Ethnographic Categorization

Which of the following is NOT one of the five categories in the ethnographic classification of musical instruments?

• Aerophone

• Harmonicophones

• idiophone

• Chordophone

What is the correct definition of a chordophone?

• An instrument that produces sound by hitting metal

• An instrument that produces sound by a membrane

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  An instrument that produces sound by vibrating strings

• An instrument that produces sound by vibrating air

Which category does the violin belong to?

• Membranophones

• Chordophones

• Idiophones

• Aerophones

Which of the following instruments is an aerophone?

• Piano

• Drum

• Flute

• Guitar

What is an idiophone?

• An instrument that produces sound by vibrating air

• An instrument that produces sound by vibrating the instrument’s body itself

• An instrument that produces sound through vibrating strings

• An instrument that produces sound through the vibration of a stretched membrane

The xylophone belongs to which category of instruments?

• Idiophones

• Chordophones

• Membranophones

• Aerophones

What is the definition of an aerophone?

• An instrument that produces sound by vibrating strings

• An instrument that produces sound by vibrating air

• An instrument that produces sound by vibrating the instrument’s body

• An instrument that produces sound by vibrating a membrane

Which category does the tambourine belong to?

• Aerophones

• Chordophones

• Membranophones

• Idiophones

A drum is an example of which category of instrument?

• Idiophones

• Chordophones

• Membranophones

• Aerophones

What is the correct definition of a membranophone?

• An instrument that produces sound through vibrating strings

• An instrument that produces sound by vibrating metal or wood

• An instrument that produces sound by vibrating air

• An instrument that produces sound through the stretching of skin over a hollow box or membrane