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Instruments by description - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 6 times
- The average score is 2 of 15
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| that is usually fretted and typically has six or twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strings against frets with the fingers of the opposite hand. | Guitar | 75%
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| string instrument that plays sound by a hand cranked rosined wheel rubbing against strings | Hurdy-Gurdy | 75%
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| plucked half tube zither instrument | Koto | 25%
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| The upper part of the six long and narrow boards are tied with a string, and the lower part is held open with both hands, and then closed rapidly, creating a clear impact sound. | Bak | 0%
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| It was originally designed as a tube made of either bronze or shells. However, as time went on more materials started to be used. It measured 3.4 to 3.7 meters (11 to 12 ft) in length, of narrow cylindrical bore, and played by means of a cup-shaped mouthpiece. The tube is bent round upon itself from the mouthpiece to the bell in the shape of a broad C and is strengthened by means of a bar across the curve, which the performer grasps while playing to steady the instrument; the bell curves over his head or shoulder. | Buccina | 0%
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| composed of a large, trapezoidal box on legs with metal strings stretched across its top and a damping pedal underneath. | Cimbalom | 0%
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| has four to six rotary valves (or occasionally piston valves), a forward-facing bell, and a predominantly cylindrical bore. These features lend its sound to the bass of the trombone family rather than the tuba, and its valves allow for more agility than a contrabass trombone. Like the modern contrabass trombone, it is most often pitched in F, although models are occasionally made in E♭ and low C or B♭. | Cimbasso | 0%
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| are mostly curved, built in the treble size from 51 to 63 cm (20 to 25 in) in length, usually described as in G. The note sounded with all finger-holes covered is A3, which can be lowered a further whole tone to G by slackening the embouchure | Cornett | 0%
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| was an ancient Roman brass instrument about 3 m (9.8 ft) long in the shape of a letter 'G'. The instrument was braced by a crossbar that stiffened the structure and provided a means of supporting its weight on the player's shoulder. | Cornu | 0%
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| is a capped double-reed instrument usually shaped like a letter "J" and possessing a rather small melodic range spanning a ninth (i.e. just over an octave) unless extended downward by keys or by the technique of underblowing, which increases the range by a perfect fifth. | Cromorne | 0%
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| One bell is left open, while the other bell uses a harmon mute with a stem on a trigger that produces a "wah-wah" type of effect. | Jazzophone | 0%
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| has 6 single courses, with a fretboard located between 2 curved arms, recalling the shape of the ancient Greek Kithara | Lyre-Guitar | 0%
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| wind instrument that is an enclosed space with 4 to 12 finger holes and a mouthpiece that juts from the body | Ocarina | 0%
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| It is made from a hollowed-out log, usually of Miro wood and produces a distinctive and loud sound. Different sizes of log drums offer different pitches and volumes, as well as striking the log drum in the middle or near the ends. | Pate | 0%
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| About 3.5 to 4 feet (1 to 1.2 meters) long to fit the measurements of the musician, it has a hollow body and two large resonating gourds, one under each end.[5] It has four main strings which are melodic, and three auxiliary drone strings.[1] To play, the musician plucks the melody strings downward with a plectrum worn on the first and second fingers, while the drone strings are strummed with the little finger of the playing hand. | Veena | 0%
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