendo.

  2. What unit appears on a metronome setting?

    Answer: beats per minute

    Metronome speed is measured in beats per minute.

  3. Which tempo marking generally asks for a slow pace?

    Answer: Adagio

    Adagio is the marking generally calling for a slow pace.

  4. Which letter represents piano in a score?

    Answer: p

    The standard dynamic symbol for piano is p.

  5. Where does syncopation often place emphasis?

    Answer: weak beats or offbeats

    Syncopation often stresses weak beats or offbeats.

Daily round

  1. Which dynamic marking means loud?

    Answer: Forte

    Forte is the instruction to play loudly.

  2. From which language does adagio come?

    Answer: the Italian language

    The tempo word adagio comes from Italian.

  3. Which hardwood is commonly used for a professional oboe’s body?

    Answer: grenadilla

    Professional oboes are commonly made from dense grenadilla, also called African blackwood.

  4. Which marking is louder than forte?

    Answer: fortissimo

    Fortissimo is louder.

  5. How does adagio’s typical tempo compare with allegro?

    Answer: slower

    It is slower than allegro in ordinary usage.

Daily round

  1. Which musical element organizes sounds and silences over time?

    Answer: Rhythm

    Rhythm arranges durations, beats, accents, and rests through time.

  2. How many different pitch classes form a basic triad?

    Answer: three

    A basic triad contains three different pitch classes.

  3. Which orchestral bowed instrument is smaller than a viola?

    Answer: Violin

    Violin is the smallest standard member of the orchestral bowed-string family.

  4. Which orchestral drums have bowl-shaped bodies and adjustable pitch?

    Answer: Timpani

    Timpani is the large bowl-shaped drums with adjustable pitch.

  5. What mechanism commonly adjusts a timpano’s head tension?

    Answer: a pedal

    A pedal commonly adjusts timpani head tension.

Daily round

  1. What other woodwind does its mouthpiece resemble?

    Answer: a clarinet-like mouthpiece

    A saxophone uses a clarinet-like mouthpiece.

  2. Which letter represents forte in a score?

    Answer: f

    The standard symbol for forte is f.

  3. What handheld tool may make those gestures easier to see?

    Answer: a baton

    A baton may make hand movements easier to see.

  4. What organizes durations, rests, and accents in music?

    Answer: Rhythm

    Rhythm is the organization of note lengths, rests, and accents.

  5. Which adjustable cello part supports the instrument on the floor?

    Answer: the endpin

    A cello’s adjustable endpin carries the instrument’s weight on the floor.

Daily round

  1. How many equal-tempered semitones make an octave?

    Answer: twelve

    An octave contains twelve semitone steps in twelve-tone equal temperament.

  2. Which brass instrument is played by buzzing into a cup-shaped mouthpiece?

    Answer: Trumpet

    Trumpet is the instrument sounded by buzzing into a cup-shaped mouthpiece.

  3. Which woodwind instrument uses a double reed and often gives the orchestra’s tuning note?

    Answer: Oboe

    Oboe is the slender woodwind with a penetrating tone.

  4. Which tuning note does an orchestra often take from the oboe?

    Answer: A

    The orchestra often tunes to an oboe A.

  5. What is unaccompanied vocal music called?

    Answer: A cappella

    A cappella is the vocal performance without instrumental accompaniment.

Daily round

  1. What happens to a metronome’s click spacing when its BPM setting increases?

    Answer: the clicks move closer together

    A higher beats-per-minute setting places the metronome’s clicks closer together in time.

  2. What abbreviation commonly stands for crescendo?

    Answer: cresc.

    Its abbreviation is often cresc..

  3. What material is named by the Greek root xylon in xylophone?

    Answer: wood

    The name xylophone combines Greek roots referring to wood and sound.

  4. How does a cello’s usual register compare with a viola’s?

    Answer: below a viola

    Its pitch range lies below the viola.

  5. Which bowed instrument is held upright between the knees?

    Answer: Cello

    Cello is the large bowed instrument held upright between the knees.