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1.Which of these is a cello?
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The violin, cello, and double bass are members of the orchestral string family.
2.Which of these is a clarinet?
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The clarinet, oboe, and saxophone are woodwind instruments. The saxophone is closely related to the clarinet.
3.Which of these is a trombone?
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The trumpet, trombone, and French horn are all members of the orchestral brass family.
4.Which of these is an accordion?
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The harmonica, melodica, and accordion are free reed aerophones that produce sound as air flows past vibrating reeds in a frame.
5.Which of these is a steelpan?
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The steelpan (steel drum), hang and timpani (kettle drum) are pitched percussion instruments.
6.Which of these is a balalaika?
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The American banjo, Ukrainian bandura, and Russian balalaika are all plucked string instruments.
7.Which of these is a cabasa?
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The woodblock, cabasa, and tambourine are unpitched percussion instruments.
8.Which of these is a harpsichord?
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The harp and harpsichord are plucked string instruments. The jaw harp is an ancient trance instrument!
9.Which of these is a kalimba?
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The kalimba, marimba, and djembe are percussion instruments of African origin. Kalimbas are based on the mbira family of instruments and played with the thumbs.
10.Which of these is a didgeridoo?
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The bullroarer and didgeridoo are Aboriginal Australian instruments. The Pūtōrino is a Māori flute.
11.Which of these is a ukulele?
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The ukulele, mandolin, and sitar are all members of the lute family.
12.Which of these is an ocarina?
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The recorder, panpipes, and ocarina are types of flute. The ocarina is a versatile instrument, as useful for making music as it is for summoning horses, entertaining giant river frogs and travelling through time to save Hyrule.
13.Which of these is a glockenspiel?
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The glockenspiel, tubular bells and xylophone are pitched percussion instruments. Glockenspiels are metallophones, unlike xylophones which are wooden.
14.Which of these is a hurdy-gurdy?
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The zither and koto are plucked string instruments. The hurdy-gurdy is a hand-cranked string instrument that produces sound by a rosined wheel rubbing against the strings.
Good quiz, I'm not keen on the Didgeridoo picture, from those I've seen they are usually straight and sturdier than that shown. Looks more like an 'Alpenhorn'.
Thanks for the comment. I've submitted another picture in its place. Hopefully it can be changed without resetting the quiz, just waiting to see if it's approved.
Good quiz - the more recognized name of steel pan is steel drum though. I didn't get the question but I certainly would have gotten it correct if steel drum had been used rather than steel pan.
Steel drum is wrong though. Laypeople call it a drum because it looks vaguely like a drum and you hit it with mallets. But it's not a drum. Drums make their sound by the vibrations of the air inside the drum (i.e., you hit the skin, and the depth of the drum gives the instrument its sound). Steelpan has no depth, and makes its sound by the vibration of the steel itself, like bells or cymbals. Steelpan is the correct term, and the term by which percussionists know the instrument.
Never heard of half of these instruments! Shows how musically ignorant I am.
I only got the Hurdy Gurdy, coz the guy holding the instrument looked so happy. If i held an instrument called a Hurdy Gurdy I too would have huge smile.
There is an oldie call "Hurdy Gurdy Man" that I have always enjoyed, and I did not know until taking this quiz that it was not just a nonsense lyric. He just repeats "Hurdy gurdy" in quick succession like 20 times.
Drum refers to the steel drum containers from which the pans are made; the steel drum is more correctly called a steel pan or pan as it falls into the idiophone family of instruments, and so is not a drum.
Italian: clavicembalo, French: clavecin, German: Cembalo, Spanish: clavecín, Portuguese: cravo, Dutch: klavecimbel.
Compare that to harp:
Italian: arpa, French: harpe, German: Harfe, Spanish: arpa, Portuguese: harpa, Dutch: harp.
Harpsichord is not exactly the first word you learn in English after all.
I only got the Hurdy Gurdy, coz the guy holding the instrument looked so happy. If i held an instrument called a Hurdy Gurdy I too would have huge smile.
Last ten: Ummmmm :O
Drum refers to the steel drum containers from which the pans are made; the steel drum is more correctly called a steel pan or pan as it falls into the idiophone family of instruments, and so is not a drum.