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Quiz about Musical Instruments Not Found in Most Orchestras
Quiz about Musical Instruments Not Found in Most Orchestras

Musical Instruments Not Found in Most Orchestras Quiz


These popular musical instruments currently played are unlikely to be included in most orchestras.

A multiple-choice quiz by missnlindsey. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
missnlindsey
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
383,117
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10
1. What is the name of a Russian stringed folk instrument with a triangular body that was featured in the film "Dr Zhivago"? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which currently played reed instrument with an air reservoir, melody pipe(chanter) and drone has been depicted in prehistoric art as far back as 1000 B.C. in the Middle East and later in ancient Greece, Rome, Persia, and much later mentioned during the 14th century in the Canterbury Tales in the British Isles where the instrument gained much of its fame? It also has ceremonial & funeral uses and is a favorite for playing "Amazing Grace". Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What is the name of the musical instrument played by Hindi snake charmers? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This musical instrument has a tongue or reed within a frame that is held in the mouth against the teeth and is plucked to make music. Which of these names is wrong? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This small pair of musical percussion instruments from Africa and the Caribbean were repopularized by beatniks in the 1950s. What are they called? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Which popular stringed instrument of the Hawaiian Islands created in the 1800s has a small figure eight like body shape and usually four strings that are strummed? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This long narrow tube, ending in a cone, was historically made of hollowed eucalyptus wood and is commonly played by Aborigines of Australia. What are these instruments usually called? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Also known as a squeezebox which instrument is played by compressing a rectangular box like bellows while pressing buttons on one end and keys on the other end. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. This four to six-stringed circular bodied musical instrument with a resonator stretched over its rim is a twangy staple in country and bluegrass music. What is it called? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. This musical instrument requires a comb of air chambers sandwiched between brass reed plates enabling the performer to play music by blowing air out over the instrument comb or by sucking air back in across the comb. Abraham Lincoln carried one in his pocket at the White House. What instrument is it? Hint





Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is the name of a Russian stringed folk instrument with a triangular body that was featured in the film "Dr Zhivago"?

Answer: Balalaika

The Balalaika was invented between the late 17th century and early 18th century in Russia. It has a triangular body of varying sizes and only three strings that can be played with fingers or a pick called a plectrum. The plectrum can be the size of an adult shoe sole for playing very large balalaikas.
2. Which currently played reed instrument with an air reservoir, melody pipe(chanter) and drone has been depicted in prehistoric art as far back as 1000 B.C. in the Middle East and later in ancient Greece, Rome, Persia, and much later mentioned during the 14th century in the Canterbury Tales in the British Isles where the instrument gained much of its fame? It also has ceremonial & funeral uses and is a favorite for playing "Amazing Grace".

Answer: Bagpipes

The Great Highland Bagpipe is what most people think of when you mention bagpipes, but they actually come in a wide variety of styles and are played according to local traditions all over the world in places such as Asia, the South Pacific, Africa and all across Europe.
3. What is the name of the musical instrument played by Hindi snake charmers?

Answer: Pungi

The Pungi is woodwind made of a hollowed out gourd attached to two tubes of bamboo or reeds with seven finger holes. The Hulusi is a similar Chinese instrument, and the Bansuri is an Indian flute made totally of bamboo with six finger holes. A pan flute is a set of tubes in graduated lengths closed at one end.
4. This musical instrument has a tongue or reed within a frame that is held in the mouth against the teeth and is plucked to make music. Which of these names is wrong?

Answer: Spoons

While not known to have any connection to Judaism this instrument is believed to be one of the world's oldest surviving instrument prototypes. All names stated, except spoons, describe this musical instrument. Its origin is in Asia and can be seen in a picture that is dated fourth century BC from China.
5. This small pair of musical percussion instruments from Africa and the Caribbean were repopularized by beatniks in the 1950s. What are they called?

Answer: Bongo Drums

Bongos are joined small drums held between the performer's legs and played with the fingers. Conga drums are much larger barrel shaped relatives of bongo drums, often used by Desi Arnaz to play Babalu. Tabla are very similar to bongo drums yet are mainly used in Hindu regions such as India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Gongs are usually flat metal discs that are hit with a drum mallet to make a reverberating single tone.
6. Which popular stringed instrument of the Hawaiian Islands created in the 1800s has a small figure eight like body shape and usually four strings that are strummed?

Answer: Ukulele

The Ukulele received renewed interest on the US mainland in the mid to late 20th century when played by performers such as Arthur Godfrey and Tiny Tim. Slide Guitar is a guitar technique used in some Hawaiian music, not an instrument. A Xaphoon is also known as a Bamboo Saxophone, yet it looks more like a clarinet.

A ka'eke'eke is a bamboo tube that is pounded on the ground to provide a beat to accompany hula dancing.
7. This long narrow tube, ending in a cone, was historically made of hollowed eucalyptus wood and is commonly played by Aborigines of Australia. What are these instruments usually called?

Answer: Didgeridoo

The name Didgeridoo is most familiar, but there are at least 40 other names coined by the aborigines for this instrument. Both the bassoon and oboe are fairly common orchestral woodwinds with two reeds. The Alphorn is about eight feet long and is used mainly in the Swiss mountains to communicate over distances in a code of sorts.
8. Also known as a squeezebox which instrument is played by compressing a rectangular box like bellows while pressing buttons on one end and keys on the other end.

Answer: Accordion

In recent times accordions have been relegated to use in folk music such as polkas or other ethnic music. Concertinas are smaller with a rounded coil-shaped bellows. A melodeon is an instrument similar to the accordion in operation but sits on the floor like a piece of furniture. Bandonions, similar to concertinas, are popular in South America.
9. This four to six-stringed circular bodied musical instrument with a resonator stretched over its rim is a twangy staple in country and bluegrass music. What is it called?

Answer: Banjo

Fiddle is a homespun name for a violin. A banza is similar to a banjo but has ten strings. A sitar is a four-foot long instrument with a pear-shaped body and up to 21 strings repopularized in the 1960s and 1970s by rock groups influenced by Ravi Shankar.
10. This musical instrument requires a comb of air chambers sandwiched between brass reed plates enabling the performer to play music by blowing air out over the instrument comb or by sucking air back in across the comb. Abraham Lincoln carried one in his pocket at the White House. What instrument is it?

Answer: Harmonica

A slide whistle changes tones by shortening and lengthening the main tube with a piston like action. The Ocarina family of instruments dates back over 10,000 years, and currently, it can be made of plastic, bone, ceramic, or other materials with anywhere between 4 to twelve holes. Harmonica playing is beneficial to patients with emphysema and other chronic respiratory illnesses because it requires deep inhalation and exhalation.
Source: Author missnlindsey

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