Buzz Words
The term used to describe a player that has excellent endurance.
What are chops?
Starting as early as the 14th century, these groups of trumpeters set high standards for trumpeters across Europe.
What are the trumpet guilds?
This trumpeter is then only person to win Grammys in the same year in both the jazz and classical categories.
Who is Wynton Marsalis?
Sometimes called the octave key.
What is the finger hook?
The musical term for animated or lively.
What is animato?
The term used to describe the first trumpet player in a jazz band.
What is a lead player?
The majority of the earliest known trumpets were not made of brass but of one of these two materials.
What are animal horns or conch shells?
This trumpet was a member of the NY Philharmonic for 36 years, and now serves as Professor of Trumpet at UGA.
Who is Philip Smith?
The fingering for a low D.
What are 1st & 3rd valve, and the first or third slide?
The musical term for dying away.
What is morendo or niente?
A musical engagement where musicians are paid.
What is a gig?
The first metallic trumpets made of copper & silver were discovered in 1922 in this pharaoh's tomb from around 1300 BC.
Who is King Tut (Tutankhamun)?
A member of Duke Ellington's big band, this high note trumpeter was known for his power and extreme range up to triple high C.
Who is Cat Anderson?
The part of the mouthpiece that connects to the receiver of the trumpet.
What is the shank?
The instruction at the end of a movement to proceed without pause.
What is attacca?
The slang term used to describe intense practicing.
What is woodshedding?
Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi wrote music for this type of trumpet.
What is the Baroque or natural trumpet?
This artist is known for his popular works for flugelhorn.
Who is Chuck Mangione?
The part of the valve which returns it to its original position after releasing.
What is the valve spring?
Slightly faster than andante or slightly slower than allegro.
What is andantino?
A demanding musical passage for trumpet.
What is a chop buster?
Around 1800 Anton Weidinger invented this new design of trumpet that uses holes or keys like a clarinet or flute.
What is the keyed trumpet?
The first woman to play in a symphony orchestra, who also is an extraordinary teacher (retired).
Who is Maria Speziale?
Other than the cleaning snake, the most common brass tool used by directors and teachers.
What is the mouthpiece puller?
The definition of tempo giusto.
What is in strict time?