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Xylophoning Home Trivia Quiz


You had your first music class today, and you just can't wait to tell your mom and dad all about the different instruments that you saw and heard. And these ones didn't just make noise... they could play a melody!

A photo quiz by reedy. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
reedy
Time
4 mins
Type
Photo Quiz
Quiz #
386,471
Updated
Aug 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
1523
Last 3 plays: sabbaticalfire (6/10), dalthor1974 (6/10), asgirl (7/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. This instrument was fun to play - it sounded like little bells! My teacher said that its name is German and means 'bell play'. What is it called? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. I felt like a rock star with this instrument in my hands! My teacher told me that it is very popular in Hawaiian music. What is its name? Hint


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Question 3 of 10
3. When my teacher told me that one nickname for this instrument was 'sweet potato', I didn't believe him. What is this ancient wind instrument called? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. My teacher had some of his older students demonstrate these hand bells for us, and they showed us a few different ways to play them. Which one of the methods below is NOT a way to play hand bells? Hint


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Question 5 of 10
5. When I played this instrument, it made a funny, nasal-y sound. My teacher explained how it worked, but what do you have to do to make a sound on the kazoo? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. My teacher said that we will get to learn the soprano recorder (the small one in the picture), but he also showed us a smaller recorder that was just half the length of the soprano. Its name means 'quite small' in German. What is it called? Hint


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Question 7 of 10
7. My teacher told us all about the neat history behind steel pans. They were first made in Mexico after the War of Independence.


Question 8 of 10
8. My teacher called this a tin whistle... it reminded me a bit of the recorder. He also said that it had a bunch of different names, depending on where you came from. Which of these is NOT another name for a tin whistle? Hint


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Question 9 of 10
9. I actually have one of these at home, so I already knew all about it when my teacher showed one to us in class. He called it a harmonica, but my daddy calls it something else. What other name does it have? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. The last instrument we got to play with before class ended was the xylophone. My teacher says it is called that because 'xylo' means wood. What language does that come from? Hint


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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This instrument was fun to play - it sounded like little bells! My teacher said that its name is German and means 'bell play'. What is it called?

Answer: Glockenspiel

Depending on where you come from, a glockenspiel can also be called a carillon or a campanelli. It has metal bars that follow the key pattern of a piano, so it also counts as a type of metallophone (barred instrument with bars made of metal).
2. I felt like a rock star with this instrument in my hands! My teacher told me that it is very popular in Hawaiian music. What is its name?

Answer: Ukulele

There are actually a bunch of different sizes of ukulele, from the big contrabass up to a tiny sopranino (or pocket) ukulele, with five other sizes in between. Ukuleles are really fun to play, and the name means something close to 'jumping flea', which is kind of funny to me.
3. When my teacher told me that one nickname for this instrument was 'sweet potato', I didn't believe him. What is this ancient wind instrument called?

Answer: Ocarina

Ocarina-like instruments have been around for more than 10,000 years, and while they are typically made from clay or ceramic, you can find them made from pretty much any hard material (wood, glass, plastic, metal - even bone!). Ocarinas come in many shapes and sizes, but my favourite (and the most common) is definitely the 'sweet potato'!
4. My teacher had some of his older students demonstrate these hand bells for us, and they showed us a few different ways to play them. Which one of the methods below is NOT a way to play hand bells?

Answer: Whacking

These hand bells are really neat. They have clappers on the inside that only swing one way (different than church bells), with a spring to go back to its original position after it is rung. Just getting one sound is called 'ringing'. With 'malleting', you hit the bell with a mallet (it sounds a bit different), while you use your thumb and finger on the clapper when 'plucking'. I think you probably can figure out how 'shaking' works. Our teacher mentioned a few other ways to make sounds on the hand bells, but I can't remember them all anymore.

There was a bunch.
5. When I played this instrument, it made a funny, nasal-y sound. My teacher explained how it worked, but what do you have to do to make a sound on the kazoo?

Answer: Hum into it

My teacher says there is something inside the kazoo called a 'membrane' that vibrates when you hum into the small end. This vibrating changes the sound your voice makes, giving it a buzzy sound. Lots and lots of fun to play!
6. My teacher said that we will get to learn the soprano recorder (the small one in the picture), but he also showed us a smaller recorder that was just half the length of the soprano. Its name means 'quite small' in German. What is it called?

Answer: Garklein

'Garklein' translates as 'quite small' from German, or so my teacher tells me. He also said that recorders have been around since Medieval times, and were very popular during the Renaissance. I don't know about all that, but what I do know is that playing the recorder was fun... I just had to make sure to blow very gently, otherwise it would squeak.
7. My teacher told us all about the neat history behind steel pans. They were first made in Mexico after the War of Independence.

Answer: False

Actually, steel pans first appeared in Trinidad & Tobago in the Caribbean. They were made for the first time in the 1930s after African drumming (and stick fighting) was banned after the Canboulay Riots in 1880.

That was a long time ago. All I know about them now is that parts of the steel pan are shaped and bent to play different notes, and you can play all sorts of melodies with just one pan. My teacher says that they are often played in groups called steel bands or orchestras.
8. My teacher called this a tin whistle... it reminded me a bit of the recorder. He also said that it had a bunch of different names, depending on where you came from. Which of these is NOT another name for a tin whistle?

Answer: Welsh crwth

The tin whistle developed from earlier fipple flutes, and began being produced in the 1840s in England by a man named Robert Clarke. My teacher says that tin whistles are well-known for Celtic music.

What's a Welsh crwth, you ask? Well, it's not a whistle at all! It is a very old string instrument that you play with a bow (my teacher says).
9. I actually have one of these at home, so I already knew all about it when my teacher showed one to us in class. He called it a harmonica, but my daddy calls it something else. What other name does it have?

Answer: Mouth organ

Harmonicas are not only called mouth organs, but they are also called (French) harps. I know... funny, right? It doesn't look anything like a harp! I do know that you can play one or more notes at a time by blowing out and sucking in (which changes the notes!). My teacher says that there are reeds in the little squares. Whatever... it's fun to play.
10. The last instrument we got to play with before class ended was the xylophone. My teacher says it is called that because 'xylo' means wood. What language does that come from?

Answer: Greek

So basically, 'xylophone' means 'wooden sound'. Pretty much says it all, hey?

Xylophones use the same pattern of bars as a piano does with its keys, so that you can play ALL the notes - even the flats and sharps! The wooden bars have a very different sound than metal ones. The wood doesn't let the sound last as long in the air, but I like it better when it's not so ringy.

My teacher says that early examples of xylophones can be found in many cultures from around the world. I think that was a nice instrument to end our class with.
Source: Author reedy

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