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4BR Quiz: Win something quiet...

Thanks to our friends at Band Supplies you can get your hands on a brilliant Yamaha Silent Brass cornet/trumpet mute if you can get the answer right to our little quiz...

Silet brass
  The brilliant Silent Brass mute is the perfect way to keep in practice

We will be posting regular quiz questions to win prizes over the coming weeks — some harder than others — but all a bit of fun to keep you in a good musical mood at home

Thanks to our friends at Band Supplies we have a brilliant Yamaha Silent Brass cornet/trumpet mute worth £150.00.

All you have to do is come up with the link between the following — and explain why?

Question:

What is the link between a pop song featuring trumpeter Nini Rosso, the Oscar winning film 'The Artist', Dr Hannibal Lecter and the penultimate bar of a famous National Final test piece by Derek Bourgeois?

Answers:

Answers with explanation to be sent to: quiz@4barsrest.com

Closing date for answers: 12.00 (midnight) on Friday 27th March.

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