So you think you know everything about brass bands?Try out the nezzyonbrass quiz with questions on your favourite topic to test your brass band knowledge. Each quiz has the answers at the foot of the page. The scoring range is as follows…
1-3 correct…Brass band numpty
4-6 correct…Average bander who just plays and cares little for facts and figures!
7-9 correct …Brass band Boffin
10+ correct …Brass band Genius
10 quick fire quiz questions to test your brass band knowledge (Answers at the foot of the page) 1216-1399 was the era in which there were five kings in an English royal dynasty (Henry 111, Edward 1,11,111 and Richard 11). Which brass band composer wrote a test piece about this dynasty and what was it […]
10 quick fire questions to test your brass band knowledge (Answers at the foot of the page) 1.Name the colours in Gilbert Vinter’s Classic test piece ‘Spectrum’ – a bonus point if you get them in the order that they appear in the score. Name this virtuoso from Cork City who started to play […]
10 quick fire questions to test your brass band knowledge (Answers at the foot of the page) Dean Goffin, who composed the test piece Rhapsody in Brass (used in the British Open, Grand Shield and over 50 other contests since 1949) is of which Nationality? 2.What is the meaning of the musical term […]
10 quick fire questions to test your brass band knowledge (Answers at the foot of the page) Who is this famous composer/conductor whose surname gives the name to the musical instrument he developed? Which test piece used in the British Open would you associate with these structures? ‘A Matter of Seconds’ was the original name […]
10 quick fire questions to test your brass band knowledge (Answers at the foot of the page) Which test piece would you associate this view with? Bands competing in the 2004 British Open Championships had a choice of 3 test pieces to play. Name them. Which lower section test piece, penned by Eric Ball, has […]