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African Instruments

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is a kind of African harp considered as the most striking string instrument because of its often exceptionally beautiful form and decoration.

a)

Adungu

b)

Kora

c)

Nyanga

d)

Kudu

2.

It is a wooden xylophone or percussion idiophone which plays medolic tunes and usually has between 16 to 27 keys.

a)

Balafon

b)

Talking Drums

c)

Djembe

d)

Kalimba

3.

It is a rope-tuned, skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands.

a)

Djembe

b)

Uhadi

c)

Rasps

d)

Shekere

4.

It is a percussion instrument. It is a sound box with metal keys attached to the top to give different notes.

a)

Kalimba

b)

Nyanga

c)

Adungu

d)

Kora

5.

It is a long-necked harp lute with twenty-one leather or nylon strings.

a)

Kora

b)

Djembe

c)

Uhadi

d)

Rasps

6.

It comes from the horn of the kudu antelope and is occasionally used in Jewish ceremonies similar to a shofar.

a)

Kudu

b)

Agogo

c)

Slit Drum

d)

Rasps

7.

It is an African pan pipe.

a)

Nyanga

b)

Balafon

c)

Djembe

d)

Kudu

8.

It is a gourd shaker with gourd pieces.

a)

Shekere

b)

Agogo

c)

Adungu

d)

Kora

9.

These are drums whose pitch can be regulated depending upon how the player strikes the head of the drums and change its tension.

a)

Talking Drums

b)

Kalimba

c)

Shekere

d)

Adungu

10.

It is a single string instrument traditionally made from wood and dried ground.

a)

Kora

b)

Balafon

c)

Adungu

d)

Uhadi