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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 9 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. What abbreviation commonly stands for crescendo?

    Answer: cresc.

    Its abbreviation is often cresc..

  2. Which hairpin shape can represent a crescendo?

    Answer: an opening hairpin

    An opening hairpin represents a crescendo.

  3. What forms the two vibrating blades of an oboe reed?

    Answer: two bound pieces of cane

    Two bound pieces of cane form an oboe reed.

  4. How does a melody unfold through time?

    Answer: one note after another

    A melody unfolds one note after another.

  5. What does a performer do when arpeggiating a chord?

    Answer: plays its notes in sequence

    Arpeggiation presents a chord’s notes in sequence instead of attacking them simultaneously.

Daily round

  1. Which pitched percussion instrument has tuned wooden bars?

    Answer: Xylophone

    Xylophone is the instrument with tuned wooden bars.

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

    Answer: in chapel style

    The Italian phrase a cappella literally means in chapel style.

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

    Answer: A

    The orchestra often tunes to an oboe A.

  4. What alternate name does the bass clef take from its reference note?

    Answer: F clef

    The bass clef is also called the F clef because its dots surround the staff’s F line.

  5. Where does syncopation often place emphasis?

    Answer: weak beats or offbeats

    Syncopation often stresses weak beats or offbeats.

Daily round

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

    Answer: wood

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

  2. What does melody organize in music?

    Answer: A sequence of pitched notes

    A melody is a perceivable sequence of pitched notes heard as a musical line.

  3. Which marking is softer than piano?

    Answer: pianissimo

    Pianissimo is softer.

  4. Which voice part sits immediately below soprano?

    Answer: alto

    It sits above alto in a typical SATB choir.

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

    Answer: Timpani

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

Daily round

  1. How should piano be interpreted as a dynamic instruction?

    Answer: as a context-relative soft level

    The dynamic piano asks for a soft level judged in relation to the surrounding music.

  2. 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.

  3. Which clef normally appears in trumpet parts?

    Answer: treble clef

    It usually reads music in treble clef.

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

    Answer: Bass clef

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

  5. Which letter represents forte in a score?

    Answer: f

    The standard symbol for forte is f.

Daily round

  1. What regular framework supports rhythmic patterns?

    Answer: a pulse or beat

    Rhythm operates within a pulse or beat.

  2. Which material normally forms a saxophone’s body?

    Answer: brass

    A saxophone is classed as a woodwind because of its reed, although its body is normally brass.

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

    Answer: six

    A standard guitar normally has six strings.

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

    Answer: Rhythm

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

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

    Answer: Soprano

    Soprano is the highest standard choral voice part.

Daily round

  1. What harmonic role does bass often provide?

    Answer: the harmonic foundation

    The bass voice often supports the harmonic foundation.

  2. What unit appears on a metronome setting?

    Answer: beats per minute

    Metronome speed is measured in beats per minute.

  3. 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.

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

    Answer: Clarinet

    Clarinet is the cylindrical woodwind with a flared bell.

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

    Answer: eight

    An octave spans eight letter-name notes.

Daily round

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

    Answer: Treble clef

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

  2. Which two saxophone sizes are especially common?

    Answer: alto and tenor

    Alto and tenor are common sizes.

  3. Which dynamic marking means loud?

    Answer: Forte

    Forte is the instruction to play loudly.

  4. What does a diminuendo require without fixing a final volume?

    Answer: a decrease from the current dynamic

    A diminuendo requires the sound to diminish from its current level; it need not end in silence.

  5. Which two chord qualities are especially common?

    Answer: major and minor

    Major and minor are common qualities.