Instrument Knowledge- Trombone - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The trombone is part of what instrument family?	Brass	100%
Many of the instruments in the above family use valves to alter the pitch. What does the trombone use instead of valves?	Slide	100%
What key are trombones usually pitched in?	B flat	85%
But what key is trombone music written in?	C	85%
The trombone is one of the few wind instruments that can produce a "true" version of what effect, which involves gliding from one pitch to another?	Glissando	64%
What type of trombone, reminiscent of a high male vocal part, is the most commonly used trombone?	Tenor Trombone	42%
What is the name of the instrument, the predecessor to the modern trombone, that had a narrower bell and was primarily used in the Renaissance and Baroque periods?	Sackbut	39%
Which composer was the first to use the trombone outside of a religious setting and is sometimes credited with calling it the "voice of God?"	Ludwig van Beethoven	27%
Similar to the trumpet, what type of bore does the trombone usually have?	Cylindrical	18%
In what musical about a con-artist would you find the song "Seventy-Six Trombones?"	The Music Man	12%
What American jazz trombonist and composer with an alliterative name is often referred to as the "Charlie Parker of the Trombone" and was one of the first trombonists to embrace bebop?	J. J. Johnson	12%
What does the Italian word "trombone" mean?	Large Trumpet	12%
What are the pieces, soldered onto the end of the inner part of the above, that are barrel-shaped to reduce friction with the outer part?	Stockings	12%
What instrument, invented by comedian Bob Burns in 1905, which incorporated telescopic tubing like a trombone, later lent its name to a steel tube that launched a rocket?	Bazooka	3%
In 1985, what Danish butter company introduced "Douglas," an animated trombone-playing man made of butter, for its UK ads?	Lurpak	0%

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