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Quiz about How Are They Played
Quiz about How Are They Played

How Are They Played? Trivia Quiz


How are musical sounds produced from various instruments? In this quiz I have avoided the ones that we all know such as the piano and the violin. You can tell me how those are played but how about the ones in this quiz?

A multiple-choice quiz by Jomarion. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Jomarion
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
326,950
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
676
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. How do you get sounds from an Aeolian Harp?


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Question 2 of 10
2. What is the way to get music from a Calliope?
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Question 3 of 10
3. The Cembalo is not a common instrument nowadays. How is it played?

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Question 4 of 10
4. How do you play the medieval and renaissance instrument, the Hurdy-gurdy? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. The Jew's Harp is quite a small instrument. What makes it produce music? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Maracas are usually found in pairs. What do you do with them to produce a sound? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. How do you play the M'bira (or kalimba)?
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Question 8 of 10
8. How do you play the Sackbut - the ancestor of a well-known modern instrument?
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Question 9 of 10
9. How was a sound produced from the Serpent, another medieval instrument? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. The Theremin is a modern instrument, which was named after its inventor. How do you play it? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. How do you get sounds from an Aeolian Harp?

Answer: letting a current of air pass over it

Aeolus was the Greek god of wind. This instrument is a box with strings which sound when a current of air passes over them.
2. What is the way to get music from a Calliope?

Answer: using steam power to drive it

'Calliope' literally means 'beautifully-voiced' after the muse of epic poetry. It is the U.S. name for a steam-driven organ.
3. The Cembalo is not a common instrument nowadays. How is it played?

Answer: play it as you would play a piano

This name is still used but is short for 'clavicembalo' - an Italian word for harpsichord.
4. How do you play the medieval and renaissance instrument, the Hurdy-gurdy?

Answer: cranking the wooden wheel on the end of it, and pressing its keys

The hurdy-gurdy resembles a viol but the sound is produced by friction of a hand-cranked wooden wheel on strings. Notes are changed by pressing keys.
5. The Jew's Harp is quite a small instrument. What makes it produce music?

Answer: holding it between the teeth and twanging the metal strip

According to my Chambers' Dictionary, this instrument is also known as a 'Jaw harp' or a 'Jews' trump'. It is 'a small lyre-shaped instrument'.
6. Maracas are usually found in pairs. What do you do with them to produce a sound?

Answer: holding their handles and shaking them

They consist of a pair of seed-filled gourds which are shaken whilst holding their handles. They are Latin-American instruments.
7. How do you play the M'bira (or kalimba)?

Answer: twanging the free ends of the tongues with your thumbs

This is the African 'thumb-piano' consisting of small metal or cane tongues which are held in position with a bar and are attached to a sound board or sound box.
8. How do you play the Sackbut - the ancestor of a well-known modern instrument?

Answer: blowing into it and lengthening it by sliding the tube

It is the fore-runner of the trombone.
9. How was a sound produced from the Serpent, another medieval instrument?

Answer: blowing into its cup-shaped mouthpiece

This name was given to the instrument in Renaissance times, because the serpent was made in a curved shape which looked like a snake.
10. The Theremin is a modern instrument, which was named after its inventor. How do you play it?

Answer: moving your hands in the air around the central part

This is an electronic instrument invented by Lev Theremin in 1920. No part of it is touched whilst playing it.
Source: Author Jomarion

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