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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 4 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Which cylindrical woodwind uses a single reed against a mouthpiece?

    Answer: Clarinet

    Clarinet is the cylindrical woodwind with a flared bell.

  2. What other woodwind does its mouthpiece resemble?

    Answer: a clarinet-like mouthpiece

    A saxophone uses a clarinet-like mouthpiece.

  3. Which clef is normally used for higher-pitched staff notation?

    Answer: Treble clef

    Treble clef is the clef commonly used for higher-pitched notation.

  4. Which pitched percussion instrument has tuned wooden bars?

    Answer: Xylophone

    Xylophone is the instrument with tuned wooden bars.

  5. Which clef is normally used for lower-pitched staff notation?

    Answer: Bass clef

    Bass clef is the clef commonly used for lower-pitched notation.

Daily round

  1. What regular framework supports rhythmic patterns?

    Answer: a pulse or beat

    Rhythm operates within a pulse or beat.

  2. Which dynamic marking means soft?

    Answer: Piano dynamic

    Piano dynamic is the instruction to play softly.

  3. What interval separates adjacent piano keys?

    Answer: a semitone

    Adjacent piano keys are a semitone apart.

  4. How many strings does a standard guitar normally have?

    Answer: six

    A standard guitar normally has six strings.

  5. Which note does the treble clef’s reference line represent?

    Answer: G above middle C

    That line represents G above middle C.

Daily round

  1. Which voice part is lowest in a standard SATB choir?

    Answer: Bass voice

    Bass voice is the lowest standard choral voice part.

  2. Which direction tells a musician to become gradually softer?

    Answer: Diminuendo

    Diminuendo is the instruction for a gradual decrease in volume.

  3. How many letter-name notes does an octave span?

    Answer: eight

    An octave spans eight letter-name notes.

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

    Answer: twelve

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

  5. What rhythmic technique accents normally weak beats or offbeats?

    Answer: Syncopation

    Syncopation is the accenting notes where emphasis is not normally expected.

Daily round

  1. Which letter represents piano in a score?

    Answer: p

    The standard dynamic symbol for piano is p.

  2. Which practice device produces evenly spaced beats?

    Answer: Metronome

    Metronome is the device that produces evenly spaced beats.

  3. What is unaccompanied vocal music called?

    Answer: A cappella

    A cappella is the vocal performance without instrumental accompaniment.

  4. What is the violin’s usual tuning from lowest to highest?

    Answer: G, D, A, and E

    Its strings are commonly tuned G, D, A, and E.

  5. How does a melody unfold through time?

    Answer: one note after another

    A melody unfolds one note after another.

Daily round

  1. Who coordinates an orchestra or choir through visible gestures?

    Answer: Conductor

    Conductor is the musician who coordinates an ensemble’s performance.

  2. Which fretted instrument is normally fitted with six strings?

    Answer: Standard guitar

    Standard guitar is the fretted instrument played by plucking or strumming.

  3. Which common clarinet is a transposing instrument?

    Answer: the B-flat clarinet

    The common B-flat model transposes.

  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 voice part sits immediately above bass?

    Answer: tenor

    It sits below tenor in a typical SATB choir.

Daily round

  1. How does notation show different durations?

    Answer: different note values

    Notation shows duration with different note values.

  2. 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.

  3. What two broad methods can perform a melody?

    Answer: singing or playing

    It may be sung or played.

  4. Does an orchestral flute use a reed?

    Answer: No

    An orchestral flute makes sound when air crosses its embouchure hole, without a reed.

  5. Which two saxophone sizes are especially common?

    Answer: alto and tenor

    Alto and tenor are common sizes.

Daily round

  1. Which main flute section contains the embouchure hole?

    Answer: the headjoint

    The embouchure hole is cut into the flute’s headjoint.

  2. What unit appears on a metronome setting?

    Answer: beats per minute

    Metronome speed is measured in beats per minute.

  3. Which clef normally appears in trumpet parts?

    Answer: treble clef

    It usually reads music in treble clef.

  4. Which clef normally notates a modern soprano choral part?

    Answer: treble clef

    Modern soprano choral parts are normally written in treble clef.

  5. Which broad wooden piano part amplifies the strings’ vibrations?

    Answer: the soundboard

    The piano’s soundboard converts string vibrations into a much larger movement of air.