The 5 Second Music Quiz thread

[Dungeon Master]

To celebrate the new embedded MP3 Player, I thought I would start a music quiz. I had this many years ago on the old Good-Music-Guide.com as a weekly quiz, but it fell by the wayside.

For technical details on how to extract, upload and post music files, see the original article about the GMG MP3 player.

Here is how it works:

Pick a very short segment of music. Use the MP3 embed feature to post it on this thread. Other members try to guess what piece of music it comes from, and for extra points, which recording it is.

The music should not be obscure. On the contrary, it should be recognisable, but not quite placeable. On hearing it, people should think "Oh, I know that piece. What is it from? Its on the tip of my tongue". Good samples are unusual bits from very well-know works, or iconic bits from less well-know works or composers.

Remember, the extract should be 5 seconds or less. There are some pieces that can be deduced from a single chord, others will be a phrase several seconds long. Its your choice, but max at 5 seconds.

Once the music has been correctly guessed, anyone else can post a new piece.

Quiz001
Here is an example. What is this music?

[audio]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11004183/quiz001.mp3[/audio]

[some guy]

Since there's just a blank space under the words Here is an example, I'll say that that is five seconds of Francisco Lopez's Untitled #180.

Great choice, too, as that piece is not at all obscure in MY house!!*

I don't have time right now to do all the stuff necessary to participate farther. Maybe later, when I need another break.

*I am at the moment technically homeless. But you get my drift.

[Brian]

Since there's just a blank space under the words Here is an example, I'll say that that is five seconds of Francisco Lopez's Untitled #180.

Check out the links near the top of Rob's post. It didn't work for me at first either, but now no problem.

[some guy]

Of course!

Thanks, Brian.

[Dungeon Master]

OK here is another one:

Quiz 2:   [audio]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11004183/GMG%20quiz%20files/Quiz2.mp3[/audio]

[Brian]

OK here is another one:

Quiz 2:   [audio]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11004183/GMG%20quiz%20files/Quiz2.mp3[/audio]

See, I somehow didn't recognize Quiz 1 at all, but this is very clearly the "slow" movement from Prokofiev's Third Concerto!

[The new erato]

The first example must be Bruckner.

[Sammy]

The first example must be Bruckner.

I think it's Mozart, although Beethoven's a possibility.  Definitely not Bruckner; if it is, I'll eat a page from my Sunday newspaper.

[Brian]

Let me test this with one that I found fairly easy...

[audio]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12672585/easyclip.mp3[/audio]

[Dungeon Master]

See, I somehow didn't recognize Quiz 1 at all, but this is very clearly the "slow" movement from Prokofiev's Third Concerto!

Correct, from the classic Argerich recording.

[asin]B000001GQQ[/asin]

[Dungeon Master]

I think it's Mozart, although Beethoven's a possibility.  Definitely not Bruckner; if it is, I'll eat a page from my Sunday newspaper.

You won't need to eat your Sunday paper.

Clue: it contains a solo instrument.

[Dungeon Master]

Another

Quiz 4: [audio]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11004183/GMG%20quiz%20files/Quiz4.mp3[/audio]

[Brian]

Another

Quiz 4: [audio]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11004183/GMG%20quiz%20files/Quiz4.mp3[/audio]

Popular piece! But I already won one and posted a clip so I'll let somebody else name it.

[Pat B]

Let me test this with one that I found fairly easy...

Sounds like Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet... the next note is the real give-away though.

Although the first time I played it, the volume was set very low, leading me to guess 4'33".

[amw]

I'm about 95% sure excerpt #1 is from the slow movement of Mozart's K271 (the other choice would be K482), and 100% sure excerpt #4 is from the sixth movement of The Planets, but interpretations are really not my strength unfortunately :/

[lisa needs braces]

Quiz001
Here is an example. What is this music?

[audio]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11004183/quiz001.mp3[/audio]

edit: I agree with above post. I had guessed sinfonia concertante second mvm

[Dungeon Master]

I'm about 95% sure excerpt #1 is from the slow movement of Mozart's K271 (the other choice would be K482), and 100% sure excerpt #4 is from the sixth movement of The Planets, but interpretations are really not my strength unfortunately :/

Correct.

Mozart Piano Concerto no.9 K271 "Jeunehomme", Alfred Brendel, Charles Mackerras

[asin]B00005YX6D[/asin]


And

Uranus, from Holst's Planets, William Steinberg, Boston Symphony

[asin] B000056TKD[/asin]

[amw]

k, I guess I'll go then

[audio]http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/32084883/13885516.mp3[/audio]


A piece that's been on my mind a lot lately, but seems to pass under a lot of other people's radar...

[Marc]

I'm very bad at this myself.

Never mind, just have been testing with this new stuff .... have a guess.

[audio]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/mm3gmet9jp4xkfy/fasdfgasdjkeruio.mp3[/audio]

[The new erato]

I think it's Mozart, although Beethoven's a possibility.  Definitely not Bruckner; if it is, I'll eat a page from my Sunday newspaper.

I'm really just posting here to get to 10.000 posts.