Comments on: Quiz: Fascinating Rhythm

By: Emilee

Emilee — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:27:40 +0000

As a timpanist in my high school band I have to ask, was that really the best timpani sample you could find? That was awful! I love my timpanis and will supply the internet with better timpani if that’s all that’s available…poor timpani-depraved world…

By: Jacob

Jacob — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 02:47:05 +0000

I teach high school band. Thank God I got 100. Now let’s make it a real challenge…find some vague composition that no one has heard of but is written by a well-known composer and let people match them up :)

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 02:40:26 +0000

I take these sound bite quizzes with my husband and this was the first one on which I could hold my own. We easily got 100%. My husband says the guitar solo quiz was his favorite quiz ever, but he is a guitarist, so he would say that.

By: mungley

mungley — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 06:51:17 +0000

easy, but fun.
Yes, the timpani was recognizable as “Also Sprach Zarathustra”.

One tone on the tubular bells was tricky, but they look like wind chimes and the tone sounded like such too.

The djembe and bongos also sounded similar. I went for the bongos sounding like they had a tighter stretch across the sounding chamber. (Plus there dual tonality and the resonance should be a little different)

Fun. No real music background for me except listening.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 06:14:53 +0000

Considering I own half the instruments sampled and have played all of them I guess I should not say this was too easy. But it was.

By: Wedge

Wedge — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:49:26 +0000

It is too easy.

By: Pointy-Hatted Geek

Pointy-Hatted Geek — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:00:59 +0000

88%. I switched the Tubular bells and the flexitone. (In my defense, I’m in orchestra, not band.)

By: ashley

ashley — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:40:41 +0000

who would of thought… all those years in percussion stuck on the aux. instruments actually came in handy. i got 100 and learned names of some stuff like the fish is actually the guiro and the annoying thing is the ratchet
thanks

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:27:24 +0000

88%, I mixed up the djembe and bongos. Not too shabby for someone that can barely play the kazoo.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:03:37 +0000

88%… mixed up the guiro (never knew the name of that thing) and the ratchet (which looks more like a garlic press). Never did band growing up, so I’m kind of proud of myself.